"Surprising.... The compositions show a maturity that is rare among young jazz composers."
--New Jazz Review
Blues for the Bear is quite simply amazing, an album that combines jazz with Brazilian rhythms. Recorded live [+]"Surprising.... The compositions show a maturity that is rare among young jazz composers."
--New Jazz Review
Blues for the Bear is quite simply amazing, an album that combines jazz with Brazilian rhythms. Recorded live in the studio -- in just 3 days! -- it will carry the listener on a musical journey around the world.
The album features 2004 Latin Grammy Nominee Jovino Santos Neto on piano and accordion, and Saxophonist Hans Teuber (Ani DiFranco).
The compositions were created through a process of meditation that led to deep intimacy with the music. This fills the listener with a sense that each note is where it should be - both on the surface and far below. Whether as background music, or under intense scrutiny by an avid listener, Blues for the Bear can be played again & again, each time revealing something new.
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Web Sites:
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Recommended Tracks: 5, 4, 1, 13-14
Jesse Stern is a composer, producer, musician and healer living in Los Angeles, CA. He writes songs, music for film and TV, and works as a session bassist and guitarist. He has performed with artists as diverse as Airto Moreira, Ricardo Lemvo, Coolio, Della Reese, Karen Black and Weezer.
Jeff Busch: drums & percussion * Jovino Santos: piano * Jesse Stern: bass & voice * Chris Stromquist: percussion * Hans Teuber: saxophones & flute * Ben Thomas: vibraphones.
-Liner Notes:
1. ALL THE SAINTS (rhythm based in candomble) is an offering of peace to all saints, spirits, demons and ancestors. Inspirational credit goes to its beautiful rhythm.
2. HN! (partito alto & samba) acknowledges the wordless right brain.
3. PRAYER FOR SAINT FRANCIS (7/4 rhythm) was inspired by its namesake; dedicated to Seattle guitarist Leif Totusek.
4. AYITI, a Creole word for Haiti, laments the devastating economic and racial struggles there. May all people everywhere,
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