...................ROY CAMPBELL........WILLIAM HOOKER....JASON HWANG.............................
THE GIFT :: LIVE AT SANGHA :: 4/NOV/2004
Roy Campbell, William Hooker, and Jason Hwang in a collaborative effort that braids three of this music's most distinctive sounds into a single stream of heightened awareness and emapthy. This recording documents one of the amazing Transparent Productions presented at Sangha -- a fair trade outpost that has developed into a communal ceremonial grounds in the bosom of (the Peoples Republic of) Takoma Park, just outside of Washington, D.C. in the immediate aftermath of the reinstallation of the Bush regime.

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"The three find endless ways to coalesce and diverge in organically satisfying ways, as when Hooker's high-hat shimmer melds with Hwang's keening violin, and Campbell joins in, quivering and quaking. They all have creditable solo passages, but most of the time they're like a bee cut cleanly into three parts, the head, thorax and abdomen getting two legs apiece, each segment dancing and panicing separately yet in organic synch..." >>>>> Larry Cosentino, Signal to Noise

"The Gift is trumpeter Roy Campbell, violinist Jason Hwang and drummer William Hooker. Together, they produce music of exceptional plangency and emotional energy. Campbell inevitably occupies much of the frontscape, with the fiddle yawning and wailing behind like a bass player with a bank of pedals, but Hwang has a formidable musical mind and his more detailed passages demand close listening. The real wonder of the set is Hooker, who manages to give long performances a consistent pulse and energy without ever setting a clearly discernible metre. His solo episodes are often crafted of the scantest of musical material, but never sound minimalist or sketchy. A first rate album." >>>>> Brian Morton, The Wire

William Hooker is an artistic whole, a vast circle of vision and execution. A body of uninterrupted work beginning in the mid-seventies defines him as one of the most important composers and players in jazz. As bandleader, Hooker has fielded ensembles in an incredibly diverse array of configurations. Each collaboration has brought a serious investigation of his compositional agenda and the science of the modern drum kit.
http://www.williamhooker.com/ 		Roy Campbell Jr. met Lee Morgan in the late sixties, and began working with jazz masters Kenny Dorham, Howard McGhee in 1971, as well as with Howard McGhee and Joe Newman. Roy Campbell's abilities burst forth in an electrifying stream of talent and originality. His virtuoso instrumental performances have been praised by fans, critics, and fellow musicians. He has been praised for "taking the influences of both Lee Morgan and Booker Little and hauling them into the future."
http://www.roycampbellmusic.com/ 		Jason Kao Hwang has established a reputation for transforming the violin beyond the limitations of both the instrument and its venerable tradition. As composer and performer, he has been at the center of a musical movement that finds common expressive ground in jazz, classical, and a variety of world musics.

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AMAZED AND AWED :: QUIET RESOLUTION
feat. Ellen Christi
The first release by Bmadish Music (AA001-2).
BMad spins hyperreal soundscapes as the sonic setting for vocals, keyboards and programming by the great Ellen Christi. Leslie Lavelanet contributes live bass to this restructuring of an Edward Wilkerson, Jr. composition. Lyrics were rearranged by BMad (a/k/a Bobby Hill). released 2001
Amazed and Awed, Quiet Resolution is available postage paid
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