Two live recordings of the Boston area Leap of Faith quintet of David Peck (reeds and winds, percussion), Glynis Lomon (cello, percussion), Dan O'Brien (winds, percussion), Zach Bartolomei (sax, percussion), and Yuri Zbitnoff (drums and percussion), captured in Somerville in 2016 and New York City in 2017, for detailed, assertive, unique approaches to improv.
Format: CDR Condition: New Released: 2017 Country: USA Packaging: Jewel Case Track 1 recorded at the Nave Gallery, in Somerville, Massachusetts, on June 4th, 2016.
Track 2 recorded at Spectrum, in New York City, New York, on May 5th, 2017.
Personnel:
David Peck (PEK)-clarinet, contra alto clarinet, tenor saxophone, bass saxophones, tarota, contra bassoon, aquasonic, metal, wood, hand chimes, wind siren, crank siren, slide whistle, dulzaina, sheng, metal, daxophone, aquasonic, game calls
"Leap of Faith is a long-term collaboration active from 1993 to 2001 and resuming in 2015 between Glynis Lomon (cello, voice) and PEK (clarinets, saxes, double reeds, voice) with various other regulars (Mark McGrain trombone, Craig Schildhauer bass, Yuri Zbitnov drums, James Coleman theremin, Steve Norton saxes, clarinets) + many guests. Pure improv with little or no planning prior to performance." Based in the Boston area, these two recordings are captured live, the first at the Nave Gallery, in Somerville, Massachusetts, on June 4th, 2016, and the second at Spectrum, in New York City, New York, on May 5th, 2017.