The core duet of the Leap of Faith Orchestra of David Peck on clarinets, saxophones, clarinets & flutes, and Glynis Lomon on cello, aquasonic & voice are joined by Evil Clown regular, Bob Moores on trumpet, guitar, electronics & percussion, the excitement evident as the trio performed together live in the studio the first time after pandemic vaccinations.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2021 Country: USA Packaging: Digipack Recorded at Evil Clown Headquarters, in Waltham, Massachusetts, on May 22nd, 2021
Personnel:
David Peck (PEK)-clarinet clarinet, contrabass clarinet, tenor saxophone, alto saxophones, alto flute, piccolo oboe, sheng, guqin, guitarron, gongs, plate gong, brontosaurus bell, tank bells, Tibetan bells, almglocken, wood blocks, temple blocks, seed pod rattles, cowbells, orchestral chimes, xylophone, glockenspiel, chimes, crotales, cymbells, [d[ronin, chime box, spring boxes, telstar, electric chimes
"Leap of Faith is the core duet of the Leap of Faith Orchestra (LOFO) comprised of PEK on clarinets, saxophones, clarinets & flutes, and Glynis Lomon on cello, aquasonic & voice. The ensemble is based in Boston and dates back to the early 90s. We utilize a huge arsenal of additional Evil Clown instruments to improvise long works featuring transformations across highly varied sonorities. At times, the core unit has been a trio or even a quartet. The longest running core unit was comprised of PEK, Glynis and drummer Yuri Zbitnov, who played for the last couple of years of the archival period and the first 5 years of the reboot starting in 2015. The ensemble has always been highly modular and our many recordings (well over 100) feature the core unit in dozens of configurations with a huge list of guests and occasionally as only the core unit with no guests.
Bob Moores, our guest for this performance, is an Evil Clown regular with over 50 appearances on albums by the Evil Clown Ensembles Leap of Faith, Leap of Faith Orchestra, Turbulence, Metal Chaos Ensemble, and Mekaniks. Originally a trumpet player, he now also plays guitar, electronics and percussion. We love multi-instrumentalists at Evil Clown, since more doubling in the ensemble leads to greater variety of Sonority in the improvisation.
This is the first Leap of Faith set since I opened Evil Clown Headquarters to fully vaccinated members of the Evil Clown Roster. I'm not really in a hurry to start public performances just yet. The LIVESTREAMING shows are performances that do not carry any Covid risk to either the musicians or the audience. Plus we have the studio recording equipment and the full Evil Clown Arsenal of instruments to select from...
This is a strong set as I expected, since everyone is still very excited to be able to play music again with others. Stayed tuned for a steady stream of new sets over the next few months from Leap of Faith and all the other active Evil Clown ensembles."-David Peck