(code named KM-53), is an energetic and sophisticated album of free collective improvisation and one Jeong composition, performed with Allison Burik on alto sax & bass clarinet, Max Ridley on double bass, Francisco Mela on drums and Mina Kim on cello, recorded live at Lilypad, in Cambridge.
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Allison Burik-alto saxophone, bass clarinet
Max Ridley-double bass
Francisco Mela-drums
Mina Kim-cello
Eunhye Jeong-piano
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UPC: 755491310175
Label: 577 Records
Catalog ID: 5868-2
Squidco Product Code: 35227
Format: CDR
Condition: New
Released: 2024
Country: USA
Packaging: Digipack
Recorded at The Lilypad, in Cambridge, Masschutsus, on February 11th, 2020, by Mike Green.
"The bear, code-named KM-53, passed away in June 2023. Unlike other Asiatic black bears, which Koreans refer to by 'bandal gasum gom' or 'half-moon chest bears,' KM-53 embarked on a journey of nearly 80 km from its original habitat in its second year of life, tirelessly moving through the backbone of South Korea's major mountain range. He could not confine himself to the assigned territory.
Wild or not, we are all children of nature. Whether successful or not, musical creations are born out of our connection to nature - both as Mother Nature and as the innate quality of an entity. I consider mine to be so.
End of Time Vol.2 features two tracks of live performance recorded just before the infamous 2020 lockdowns. Four years passed, many things have returned to 'normal,' and some 'new normals' have been introduced to the world at an accelerated pace. When this creation was born, I didn't foresee the end of old normalcy; however, the music seems to invoke a subversive, rupturing change in us and the universal reality we once believed in.
I initiated this entire creation and acknowledge that the album is somewhat 'piano-led.' As the leader, I aimed to transport everyone in the ensemble to an unknown domain, a territory in our universe where the expansion of time-space is tethered. The result, as I hear in this album, is a vortex of sonic energies, directed to warp the fabric of time-space and aimed to arrive at a far-reaching point across the universe.
'Journey Through' was a simultaneously composed collective creation; 'KM-53' was an interpretive performance based on the visual score I composed, with a few instructional messages sent to musicians before going live. The superposition of layers from all four or five musicians produced a complexity and depth that overwhelm the senses, too vast to grasp at a glance. Therefore, the music must be experienced, not merely listened to and understood, as if one is lost in the woods rather than indulging in a well-crafted mystery novel.
I extend my deepest thanks to Allison Burik for bathing us with her warmth and openness, Mina Kim for her sonic and personal eloquence, Max Ridley for his unwavering commitment to revolution, and finally, Francisco Mela for igniting us with colorful sparks."-Eunhye Jeong
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• Show Bio for Allison Burik Allison Burik: "Saxophonist - Vocalist - Composer - Arranger Kansas City native Allison Burik is a saxophonist and composer based in Boston. During her time in Kansas City she performed as a featured artist at venues such as the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts, Take Five Coffee+Bar, and the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art. Burik attended Berklee College of Music and received her Bachelors Degree in Performance in 2016. She is currently pursuing her Master's degree in Contemporary Improvisation at the New England Conservatory while maintaining an active career as a performer. She seeks to explore differing worlds of sonic possibilities through her many projects. Burik has released a solo EP, "Some Days Like This," (2019) a quartet album, "Mythos," (2016) and will be releasing a duo album fall of 2019 with guitarist Magdalena Abrego. Their duo goes by the name Umbrella Pine and since 2013 the two have been steadily cultivating their sound through original compositions and improvisation. Since arriving in Boston in 2013, Burik has become an internationally known artist, having performed in festivals, residencies, and concerts in places as far reaching as France, South Korea, and Canada. Burik has been on tour with a number of bands, including Jonah Francese's Thinkin' Big Band, which actively plays in venues across New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. Burik went on tour in South Korea with the Dabin Ryu Quintet in July 2019. They played in venues throughout Seoul, Busan, and Gwangju. Over the years Allison has studied with notable musicians including George Garzone, Joe Morris, Ingrid Laubrock, Ran Blake, Carla Kilhstedt, Anthony Coleman, Frank Tiberi, Bobby Watson, Jaleel Shaw, Shannon LeClaire, and Tia Fuller. In August 2017, she attended the Banff Jazz and Creative Music Workshop in Alberta Canada, under the curation of Vijay Iyer. There, she participated in ensembles led by internationally known musicians including Tyshawn Sorey, Imani Uzuri, Matthew Stevens, and Jeremy Pelt." ^ Hide Bio for Allison Burik • Show Bio for Max Ridley "Max Ridley is musician, composer and educator based in Boston. He first started participating in music by singing in the school choir and playing bass guitar in a punk band after school. He began his formal studies in high school at the Boston Arts Academy and it was there that he first fell in love with improvised music and the upright bass. While at Boston Arts Academy, he was selected out of many other young musicians to perform at Boston's Symphony Hall with the Boston Pops three years in a row. Also during these years, he joined the Berklee City Music program and was able to travel to New York to play for Quincy Jones and his foundation. He was awarded full-tuition scholarships to study at Berklee College of Music for both an undergraduate and graduate degree, earning his graduate degree from the Berklee Global Jazz Institute under the direction of master pianist and educator Danilo Perez. An equally important part of his education was down the street from Berklee at Boston's historic Wally's Jazz Cafe. He began going to jam sessions there in high school and more recently, has been the house bass player every Friday and Saturday night with the Jason Palmer Band. Ridley has shared the stage with renown musicians such as Jeff Coffin, Kenny Werner, Tia Fuller, Ralph Peterson, Terri Lyne Carrington, Jack Dejohnette, Bruce Molsky, Perico Sambeat, Walter Smith III and Jerry Bergonzi. He has performed in venues such as the Blue Note, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, the Monterey Jazz Festival and the Umbria Jazz Festival. He has played many different styles of music all over the US, Canada and Europe, traveling by plane and staying in hotels, as well as by van and sleeping on couches and floors. Today he is active in New England as a sideman, leader and co-leader for many different groups, both on stage and in the recording studio. He also teaches music as a guest lecturer at different colleges around New England (such as Longy School of Music and the University of New Hampshire) and at the Hamilton-Garrett Music and Arts Academy. He has also spent some time living in Valencia Spain and considers that his second home and musical community." ^ Hide Bio for Max Ridley • Show Bio for Francisco Mela "Francisco Jose Mela is a Cuban drummer and percussionist who has performed with a wide array of prominent international Latin and jazz artists including Kenny Barron, Gary Bartz, JoAnne Brackeen, Jane Bunnett, Regina Carter, Anat Cohen, Paquito D'Rivera, George Garzone, Larry Grenadier, Stefon Harris, Lionel Loueke, Joe Lovano, Jason Moran, John Patitucci, John Scofield, Esperanza Spalding, Mark Turner, McCoy Tyner, Chucho Valdés, Kenny Werner, and many others. Born in Bayamo, Cuba, Francisco Mela studied at the Music School of Arts El Yarey as a teenager before furthering his studies at the National School of Arts for Teachers, el CENCEA. He taught at Rafael's Cabrera Conservatory of Music and played with some of the country's top Latin jazz musicians, as well as leading his group, MelaSon Latin Jazz Band, that toured throughout Mexico. In 2000, he moved to Boston to study at Berklee College of Music and was invited to join the percussion faculty. He became the house drummer at the Wally's Café. It was here where he developed the concept for what would later be his own group. In 2005, Mela joined the quartet of saxophonist Joe Lovano. Of particular note was the group's 2008 album on Blue Note entitled Folk Art.Later that year, Mela was approached by McCoy Tyner to join his trio. Mela was named the Twin Cities Jazz Festival's first artistic director in 2014, Before appointment, he served as artistic director for the Xalapa Jazz Festival in Veracruz, Mexico (2010-2013). In late 2016, Mela was part of an inaugural ensemble that joined Afro-Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés and saxophonist Joe Lovano for an international tour throughout Europe and North America. He also leads his own group, The Crash Trio." ^ Hide Bio for Francisco Mela • Show Bio for Mina Kim Mina Kim, Cello: "Hailed as "eloquent" by the Boston Globe, Korean-born cellist Mina Kim has been making music in the Boston area since 2010. As an active performer and educator, Mina enjoys performing with the Rasa String Quartet and teaching at Phillips Exeter Academy. Mina has performed at Carnegie Hall with ROSIN, her partners-in-music-crime, for a fundraiser for the New York Women's Foundation. She has also been a featured soloist with USP Chamber Orchestra and Busan Philharmonic Orchestra. Mina has attended various music festivals such as Tanglewood Music Center, Maine Chamber Music Seminar, and Lyricafest. A former member of the Hartford Symphony, Mina also enjoys being part of the cello sections of numerous orchestras around New England. Mina has met amazing mentors along her musical journey, including Yeesun Kim, Mike Block, and Terry King, who have helped her become the cellist and musician she is today. Her dream is to become one of the great mentors for emerging cellists and to help them find their own musical voices just as her teachers did for her. She is currently working toward a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at New England Conservatory with a minor in musicology." ^ Hide Bio for Mina Kim • Show Bio for Eunhye Jeong "Pianist/composer Eunhye Jeong is a creative musician with a critical mind that keeps expanding her musical world with diligent research. She has performed with legendary Wadada Leo Smith, a multiple awards-winner, a Pulitzer Prize nominee and an innovative composer/trumpeter as a pianist of NDA ensemble which performed one of most ECM's celebrted albums Followed by her previous albums Turtle Suite (2014), Chi-Da (2018) and 2 Begets 3 (2018) that are each in a disparate musical language, she is soon releasing her fourth album In 2019, she was a panel in the colloquium Jeong continues to hold and develop her ongoing theme since 2011 that is to to revive the historical and cultural continuum severed both forcefully and voluntarily over time, through her musical practice." ^ Hide Bio for Eunhye Jeong
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Track Listing:
1. Journey Through 21:10
2. KM-53 17:35
Improvised Music
Jazz
Free Improvisation
Collective & Free Improvsation
Jazz & Improvisation Based on Compositions
Boston Area Improvisers
Quartet Recordings
New in Improvised Music
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