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Clear Path Ensemble is the neu project and brainchild of Wellington jazz and sonic arts graduate Cory Champion. Also producing left field house and techno under the name Borrowed CS, Clear Path Ensemble is Cory’s first offering to the jazz gods. Having spent many years playing drums alongside some of New Zealand’s most talented musicians in the revered Wellington jam session scene this release is an amalgamation of the energy & spirit that the Wellington scene encompasses.
Walking over the blurred lines of psychedelia and spiritual jazz and taking cues from planetary rhythms and celestial oddities, CPE invokes a higher sense of self through the transformative power of sound. In it’s truest essence these are a collection of cosmic compositions and a release that in our opinion is one of the heaviest to ever emerge from the New Zealand neo-jazz scene.
credits

Composed by Cory Champion
Recorded and mixed by Cory Champion
All instruments performed by Cory Champion except for:

Jake Baxendale (bass clarinet - 1, 2, 3, 5, 6; flute - 8)
Daniel Hayles (piano - 1, 5, 6)
Michelle Velvin (harp - 2, 8)
Bevan Smith (dubs and filter - 3)
Rowan Pierce (synthesizer - 3)
Johnny Lawrence (bass - 4)
Mara TK (electric guitar - 8; bass - 8)

LL' recorded live at Caroline, Wellington, June 2017

Mike Isaacs - Bass Clarinet
JY Jong-Yun Lee - Soprano Saxophone
Daniel Hayles - Rhodes
James Paul - Guitar
Johnny Lawrence - Electric Bass
Riki Gooch - Drums
Cory Champion - Drums

Artwork and Graphic Design by Jonathan Castro
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and Martin Groch
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Manufactured & Distributed in partnership with HHV records.
Cosmic Compositions 2020

Clear Path Ensemble

Clear Path Ensemble is the neu project and brainchild of Wellington jazz and sonic arts graduate Cory Champion. Also producing left field house and techno under the name Borrowed cs, Clear Path Ensemble is Cory’s first offering to the jazz gods. Having spent many years playing drums alongside some of New Zealand’s most talented musicians in the revered Wellington jam session scene this release is an amalgamation of the energy & spirit that the Wellington scene encompasses. Walking over the blurred lines of psychedelia and spiritual jazz and taking cues from planetary rhythms and celestial oddities, CPE invokes a higher sense of self through the transformative power of sound. In it’s truest essence these are a collection of cosmic compositions and a release that in our opinion is one of the heaviest to ever emerge from the New Zealand neo-jazz scene.

Vinyl - Digital .
https://clear-path-ensemble.lnk.to/cpe

Manufactured and Distributed by HHV Records
Artwork & Graphic Design by Jonathan Castro & Martin Groch

Clear Path Ensemble - Jerry's Funk

'LL' recorded live at Caroline, Wellington, June 2017

Mike Isaacs - Bass Clarinet
JY Jong-Yun Lee - Soprano Saxophone
Daniel Hayles - Rhodes
James Paul - Guitar
Johnny Lawrence - Electric Bass
Riki Gooch - Drums
Cory Champion - Drums


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Clear Path Ensemble is the neu project and brainchild of Wellington jazz and sonic arts graduate Cory Champion. Also producing left field house and techno under the name Borrowed cs, Clear Path Ensemble is Cory’s first offering to the jazz gods. Having spent many years playing drums alongside some of New Zealand’s most talented musicians in the revered Wellington jam session scene this release is an amalgamation of the energy & spirit that the Wellington scene encompasses. Walking over the blurred lines of psychedelia and spiritual jazz and taking cues from planetary rhythms and celestial oddities, CPE invokes a higher sense of self through the transformative power of sound. In it’s truest essence these are a collection of cosmic compositions and a release that in our opinion is one of the heaviest to ever emerge from the New Zealand neo-jazz scene.

[CCO29]
Vinyl - Digital .
https://clear-path-ensemble.lnk.to/cpe

Manufactured and Distributed by HHV Records
Artwork & Graphic Design by Jonathan Castro & Martin Groch

Clear Path Ensemble - LL

Clear Path Ensemble is the neu project and brainchild of Wellington jazz and sonic arts graduate Cory Champion. Also producing left field house and techno under the name Borrowed cs, Clear Path Ensemble is Cory’s first offering to the jazz gods. Having spent many years playing drums alongside some of New Zealand’s most talented musicians in the revered Wellington jam session scene this release is an amalgamation of the energy & spirit that the Wellington scene encompasses. Walking over the blurred lines of psychedelia and spiritual jazz and taking cues from planetary rhythms and celestial oddities, CPE invokes a higher sense of self through the transformative power of sound. In it’s truest essence these are a collection of cosmic compositions and a release that in our opinion is one of the heaviest to ever emerge from the New Zealand neo-jazz scene.

Vinyl - Digital .
clear-path-ensemble.lnk.to/cpe

Manufactured and Distributed by HHV Records
Artwork & Graphic Design by Jonathan Castro & Martin Groch

Clear Path Ensemble - Drip

Clear Path Ensemble is the neu project and brainchild of Wellington jazz and sonic arts graduate Cory Champion. Also producing left field house and techno under the name Borrowed CS, Clear Path Ensemble is Cory’s first offering to the jazz gods. Having spent many years playing drums alongside some of New Zealand’s most talented musicians in the revered Wellington jam session scene this release is an amalgamation of the energy & spirit that the Wellington scene encompasses.
Walking over the blurred lines of psychedelia and spiritual jazz and taking cues from planetary rhythms and celestial oddities, CPE invokes a higher sense of self through the transformative power of sound. In it’s truest essence these are a collection of cosmic compositions and a release that in our opinion is one of the heaviest to ever emerge from the New Zealand neo-jazz scene.

Clear Path Ensemble - Sacred

Clear Path Ensemble - Inner Space

The newest mix in our series comes from the latest artist to release on Cosmic Compositions, Clear Path Ensemble. The brainchild of Cory Champion also known as Borrowed CS amongst dance circles, CPE was his first offering to the jazz gods, enlisting help from some of the brightest musical talents from the Wellington Jazz Scene. This mix comprises of compositions & artists that inspired and guided the Clear Path Ensemble release into it's spiritual & physical fruition.

Track list _.

Henry Franklin - Plastic Creek Stomp [Black Jazz]
Robin Kenyatta - We'll Be So Happy [ECM]
McCoy Tyner - Song For My Lady [Blue Note]
Kuumba-Toudie Heath - Maulana [O'Be Records] 
Max Roach - Equipoise [Atlantic]
Andrew Hill - Cantarnos [Blue Note]
Charlie Rouse - Two is One [Strata-East]
Tony Williams - This Night This Song [Polydor]
Jan Garbarek Quartet - Beast of Kommodo [ECM]
Elvin Jones - Thorn of a White Rose [PM Records]
Bobby Hutcherson and Harold Land - Procession [Blue Note]
Pharoah Sanders - Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt [Impulse!]

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