Lighthouse (a.lerner 2014) 

music and lyrics by Arreanna Jaye 

Lyrics & Music: Arreanna Jaye 
Arrangement: Arreanna Jaye and the band (as outlined below) 
Drums: Danny McGonegle
Bass: Artie Sadtler
Guitar: Cecil Alexander
Alto Saxophone: Jake Shochet 
Piano & all vocals: Arreanna Jaye 
Recording engineer: Soo Yew Ping
Overdub Engineer: Blenda Lau 
Mixing Engineer: Edward McCormack 
Mastering: FTM studios 
Videography: Max Lerner

Lighthouse

RITUAL BURN - Myles Prower Davis (2025) 
single-reed ensemble  (runtime ~07:57) 

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The spirit of Ritual Burn comes from the intersection of two deeply interrelated and inspiring processes, one that takes form within the ecosystem, the other within the soul. It is, for one, inspired by the hauntingly beautiful, intense but controlled methodology of the Dagara people of Burkina Faso, where acres of lush land are sometimes naturally set aflame as the warm season subsides, eventually making way for the local flora's regrowth. In Dagara cosmology, fire, while undoubtedly dangerous, is not necessarily destructive - it is a sacred element of transformation, crucial to clearing space for renewal, the kind of change that demands an empty vessel. So too, we must sometimes set fire to what no longer serves us - we quiver as we light the match, as we see what it illuminates, and oh, how it sears - showing us how completely wrong we can be. We see, perhaps for the first time, how painful beliefs thrust upon us, shame over who we believe we should not be - how they've taken so much from our lives, our cores. We breathe, tearfully, as the blaze radiates with us in unison - not to be rid of ourselves, but to become more fully who we are - continually meant to burn, continually meant to crumble, continually meant to transform, deeper and deeper into our beautiful complexity. 

RITUAL BURN

Brian Seymour-Oboe, Flute
Joe Connor-Guitar
Sungsoo Kim-Piano
Akos Forgacs-Bass
John MacDonald-Drums
Hirokazu Kobayashi-Engineer

RITUAL BURN

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