LULL: Sounds for Sleep

Nothingnessness

MYTHOS IN F MINOR

Music by Jen Shyu (USA/Timor Leste)
Text by Dorothea Rosa Herliany (Indonesia)

Originally released Fall 2015 on Pi Recordings; but now is on Autumn Geese Records: https://jenshyu.bandcamp.com/album/sounds-and-cries-of-the-world

Jen Shyu: composition, vocals, Taiwanese moon lute
Ambrose Akinmusire: trumpet
Mat Maneri: viola
Thomas Morgan: bass
Dan Weiss: drums

Lyrics (English translation)
"...why don't you go home, woman,
endlessly walking carrying longing, friend,
shedding the smell of tears
sorrowful grief at the edge of the garden
perhaps she is searching for the heaven
God faithfully places
(in the innermost recesses
of the believer's heart)..."

--from Dorothea Rosa Herliany's poem "Para Pembakar Ombak" ("Burning the Waves") - Indonesian text and English translation by Herliany

--Mixed by Andy Taub and mastered by Scott Hull 
Ambrose Akinmusire appearing Courtesy of Blue Note Records

Photo by Jeff Evans
Profile photo by Miranda Lichtenstein

"Sounds & Cries of the World" 1st Teaser (Para Pembakar Ombak | Burning the Waves)

Performed live at the Canadian Music Centre by Satoshi Matsumura

This music is an examination of the environments in which I have lived.  Having grown up in Canada, I have developed a great affinity for vastness.  Strange rural environments, crooked landscapes: sometimes scenic, though oftentimes dull and prickly.   

Currently living in Vietnam, the environment provides delusions of absolute or exact repetition.  The vastness is gone, and it is replaced by abundance of human activity.  Even with around nine million in one city, the activity looks and sounds precisely the same minute by minute.  At the arrival of a new moment, the expected sound occurs.  The motorbike horn honks at 6:14, the tables drag across the pavement at 6:15, the man coughs for a third time at 6:17 and so on.  In the constant pursuit of understanding the passing of moments, the challenge persists.  A new moment is an opportunity for something different.  The same thing is never actually the same.  In Hanoi, the city convinces you that each day is a succession of the same moments relived by its people.  

In ‘Always-Already’ I practice and examine repetition in a new way.  I tend to hear repetition differently. Though I search for the vastness, I discover quality in the multiplicity of sound and activity.  
Thank you and enjoy the music.  If you have any questions, thoughts, praise, criticism or insults regarding this piece only, feel free to e-mail me at sandromanzon@gmail.com 


'Always-Already' - (Live Recording)

Swinging Cole Porter tune featuring Tony Genge on piano, Ken Lister on bass, Buff Allen on drums with Mike Herriott on trumpet and Bill Runge on tenor. From my 2007 National Jazz Award winning CD "Things Turn Out That Way" on ROADHOUSE RECORDS. Available on iTunes. Happy International Jazz Day!

Things Turn Out That Way

From This Moment On

05 - Cheek To Cheek - DM

The Soundtrack to Michael Beach Nichols' film Wrinkles The Clown. Full album available digitally Oct 4, 2019. Movie out via Magnolia Pictures October 4 2019

Electronics, Synthesizers and Processing: T. Griffin
Trumpet: Jaimie Branch
Violin: Catherine McRae
Shuffle Loop: Jim White (drums), Guy Picciotto and T. Griffin (guitars)
Additional Keyboards, Processing and Mixing: Dashel Hammerstein and Jordi Nus
Recorded at Shiny Little, Brooklyn. Loop recorded at La Bas, Brooklyn. 

Cover Image Midnight Marauder

Fear, Frenzy And Wrinkles

Waltz For Jackie
Del Dako - Baritone sax, David Restivo - piano, Mike McClelland- drums and Dick Felix- bass. Recorded in 1996.

Waltz For Jackie

Donna Lee in B (feat Anh Phung)

06 Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most

Dr. Patrick Boyle is a fearless sonic explorer driven by discovery. Curiosity is his compass. His frontiers are in performance (trumpet and guitar), improvisation, composition and education. Patrick is Associate Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of Victoria 

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Originally from Newfoundland, Canada, he appears on over 50 commercial releases and 3 acclaimed solo albums. CBC Radio has called him a “trumpet personality” and “one of Canada’s top jazz musicians.” He has cultivated the rare ability to synthesize a range of influence – including jazz, rock, trad, Balkan, and South Indian music – which all come together into a rhythmically compelling musical voice. In 2009, Patrick performed at Carnegie Hall with tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain. 
 
A provocative and prolific composer, Patrick writes for theatre, film and the concert stage. Among his many commissions is the score for the theatrical adaptation of the Wayne Johnston novel Colony of Unrequited Dreams which premiered at the National Arts Centre in January 2017. Patrick’s music is central to two films for the National Film Board: 54 Hours (2014) and Song for Cuba (2014). The CBC commissioned Patrick to compose and record Well Enough Alone (2010), a multi-movement suite acknowledging the 60th anniversary of Newfoundland's confederation with Canada. 

Career highlights include performances every major jazz festival across Canada, the Newport Folk Festival, Rochester International Jazz Festival, Mariposa Folk Festival, Sound Symposium, SXSW, Folk Alliance International, and an Australian tour with guitarist/composer Duane Andrews. Patrick concerts and compositions have been performed on numerous CBC radio broadcasts, including The Signal, Canada Live, The Performance Hour, Deep Roots, and a feature episode of Sessions in the Old Town for CBC-TV with host Tom Power. His latest release, After Forgetting (2017), is a new vinyl release with Bill Brennan (piano), Mike Downes (bass), and Mike Billard (drums) and produced by Glen Tilley. Previous solo albums include Rock Music with Curtis Andrews (2010); Still No Word (2008 ECMA Nominee); Hold Out (2005 ECMA Nominee).

Patrick balances a life in performance with dedicated scholarship and active community engagement. He holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts (2012) from the University of Toronto, a Masters Degree in Ethnomusicology (2002) from York University and a Bachelors Degree in Performance from Memorial University (2000). His innovative research investigates how improvisation, particularly collective improvisation in organizations, can help negotiate situations of tension and anxiety. Patrick has been awarded grants to study, record, and tour from the NL Arts Council, FACTOR, and Canada Council including work at the Banff Jazz Workshop and Hrvatska Matica Iseljenika (Croatian Folkloric Academy of Music) in Brac, Croatia. Patrick writes for Canadian Musician magazine. He is also a sought after clinician/adjudicator throughout North America.

Current projects include intensive work performing live music for silent film under the banner of Active-Vision; a intimate trio with pianist George McFetridge and bassist James Young; Deep in the Groove with organist Dr. Tony Genge; Carnatic explorations with Curtis Andrews; a book and online project documenting the history of jazz music in Newfoundland; an album of trad music for trumpet; and ever-evolving collaborations with Neil Conway, The Discounts, and Mark Bragg. 

An in-demand sideman, his versatility is integral to several collaborations. Select performance and recording credits include Great Big Sea, Mickey Dolenz, Mike Murley, Hey! Rosetta, Fred Penner, and many more. Twice, MusicNL recognized Patrick as Side Musician of the Year. Patrick led the rap and roll group Trimmed Naval Beef and in his heart, he still does.