{"id":5279,"date":"2021-10-09T18:01:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T18:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bridgetoeverywhere.org\/?p=5279"},"modified":"2021-10-13T17:02:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T17:02:24","slug":"angel-city-jazz-festival-set-list-and-program-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgetoeverywhere.org\/angel-city-jazz-festival-set-list-and-program-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel City Jazz Festival Set List and Program Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]Angel City Jazz Festival \/ Orenda Records Fest<\/strong>
\nSaturday, October 9, 5:00pm
\n2220 Arts + Archives<\/p>\n

Program<\/h3>\n

Derrick Skye<\/strong> Unveiled This Heart, <\/em>revised (2021)*
\nChris Votek<\/strong> Chamber Thumri in Raga Kafi<\/em> (2021)*
\nYvette Holzwarth<\/strong> Thunder Over Water<\/em> (2021)*
\nPhilip Graulty<\/strong> Mijo<\/em> (2021)*
\nJames Waterman<\/strong> Elephant King<\/em> (2021)*<\/p>\n

*premiere<\/p>\n

Ensemble<\/h3>\n

Derrick Skye, conductor
\nRachel Iba, violin
\nYvette Holzwarth, voice and violin
\nAnna Kouchnerov, violin
\nNikki Shorts, viola
\nChris Votek, cello
\nHannah Arista, voice and percussion
\nNeelamjit Dhillon, bansuri and saxophone
\nPhilip Graulty, guitars
\nDimitris Mahlis, oud
\nMark Gutierrez, bass
\nJames Waterman, percussion<\/p>\n

Program Notes<\/h3>\n

Chamber Thumri in Raga Kafi: <\/em>The pure form of raga Kafi is described in ancient texts as the natural scale and one of the oldest ragas, its notes correspond to the Dorian mode. But today Kafi is usually heard in light classical music such as this Thumri, a romantic-devotional song form that allows more flexibility for the performer to stray outside the grammar of the raga. My intention was simply to do my best to translate some of the essence of the raga into chamber music, but I found myself also exploring a subtle allusion to Medieval organum\u2026. \u2013 Chris Votek<\/p>\n

“Thunder Over Water” is a song by Yvette Cornelia Holzwarth. Drawing imagery from the I-Ching<\/em> (Book of Changes<\/em>) and overlapping stories (both personal and collected), the lyrics explore psychic liberation upon making it through a storm. The piece arranged for Bridge to Everywhere features an oud solo by Dimitris Mahlis.<\/p>\n

Thunder over water<\/em>
\nA lonely boat at sea<\/em>
\nFollow. follow the lights on shore<\/em>
\nWe have got nothing more<\/em>
\nto guide our way<\/em>
\nYour lost anchor <\/em>
\nSet us adrift<\/em>
\nIn storm and waves<\/em>
\nWe’ ll be tossed and tumbled <\/em>
\nLike those three damn coins <\/em>
\nThat seal our fate<\/em><\/p>\n

Electric night sky<\/em>
\nTears at the seams <\/em>
\nOpens her mouth wide <\/em>
\nAnd swallows us in <\/em>
\nPiercing lightning<\/em>
\nRips the old black cloth <\/em>
\nTry to fight it<\/em>
\nBut this was just our luck <\/em>
\nI couldn’t change a thing<\/em><\/p>\n

Danger on the water<\/em>
\nA sudden bolt of light then relief<\/em>
\nThunder over water<\/em>
\nA lonely boat at sea<\/em><\/p>\n

Mijo<\/em> is written in memory of my dearest friend Arthur Reyna Jr. who passed away on January 19, 2021 due to COVID-19. Written from the point of a view of a mother, it is both a lament and a lullaby. Musically, the piece is partly inspired by American fingerstyle guitar and Malian blues. \u2013 Philip Graulty<\/p>\n

The Elephant King<\/em> is inspired by my studies in North Indian Classical music and the polyrhythmic drumming of the Ewe people of Ghana, Togo, and Benin. It aims to explore different approaches and feels of a 12-beat cycle through a common West African bell pattern, phrases derived from Ewe drumming, and exercises in the Hindustani 12-beat rhythm cycle Ektaal<\/i>. The piece culminates in a kaida<\/i> (tabla composition) performed as a conversation between the wonderful Neelamjit Dhillon reciting padhant <\/i>(rhythmic recitation) and tabla playing back what is spoken. Peppered in throughout the piece are echos of various musical loves of mine, including rock, hip hop, jazz, dancehall, and a little bit of Trinidadian soca music. Featuring solos by Chris Votek, Philip Graulty, Yvette Holzwarth, and Neelamjit Dhillon.\u00a0 A huge thank you to my mentors Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, Randy Gloss, Dzidzogbe Lawluvi-Ladzekpo, Yeko Ladzekpo-Cole and Andrew Grueschow for generously sharing their knowledge and talents with me throughout the years. \u2014 James Waterman<\/div>\n
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Website: jameswatermanmusic.com<\/a><\/div>\n
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