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Potential and Actual Infinities

by Leap Of Faith

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    -----Review by Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery
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    LEAP OF FAITH with PEK / GLYNIS LOMON / JIM WARSHAUER / ERIC DAHLMAN / YURI ZBITNOV - Potential and Actual Infinities (Evil Clown 9209; USA) Featuring PEK on sopranino, alto, tenor & bass saxes, contralto clarinet, flute, tarogato, sheng, etc.; Glynis Lomon on cello, acquasonics & voice; Jim Warshauer on curved soprano, alto & tenor saxes, flute & percussion; Eric Dahlman on trumpet & piano and Yuri Zbitnov on drums, gong, wood & metal. This is a smaller, quintet version of Leap of Faith and it was recorded live at Outpost 186 in Cambridge, MA in March of 2019. Here we have the three founding embers of LoF: PEK, Ms. Lomon and Mr. Zbitnov plus occasional members: Jim Warshauer on reeds and Eric Dahlman on trumpet… After some gongs at the beginning, we hear some melodica, slide whistle or flute interweaving. Mr. Zbitnov’s mallet-work (on his shiny new drums) sounds great at the center of the slow moving storm as it escalates higher. Leap of Faith have long mastered the art of organic improv, always building, adding layers with occasional solo bits rising out of the waves below. The first shorter (14 + minutes) piece is called “Waiting for Glynis”, who must’ve arrived late she is there for the second hour long title work. Always great to hear cellist Glynis Lomon at length as she is a consistently spirited & inspired cellist. Interesting combinations of instruments erupt throughout: two high reeds, cello & drums, building in density and intensity as it goes. It also quiets down to some sparse yet effective sections as well. Another strong effort from the ever-increasing treasure chest of discs from Leap of Faith and their assorted off-shoot projects.
    - Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
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    ---Liner Notes by PEK
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    Leap of Faith is the core trio of the Leap of Faith Orchestra (LOFO) comprised of PEK on clarinets, saxophones, double reeds & flutes, Glynis Lomon on cello, aquasonic & voice, and Yuri Zbitnov on drums & percussion. The ensemble is based in Boston and dates back to the early 90s. We utilize a huge arsenal of additional Evil Clown instruments to improvise long works featuring transformations across highly varied sonorities. The ensemble has always been highly modular and our many recordings feature the core trio in dozens of configurations with a huge list of guests.
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    For this performance the core trio will be joined by Jim Warshauer (reeds) and Eric Dahlman (trumpet, overtone voice). Eric and Jim have a long history together and joined the Evil Clown Roster towards the beginning of 2018 as I was raising the ensemble for Leap of Faith Orchestra performs Cosmological Horizons by PEK (which was performed in July).
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    I love it when great players come to Evil Clown in groups with long prior histories. Their common experience enhances the deep roots of many of our various ensemble permutations. Eric and Jim fit in right away and have each performed on over half a dozen sets with Leap of Faith, Leap of Faith Orchestra and Turbulence in the last year!
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    This particular Leap if Faith Quintet performed in June of 2018 at Outpost 186 right before the Cosmological Horizons performance by the full orchestra... The show was a great artistic success, and it bears repeating the same quintet for this new performance...
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    for more info on Eric & Jim see the Evil Clown site bio pages
    http://www.evilclown.rocks/bio-eric-dahlman.html
    http://www.evilclown.rocks/bio-jim-warshauer.html
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    PEK, 17 March 2019
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Outpost 186
Cambridge MA
16 March 2019

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released March 17, 2019

- PEK (1,2) - sopranino, alto, tenor & bass saxophones, clarinet & contralto clarinet, alto flute, tarota, contrabassoon, bass tromboon, sheng, hand chimes, gong, wood, metal, voice
- Glynis Lomon (2) - cello, aquasonic, voice
- Jim Warshauer (1,2) - curved soprano, alto & tenor saxophones, alto flute, whistle, frame drum, hand chimes, wood
- Eric Dahlman (1,2) - trumpet, overtone voice, piano, slide Whistle, metal
- Yuri Zbitnov (1,2) - shiny new drum set, hand chimes, gong, wood, metal, voice
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---YouTube
Waiting for Glynis: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFrWB-lLvic
Potential and Actual Infinities: youtu.be/0SqGe912EBc
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Evil Clown album page:
www.evilclown.rocks/lof-potential-and-actual-infinities.html
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Links to the first set by this LOF quintet
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Proof Theory
bandcamp
leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/proof-theory
YouTube
youtu.be/JsC09jBV4g0
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Here are some links to other recent sets of smaller (<=6) Leap of Faith ensemble performances:
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Tangled Hierarchies
bandcamp
leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/tangled-hierarchies
YouTube
youtu.be/3bgphLC6KyI
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Order of Ramifications
bandcamp
leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/order-of-ramifications
YouTube
youtu.be/9tRCChE_7Zs
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Imaginary Mass
bandcamp
leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/imaginary-mass
YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYJN8lczQuI&t=4s
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Irreducibility
bandcamp
leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/irreducibility
YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8Jw0-6C1Ik&t=1s
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Categories of Being and Their Relations
bandcamp
leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/categories-of-being-and-their-relations
YouTube
youtu.be/3psFyNwMnTQ
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Topological Constructions
bandcamp
leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/topological-constructions
YouTube
youtu.be/FmdEj0BWoAo

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Leap of Faith is a long-term collaboration active from 1993 to 2001 and resuming in 2015 between Glynis Lomon (cello, voice) and PEK (clarinets, saxes, double reeds, voice) with various other regulars (Mark McGrain trombone, Craig Schildhauer bass, Yuri Zbitnov drums, James Coleman theremin, Steve Norton saxes, clarinets) + many guests. Pure improv with little or no planning prior to performance ... more

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