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Revealing the Essence

by Leap Of Faith

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    --- Liner Notes by PEK
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    Leap of Faith is the core duet of the Leap of Faith Orchestra (LOFO) comprised of PEK on clarinets, saxophones, clarinets & flutes, and Glynis Lomon on cello, aquasonic & voice. 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. At times, the core unit has been a trio or even a quartet. The longest running core unit was comprised of PEK, Glynis and drummer Yuri Zbitnov, who played for the last couple of years of the archival period and the first 5 years of the reboot starting in 2015. The ensemble has always been highly modular, and our many recordings (well over 100) feature the core unit in dozens of configurations with a huge list of guests and occasionally as only the core unit with no guests. Currently, the core unit is the duet of PEK and Lomon and we are regularly presenting LIVESTREAMs to YouTube from Evil Clown Headquarters with other guest performers.
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    This is the first Leap of Faith set with this quartet lineup. There have been some changes to the Evil Clown roster over the pandemic. While many of the regulars are still around and have been participating in the LIVESTREAMING shows from Evil Clown Headquarters, some have changed up in one way or another and are no longer available. Likewise, I have some new players, and I have some that participated in the past and are now rejoining us. This is the first Leap of Faith appearance by Michael Knoblach (the percussionist from Evil Clown’s newest ensemble, Expanse) and the first Evil Clown appearance of trumpeter Vance Provey.
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    The first Expanse session (Main Sequence) occurred right before the pandemic. This was a great duet, and Michael and I were both enthusiastic about doing more but were forced to wait. Since I resumed LIVESTREAM performances from Evil Clown Headquarters this May, Expanse has done two additional excellent performances: Vacuum Energy with guest Michael Caglianone and Scope with all four players of his JDME quartet (PEK, David Welans, Eric Dahlman, Jimmy Zhao, Michael Knoblach). Michael has a unique approach to percussion involving found objects along with hand percussion instruments which fits very well with the many unusual percussion and other instruments in the Evil Clown Arsenal. He also tends to play quietly which drives the mean ensemble dynamic level lower than typical in most Evil Clown ensembles.
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    Vance has been around the scene since before I showed up in Boston in the late 80s. He was on the Bennington faculty with Bill Dixon back in the day, and since the free improv scene in New York and the rest of New England has many players who studied there, there are lots of connections to him through other players we know. Glynis, of course, went to Bennington, and also knows and has played with Bill Dixon and many of the school’s alumni. Glynis and Vance have played in a few settings over the years. Recently, I was invited by Pianist Eric Zinman to perform at a recording session at his Cambridge home studio in a sextet with me, Eric, Vance, Stephen Haynes (tp), Nate McBride (b) and Eric Rosenthal (d). I really enjoyed playing in this setting, which was much more on the Free Jazz side of the Free Jazz / Free Improvisation spectrum than most Evil Clown performances, and I made an especially strong connection with the horn player front line. As I always do when invited to play with others, I recruit compatible musicians for my own projects, and this set is a great example of a highly credentialed and capable improvisor joining us for the first time and immediately making a deep contribution. Vance has signed up for a number of sessions in the upcoming schedule, including a quintet Leap of Faith session with me, Glynis, Vance, Nate and Eric R to be LIVESTREAMED to YouTube in late November.
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    So, Revealing the Essence is a hybrid of the Leap of Faith and Expanse aesthetics, with the PEK/Lomon interactions performed at a quieter mean dynamic with a two horn front line. This is a strong set as I expected, especially since everyone is still very excited to be able to play music again with others. Stay tuned for a steady stream of new sets over the next few months from Leap of Faith and all the other active Evil Clown ensembles.
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    - PEK 10/16/21
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Evil Clown 9286
LIVESTREAMED to YouTube
Evil Clown Headquarters, Waltham MA 13 October 2021

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released October 16, 2021

. PEK - clarinet, contralto & contrabass clarinets, tenor & alto saxophones, bass flute, mussette, medieval horn, goat horn, sheng, melodica, bass ocarina, gongs, brontosaurus & tank bells, Tibetan bowls & bells, cowbells, almglocken, wood blocks, temple blocks, log drums, chimes, orchestral chimes, electric chimes, xylophone, balafon, glockenspiel, crotales, aquasonic, [d[ronin, chime & spring boxes, telstar, medusa photosynth, voice
. Glynis Lomon - cello, aquasonic, voice
. Vance Provey - trumpet, flugelhorn, Tibetan bowls, glockenspiel, crotales
. Michael Knoblach - basket of rocks, seed pod shakers, shakers and rattles, water filled mason jars, billiards triangle, abacus, vibratones, frame drum, copper bowl, lp udder, sandpaper blocks, glass furniture leg carpet protector, slinky, horses-ass-a-phone, Christmas ornaments, clock chime, toys, Tibetan bowls, gong
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YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O3CtOlLPYk
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-revealing/

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Recent Leap of Faith sets:
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Resonance Energy (2/11/2024)
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eAdTsuZUpA
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-resonance-energy/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/resonance-energy
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LOF Chinese Orchestra - Magic Squares (1/27/2024)
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5DQ-is4Px0
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-magic-squares/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/magic-squares
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Radiation Patterns (1/20/2024)
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YXDw5Qlb2Q
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-radiation/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/radiation-patterns
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Cyclic Models (12/9/2023)
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfZxIvl7ug4
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-cyclic-models/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/cyclic-models
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Interconnected by Testable Relations (11/18/2023)
YouTube: LOF www.youtube.com/watch?v=5skEhdB9eC0
YouTube: KLH www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIJGxi4TS4E
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-interconnected/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/interconnected-by-testable-relations
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Quest for Uncertainty (11/12/2023)
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdK3rpDia-k
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-quest/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/quest-for-uncertainty
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Lexical and Syntactic Ambiguities (10/14/2023)
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySN9m9DWJ_c
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-lexical/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/lexical-and-syntactic-ambiguities
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Spooky Action at a Distance (9/19/2023)
YouTube: 1) www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRlgtfTP5No 2) www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIpJxBAKA_0
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/8650-2/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/spooky-action-at-a-distance
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Graviton Propagates (9/9/2023)
YouTube: youtu.be/cL0KHY1KgMY
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-graviton-propagates/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/graviton-propagates
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Scrying (8/31/2023)
YouTube: youtu.be/omeLdl9kuho
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-scrying/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/scrying
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Emergent Spacetime (6/6/2023)
YouTube: youtu.be/RaJ4lgDpRNU
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-emergent-spacetime/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/emergent-spacetime
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The Origin of Mass (5/13/2023)
YouTube: youtu.be/9mTkoqM8Ny4
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-origin-of-mass/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/the-origin-of-mass
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Geodetic Drift (5/2/2023)
YouTube: youtu.be/0DJKI-6FK5s
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-geodetic-drift/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/geodetic-drift
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LOF Chinese Orchestra - Jade Mirror of the Four Unknowns (4/1/2023)
YouTube: youtu.be/ZGdXZ1JKiCc
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofocor-jade-mirror/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/jade-mirror-of-the-four-unknowns
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Degrees of Freedom (3/18/2023)
YouTube: youtu.be/aveYETJNPX8
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-degrees-of-freedom/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/degrees-of-freedom
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Taxonomic Dilemma (2/11/2023)
YouTube: youtu.be/3bIBCS1vB6o
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-taxonomic-dilemma/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/taxonomic-dilemma
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Cosmic String Loops (5/7/2022)
YouTube: youtu.be/8HYHZsZCTNo
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-cosmic-string/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-string-loops
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Ordered and Disordered Localities (4/14/2022)
YouTube: youtu.be/ZkWsiUK9Jqs
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-ordered-and-disordered/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/ordered-and-disordered-localities
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Quantum Jitters (4/10/2022)
YouTube: youtu.be/A08rK5JKyf0
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-quantum-jitters/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/quantum-jitters
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Spectral Sequences (3/26/2022)
YouTube: youtu.be/Yb-C8TUtxF4
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-spectral-seq/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/spectral-sequences
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Laws of Crystal Forms (2/26/2022)
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDtxGGc8t0A&t=36s
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/7720-2/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/laws-of-crystal-forms
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Undulations in the Spatial Field (1/15/2022)
YouTube: youtu.be/NZrKIiVFHoE
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-undulations/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/undulations-in-the-spatial-field
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Meaning Arising:
YouTube: youtu.be/R6iBbv6In08
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-meaning-arising/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/meaning-arising
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Revealing the Essence (10/13/2021)
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O3CtOlLPYk
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-revealing/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/revealing-the-essence
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Coherence Disturbed (9/29/2021)
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyX8JIr8MEo
Evil Clown Album Page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-coherence-disturbed/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/coherence-disturbed
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Loops of Gravitational Force (9/25/2021)
YouTube: youtu.be/lkoUAEbB_fo
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/7754-2/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/loops-of-gravitational-force
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Lattice (5/23/2021)
YouTube: youtu.be/XfEE1cEY0t0
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-lattice/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/lattice
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Imaginary Perspectives (5/23/2021)
YouTube: youtu.be/DJUM8BAxu5g
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-imaginary-perspectives/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/imaginary-perspectives
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True Representations of Reality (6/14/2020)
YouTube:
No 1: Symbols www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUZ1iHYNj3E
No 2: Ideographs www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM5JMJkUJaQ
No 3: Hieroglyphics www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFyjOPE26pI
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-true-represent/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/true-representations-of-reality
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Trajectories (2/27/2020)
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhA8A9sXRYM
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-trajectories/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/trajectories
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The Observed Present (2/15/2020)
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPgMBQqQw9A&t=485s
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-observed-present/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/the-observed-present
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Principles of an Open Future (1/23/2020, 2/13/2020)
YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUdL4D29g_o&t=2s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJa-tgPtQZc&t=2s
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-principles/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/principles-of-an-open-future
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Phenomena (1/23/2020, 2/13/2020)
YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=chUg6ibsevk&t=5s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WSg6cHOcxY&t=2s
Evil Clown album page: evilclown.rocks/lofcr-phenomena/
bandcamp: leapoffaith1.bandcamp.com/album/phenomena

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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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