Leap of Faith (2015 to Present)
Semantic Differentials
Liner Notes Excerpt by PEK
“…Mimi Rabson is our star violinist from the LOFO. She is a brilliant and highly in demand player who also teaches at Berklee. We love playing with Mimi and have her play with us as often as we can. In order to keep momentum that comes from regular sessions in small improvisation units, Glynis, Yuri and myself work around Mimi’s availability to schedule as many Evil Clown Headquarters sessions as we can…”
Semantic Differentials:
Leap of Faith
Evil Clown Headquarters, Waltham MA – 5 April 2018
1) A Measure of Connotative Meaning – 1:00:45
PEK – clarinet & contrabass clarinet, alto, tenor & bass saxophones, english horn, mussette, alto flute, [d]ronin, daxophone, ms-20, aquasonic, sheng, accordion, wood, metal, hand chimes
Glynis Lomon – cello, aquasonic, voice, metal, hand chimes
Mimi Rabson – violin, metal, hand chimes
Yuri Zbitnov – drums, daiko, crotales, [d]ronin, daxophone, wood, metal
Liner Notes by PEK
Leap of Faith is the core trio of the Leap of Faith Orchestra (LOFO) comprised of PEK on
clarinets, saxophones, clarinets & 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.
Mimi Rabson is our star violinist from the LOFO. She is a brilliant and highly in demand player who also teaches at Berklee. We love playing with Mimi and have her play with us as often as we can. In order to keep momentum that comes from regular sessions in small improvisation units, Glynis, Yuri and myself work around Mimi’s availability to schedule as many Evil Clown Headquarters sessions as we can. To date, we have recorded 2 prior excellent sessions of this quartet at ECH in addition to this current offering, Semantic Differentials (April 2018): Zeno’s Paradox (September 2017) and Thought Experiment (November 2017).
One special thing about the ECH sessions is the ready availability of all of the instruments in the Evil Clown Arsenal. The studio is pretty big, but there is not enough room for the entire Arsenal, so we select auxiliary instruments until the room is full. The available sound palette is the biggest we customarily use except for full Orchestra shows at larger venues (when we move it all with a truck).
PEK, 5 April 2018
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