AQUI Y AHORA
Christopher Garcia y Pablo Calogero
INSTRUMENTS,
RESONANCE,
SILENCE
and
SOUNDS
of
MEXICO/MESOAMERICA
INDIA & THE AMERICAS
RESONANCE,
SILENCE
and
SOUNDS
of
MEXICO/MESOAMERICA
INDIA & THE AMERICAS
CHRISTOPHER GARCIA
indigenous breath, string and percussion instruments of Mexico/Mesoamerica percussion of North and South India PAISTE cymbals christophergarciamusic.com/. |
PABLO CALOGERO
bansuri bass clarinet bass flute flutes soprano and tenor saxophone www.pablocalogero.com/ |
PRESS
"Christopher Garcia is a critically acclaimed as a composer, and virtuosic improviser on instruments not usually associated with just one musician including drumset, marimba, and instruments of north and south India and breath, string and percussion instruments of Mesoamerica, in every music combination possible - avant, classical, folkloric, indigenous, jazz, rock, and world, with a virtual who’s who of musicians with performances in 28 countries on 5 continents."
ATENCION SAN MIGUEL ALLENDE "percussionist Garcia just kicked my ears down Broadway. He sat cross-legged, almost hidden behind his unique drum kit, coaxing complex rhythms from hand drums and adding subtle colors on shakers, cymbals, cowbell and jam blocks. During his "Curanderos y Brujos" Garcia's mbwata, a clay drum broke apart. Talk about an explosive solo." SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS "I love seeing great percussionists perform even more. Chris is a freak! His setup is played sitting on the floor with indian, middle eastern, and african hand percussion mixd with traditional cymbals and some misc stuff like thin gongs and a thunderstick. His time is immaculate, his musicality is deep deep deep, and he is a super nice guy. They had a little meet and greet after the gig and we got to chat a bit. " ZAPPATEERS.COM "Then there’s Christopher Garcia, another first time hearing for me but certainly not the last, cause I heard and saw the spirit of his connection to the earth, to the soil from which we all come, and to the cosmos of which we are all a part. He reminded me through the sound of instrument and voice, of who and what I am and that I need to be reminded of that aspect of self again and again." KUCI "Garcia has traveled the world teaching and playing in some of the mosteclectic groups imagined. In the group RESONANCIA (pre-colonial Mexican music) he performs with percussion instruments to those used by the indigenous people. His work in fusion music with CONTINUUM puts Garcia in a league with Billy Cobham. Garcia was classically trained in world music performing North Indian style tabla." RANDOM LENGTHS "Christopher Garcia is one of those musicians who always seems to be on stage when amazing things are happening. In addition to playing all over the world, he's played with a jaw-dropping who's-who of musical luminaries.... Although he's a phenomenal drummer, he may be best known as a master of Vedic percussion techniques and, specifically, the tabla." LONG BEACH POST Christopher Garcia's comes from a rhythmic sensibility as might be expected from a drummer-led band. But it is not your usual hit-you-over-the-head snares and tom-toms. For this band Christopher Garcia has discarded much of the ordinary drum kit (no snares, tom-toms, or bass drums) in favor of tabla, a family of lightly struck cymbals, and a variety of Asian instruments." ALL ABOUT JAZZ "Christopher Garcia is a most uncommon percussionist. He’s an ace trap drum player; his work with the Frank Zappa repertory band, the Grand Mothers, is known for precise execution of difficult time signatures at blazing tempos; and he’s a hand percussionist with a deep background in Indian and Latin American music. No mere timekeeper, he always seems to elevate whatever musical situation he finds himself in." PASADENA WEEKLY |
“Calogero can groove, solo and lift the band with any of his multiple horns and flutes, each showing a very different side of his musical personality but each with their own organically developed sound within the hands of a musician who has played with Tito Puente, Jaki Byard, Anthony Braxton and Carla Bley
and many many more…” PERFORMING ARTS LIVE "Pablo Calogero …… his postulation of vibratory sounds throughthe medium of that clandestine wooden piccolo, that monumental yet unimposing bass flute, and the bass clarinet a seemingly rare yet integral part of the repertoire of sound, flowed with such elegance and grace, while from time to time awakening me to a heretofore unheard articulation, that let me know that there’s much more that I have yet to hear...." KUCI.COM Pablo Calogero has recorded and performed with the following: Rashid Ali, Count Basie Orchestra, Mario Bauza, Dave Binney, Carla Bley, Anthony Braxton, Kenny Burrell,, Jaki Byard, Continuum, Christopher Garcia, Dizzy Gillespie, Jerry Gonzales, Andy Gonzales, Oscar Hernandez, Yusef Latieef, John Linberg, Dennis Mackrel, Bobby Matos, Bennie Maupin, David Murray, Chico O'Farrill, Jazz at Lincoln Center Afro Latin Orchestra, James Newton, Tito Puente, Adam Randolph, Phil Ranelin, Adam Rogers, Bebo Valdez, Papo Vasquez, Patato Valdez, absorbing a broad range of musical styles and methods, |