Release Date: 28 August 2020
Label: New Arts International
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 805558279621
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 28 August 2020
Label: New Arts International
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 805558279621
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
Filipino-American percussionist and composer Christopher Icasiano presents his debut solo work "Provinces," two suites that explore the complexity of cultural identity and community as a second generation immigrant in Seattle. Composed predominantly on the drum set, "Provinces" virtuosic rhythmic patterns evoke melodies over long cyclical phrases, while a lush color palette provided by keyboards and percussion fill out the soundscape. Added field recordings taken from Icasiano's first ancestral trip to the Philippines are blended in, transporting the listener to a world that is foreign yet familiar. Christopher's lifelong study of jazz, his love of 90's R&B and folk music, and his 12-year collaboration in the experimental drum and saxophone duo "Bad Luck," make "Provinces" a unique intersection of the avant-garde and the mainstream - always compelling, always challenging.
"Icasiano's drumming harnesses shocking power and does strange things to your perception of time and space." - Dave Segal, The Stranger
Tracklisting
The Eric Ineke JazzXpress Feat. Tineke Postma
Various Artists
Xose Miguelez
Teun Wisse & Teun Braken
Linos Piano Trio
Duke Ellington
Clemens Gottwald
Ben Markley Big Band & Ari Hoenig
Howl Quartet
Fred Hersch Trio
Kerry Politzer
Vincent Courtois Trio
Mike Westbrook Orchestra
Harper Trio
Jordan Williams
Lafayette Harris Jr.