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Percussionist/Composer Brian Adler Fuses Eastern Philosophy, Digital Technology, And Improvisation

Source: Brian Shankar Adler
October 20, 2016

NEWS RELEASE from Circavision Productions Percussionist/Composer Brian Adler Fuses Eastern Philosophy, Digital Technology, and Improvisation New Trio and Quintet EPs Convey a Prismatic Vision With two new EPs, percussionist/composer Brian Adler offers listeners beautiful and arrestingly original music via two formations of his newest project: Shankar. On Binary, he performs with the trio, featuring pianist Santiago Leibson, bassist Rob Jost and a computer. The other album, Mysteries of the Deep features the quintet with Leibson and Jost as well as ...

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Book Release: A World Of Percussion: Ten Etudes Inspired By Rhythms From Across The Globe

Source: Brian Shankar Adler
October 9, 2013

Circavision Productions Presents the new book: A World of Percussion: Ten études inspired by rhythms from across the globe Available October 1st, 2013 The book, and accompanying CD, encourage its participants to explore sound and rhythm through various percussion instruments and their bodies, while learning about rhythms from around the world. It includes ten colorful percussion études based on influential rhythms from: Ghana, Guinea, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Spain, and the United States and offers a context in ...

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Brian Adler's Helium Music Project Album Now Available

Source: Brian Shankar Adler
October 9, 2013

Brian Adler's Helium Music Project, is a global collaboration that transcends the boundaries of jazz and world music to create a rich new music and format for musical output. “A delightfully uplifting representation of [Adler's] musical philosophy," says Alex Ariff of All About Jazz. The group highlights Adler's love for rhythmic intricacy, texture, and soulful melodies. Personnel: Brian Adler: drum set, cajon, tabla, bombo leguero, conga, shakers. Wendy Gilles, Heather Masse, Kate McGarry, Nicky Schrire: vocals. Josh Deutsch, Matt Holman: ...

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Circavision Productions Releases Phase 5 Of Brian Adler's Helium Project

Source: Brian Shankar Adler
May 22, 2012

DRUMMER/COMPOSER SPEARHEADS DIGITAL-ONLY COLLABORATION FEATURING THE MUSICAL TALENT OF BEN MONDER, SUNNY KIM, MATT HOLMAN, BRYAN CARROTT, JESSE LEWIS AND RUBEN SAMAMA. Drummer and composer Brian Adler releases the fifth in a series of digital recordings from The Helium Music Project, his ongoing creative collaboration with jazz musicians that transcends time, and space. Entitled Phase 5, the digital EP will be available as a digital download on May 22 at HeliumMusicProject.com. With eyes and ears on the future, Adler showcases ...

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Circavision Productions Releases Nicky Schrire's "Freedom Flight"

Source: Brian Shankar Adler
May 22, 2012

Vocalist & composer celebrates a fresh and vibrant take on the Jazz vocal tradition New York, NY: Nicky Schrire, a vocalist and composer with a “warm, honey-rich voice” (Peter Eldridge) will release her debut album, ‘Freedom Flight’ on May 22, 2012 via Circavision Productions. The album includes eleven tracks that Schrire both arranged and produced. Two of the tracks (“Journey” and “Ode To A Folk Song”) are original songs that are complimented by an array of classics including Lennon/McCartney’s “Freedom ...

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Phase 2 of Brian Adler's Helium Project Lifts Off July 12

Source: Brian Shankar Adler
July 1, 2011

DRUMMER/COMPOSER SPEARHEADS DIGITAL-ONLY COLLABORATION FEATURING THE MUSICAL TALENT OF ARGENTINE MUSICIANS RODRIGO DOMINGUEZ, JUAN PABLO ARREDONDO, JERONIMO CARMONA. Drummer and composer Brian Adler releases the second in a series of digital recordings from The Helium Music Project, his ongoing creative collaboration with jazz musicians that transcends time, space and international borders. Entitled Phase 2, the digital EP will be available as a digital download on July 12 at HeliumMusicProject.com. With his eyes and ears on the future, Adler is among ...

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"Phase 1" Of Brian Adler's Helium Project Lifts Off

Source: Brian Shankar Adler
May 25, 2011

Drummer/composer spearheads digital-only collaboration featuring the musical talent of Kate McGarry, Dave Eggar, Peter Ehwald, Mark Lau, and others. “Adler is an amazing instrumentalist who has seemingly mastered all aspects of percussion... his bubbling, percolating rhythms carry the music forward in the most graceful possible ways."—Dave Wayne, Jazzreview.com. Drummer and composer Brian Adler will release the first in a series of digital recordings from The Helium Project, his ongoing creative collaboration with jazz musicians that transcends, time, space and international ...

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Brian Adler's Helium Project - "Phase 1"

Source: Brian Shankar Adler
May 25, 2011

By Richard B. Kamins For a fairly young man, drummer-composer Brian Adler has had a busy life. He's studied with such modern “masters" as Billy Hart, John Hollenbeck, Billy Higgins, Bob Moses, Joe Morris and Cecil McBee as well as sharing the stage with Pablo Aslan, Ran Blake, Frank Carlberg, Marilyn Crispell, Mark Helias, Erik Lawrence, Kate McGarry, Ben Monder, and Ray Vega. He's the leader of The Prana Trio, is a member of bassist Aslan's Trio and several other ...

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