PROGRAM
Reverso, Harmonic Alchemy Album Release Show
TORCH, America’s Guns: A musical lament on America’s relationship with guns.
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MEET THE ARTISTS
Reverso features Ryan Keberle on trombone, Frank West on piano, and Vincent Courtois on cello
Continuing a century of mutual inspirations between two expansive and overlapping musical worlds, Reverso traces the intersection of jazz and classical music back to Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy and their contemporaries. Featuring French collaborators Frank West (piano) and Vincent Courtois (cello), Reverso blends “pulsating motifs, long painterly lines, open fields and pointillist statements into a fascinating whole” (Jazz Times).
This trans-oceanic chamber jazz ensemble, led by trombonist Ryan Keberle, presents original chamber jazz that bridges the divide between these two musical styles.
The ensemble’s original compositions prove that jazz and “classical” music have become even more intertwined since they began to intersect and mutually inspire Ravel and his contemporaries such as Erik Satie, Igor Stravinsky and Darius Milhaud more than 100 years ago.
Reverso’s repertoire features original compositions by all three members of the ensemble recently recorded on their latest album, Harmonic Alchemy, inspired by the music of Gabriel Faure. Past inspiration for Reverso has from Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin,” a suite for solo piano, and from the music of Les Six, a group of early 20th-century French composers whose members included Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, Arthur Honneger and Germaine Tailleferre, the sole female member of the group.
TORCH features Eric Likkel on clarinets, Brian Chin on trumpets, Steve Schermer on bass, and Bonnie Whiting on vibraphone and percussion
TORCH is a multi-arts collective of artists dedicated to the creation and performance of new socially conscious work. Embedded within the collective is a contemporary chamber music ensemble whose original compositions play with our heady intellects and our groove-craving souls. Rooted in contemporary classical, jazz, world, and improvised music, TORCH bridges the gaps between genres, re-imagines works from master composers, and demonstrates an indie-band model of self-composition. TORCH is in residence and affiliated with Common Tone Arts, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization transforming lives through artistic creation.
ARTIST PREVIEW
ABOUT THE SERIES
The TORCH LIGHT series features the work of the TORCH Artist Collective, our friends in Seattle, and beyond. We serve as a platform to highlight powerful artists and create socially responsive work. Each show is performed in front of a live audience and simultaneously broadcast across the world. We have deliberately placed TORCH LIGHT events on (mostly) the last Monday of each month to attract as many creators, musicians, and art lovers as possible. Tickets are at the door and by suggested donation.