MP3 Ed Saindon Dave Liebman - Depth of Emotion

Dave Liebman and Ed Saindon team up for a new sound featuring soprano and vibes. The quartet's repertoire focuses on original compositions. Contemporary jazz that ranges from delicate lyricism to intense, virtuosic displays played with abandon.

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JAZZ: Contemporary Jazz, JAZZ: Jazz quartet

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Depth in Emotion features the blend of Dave Liebmanâs soprano along with Ed Saindonâs vibes, piano and marimba. The quartetâs focus is on group dialogue, improvisation, and spontaneity played with an extreme dynamic range. The repertoire focuses on original compositions that evoke a wide range of emotions for the listener. The music can best be described as contemporary jazz that ranges from delicate lyricism to intense, virtuosic displays played with abandon.

âThe aspect of this recording that impressed me the most is the incredible uniformity of the compositions; yet within each tune, there are different sets of musical challenges especially in the harmonic realm. The combination of the vibes with the soprano is a lovely texture that I had never before explored. Edâs music is very listenable, and at the same time quite sophisticated.â Dave Liebman

Musing on the Music

Depth of Emotion is about creating and evoking emotions through music. This music should hopefully take the listener to places filled with a wide range of moods, feelings, and emotions. This is one of the most important gifts of music both from the standpoint of the player and the listener. Besides emotion, inspiration is another catalyst in the process of composition and improvisation.

Inspiration for musicians and composers can come from many sources. It might be a special person, a city or a mountain scene. In the case of âThe Last Goodbye,â âSao Paulo,â and âAlpine Sunset,â all of the above were sources of inspiration.

âThe Last Goodbyeâ is in honor of legendary educator Herb Pomeroy who was a special musician and person who recently passed away. I had the privilege to play with Herb for many years in a duo format. He was a huge influence on me and so many other musicians in the jazz community. He will surely be missed, but his music and legacy will live on through everyone who knew and played with him.

âSao Pauloâ was inspired by a trip to Brazil several years ago that I undertook to give some clinics and concerts. It was a great experience and I loved the people, music, and food.

âAlpine Sunsetâ was written after a trip to Switzerland that my wife Pam and I took. The photo on the cover of this recording was taken from our chalet where we were staying in Interlaken, Switzerland. We traveled by train to the summit of Jungfrau which is the mountain on the right shown in the photo. Needless to say, it was an awe inspiring experience.

âGiorgioâs Themeâ was written for Giorgio Pacassoni, the father of Marco Pacassoni, a former student from Italy. Giorgio and the Pacassoni family treated my wife and me to a wonderful trip in Italy several years ago. When we recorded this song, I was playing marimba in an isolated booth and couldnât see Dave. The rhythm section started the song and all of a sudden I heard this beautiful, wooden Indian flute. It was totally unexpected and no one had any idea that Dave had brought it to the session. It was very effective in helping to create the right mood for the composition.

The âPiano Solo Reflectionsâ are short, musical vignettes simply rendered to evoke a medley of moods for the listener. Being a fan of Astor Piazzolla and his music, I wrote âPiazzollaâ in his honor. Piazzolla was a tremendous composer/musician and his powerful music is filled with a great deal of emotion.

âJoyful Sorrowâ for me evokes many emotions. In music, itâs interesting how a piece of music can elicit multiple and layered emotions simultaneously. A composition can evoke both sadness and melancholy while at the same time elicit a sense of peacefulness and joy.

The entire session was recorded in three hours and had a relaxed feel. In essence, it felt like a musical dialogue among empathetic friends. It was clear from the beginning of the session and throughout, that everyone was stretching, listening and certainly not âplaying it safe.â The session was over before we knew it. I hope you enjoy this music as much as we enjoyed playing it.

Ed Saindon
September 2007


Ed Saindon

Coming from the âfour mallet school,â Ed Saindon has developed and continues to refine a pianistic approach to mallet playing which involves a consistent utilization of all four mallets along with a variety of dampening techniques. Saindon has absorbed and transferred the influences from the piano lineage that stretches from Waller and Tatum up to the present. Originally a drummer, Saindon began playing the vibraphone along with piano while attending Berklee College of Music in Boston from 1972-1976.

As a concert artist, Saindon has traveled throughout the U.S., Europe, Brazil, Mexico and Japan. He has played and or recorded with Ken Peplowski, Warren Vache, Kenny Werner, Mick Goodrick, Fred Hersch, Peter Erskine, Jeff Hamilton, Louie Bellson, Howard Alden, Herb Pomeroy, Dick Johnson, Dave McKenna, Marvin Stamm, Michael Moore and others.

In addition to performing, Saindonâs other passion is music education. He is a Professor at Berklee where he has been teaching since 1976. He is also active in the field of music education as a clinician and author. Saindon is a clinician for Yamaha and Vic Firth giving clinics and residencies on vibraphone, marimba, piano, drums, jazz theory and harmony, composition and improvisation. Berklee Press has published his book Berklee Practice Method: Vibraphone and German publisher Advance Music recently issued his new book Exploration in Rhythm, Volume 1, Rhythmic Phrasing in Improvisation.

In addition to writing books, Saindon has authored many articles on music education, jazz theory and improvisation. He is currently the vibraphone and jazz mallet editor for the International Percussive Arts Societyâs magazine Percussive Notes. His articles have appeared in many publications including Downbeat, Percussive Notes, and Percussioner International.

CD Review Excerpts

âa master of the four mallet technique"
Jazz Times

"A marvelous technician"
CD Review
âan astounding solo performanceâ Jazz Journal

"virtuosic playing" Penguin Guide to Jazz

âexquisite touch of a world-class musicianâ Jazziz
"elegant, pianistic, four mallet vibist"
All Music Guide

âEd Saindon and Kenny Werner complement each other so well that at times it becomes difficult to tell where one ends and the other begins.â JazzReview.com

âan original approach to the vibraphone...Saindon has adapted and developed his self- styled pianistic approach.â Down Beat

âover the years, Saindon has developed his âpiano styleâ vibraphone techniqueâ¦a wonderful tribute to the potential of the vibraphone.â Percussive Notes


Dave Liebman

After some time spent with Ten Wheel Drive, one of the early jazz-fusion groups from the 70âs, Dave Liebman secured the saxophone/flute position with the group of legendary Coltrane drummer Elvin Jones. Within two years, Liebman reached the zenith of his apprenticeship period when Miles Davis hired him. These years, 1970-74, were filled with tours, recordings and the incredible experience gained by being on the bandstand with two masters of jazz. At the same time, Liebman began exploring his own music-first in the Open Sky Trio with Bob Moses and then with Richie Beirach in Lookout Farm.

Liebman has performed with Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Eddie Gomez, Pat Metheny, John Abercrombie, John Scofield, and others. He is a Grammy nominee with over 50 recordings as a leader and over 200 recorded original compositions, ranging from orchestral works and string/wind/sax quartets to re-workings of Puccini and Bernstein to world music with Sardinian, Indian, and Asian musicians.

Liebman has written several pedagogical texts and was "teaching" jazz well before the subject was generally recognized. He is also the founder (1989) and present artistic director of the IASJ, the International Association of Schools of Jazz, an organization comprised of international jazz schools from over 40 countries. His teaching activities at universities and in clinic settings have taken him literally around the world, primarily because of his varied musical interests, expertise on several instruments and ability to articulate the intricacies of the jazz language, aesthetic and technique. Liebman himself has received two NEA grants for composition (1980) and performance (1991).

In 1997, Liebman received an Honorary Doctorate of Music from the prestigious Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland. In 1998, David was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Jazz Solo for the recording of "My Favorite Things" on Thank You, John (Arkadia) and was inducted in 2000 into the Hall of Fame of The International Association of Jazz Educators for his contributions to jazz pedagogy.

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