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Gene Pritsker’s Sound Liberation ‘let’s Save The World Suite’ at Silvana
Courtesy of Gene Pritsker | Posted on August 15, 2022
When
Wed, September 7, 2022
7:00 pm
Save the date
Musicians
Gene Pritsker
guitarFranz Hackl
trumpetPaul Carlon
saxophone, tenorJose Moura
bassDamien Bassman
drumsErik Thomas Johnson
poet / spoken wordAbout
Composers Concordance and Composers Concordance Records present the album release of Gene Pritsker’s ‘Let’s Save the World Suite’. The seven-movement composition, based on three poems of Erik T. Johnson, is scored for a quintet of trumpet, saxophone, electric guitar, electric bass and drum set, with poet Erik T. Johnson reciting the poems in three of the movements. The music and poetry deal with our feelings toward the world in the past few years during the time of the pandemic, though not directly mentioning it. The music is inspired by jazz, music of various cultures, contemporary classical techniques and has an overall unique sound...