Brian Marsella's Imaginarium at Painted Bride Art Center

Brian Marsella’s iMAGiNARiUM hosts a grand celebration and special performance featuring arrangements from their soon to be released debut album chapter one: The Clocks Have Gone Mad. Join Marsella and his cast of extraordinary musique storytellers for an evening of sonic theater, light refreshments from local culinary artisans, and intermission with Philly favorite DJ Frosty.

The cast for this special event includes some of Philadelphia and New York City's most diverse and virtuosic players in the jazz, world, and avant-garde scenes. Brian Marsella, piano and keyboards (Matisyahu, John Zorn, Marshall Allen, Zion 80), Cyro Baptista, percussion (Sting, Herbie Hancock, Paul Simon, Yo-Yo-Ma, Wynton Marsalis), Dan Blankinship, trumpet (Lew Tabackin), Jason Fraticelli, acoustic bass (Matisyahu, Melody Gardot, Jacob Fred Jazz Oddyssey), John Lee, guitar (Hassan Hakmoun, Fatoumata Diawara ) Tim Keiper, drums and percussion (Vieux Farka Toure, John Zorn), Meg Okura, violin (Davie Bowie, Michael Brecker, Lee Konitz, Cirque du Soleil). ...

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Brian Marsella’s iMAGiNARiUM hosts a grand celebration and special performance featuring arrangements from their soon to be released debut album chapter one: The Clocks Have Gone Mad. Join Marsella and his cast of extraordinary musique storytellers for an evening of sonic theater, light refreshments from local culinary artisans, and intermission with Philly favorite DJ Frosty.

The cast for this special event includes some of Philadelphia and New York City's most diverse and virtuosic players in the jazz, world, and avant-garde scenes. Brian Marsella, piano and keyboards (Matisyahu, John Zorn, Marshall Allen, Zion 80), Cyro Baptista, percussion (Sting, Herbie Hancock, Paul Simon, Yo-Yo-Ma, Wynton Marsalis), Dan Blankinship, trumpet (Lew Tabackin), Jason Fraticelli, acoustic bass (Matisyahu, Melody Gardot, Jacob Fred Jazz Oddyssey), John Lee, guitar (Hassan Hakmoun, Fatoumata Diawara ) Tim Keiper, drums and percussion (Vieux Farka Toure, John Zorn), Meg Okura, violin (Davie Bowie, Michael Brecker, Lee Konitz, Cirque du Soleil).

Chapter One: The Clocks Have Gone Mad is an eclectic concept album that shares twelve unique adventures of a curious clock named Larsamel Raibn who faces obsoleteness in a universe where time ceases. It is an uplifting journey of transformation from mechanical thinking to inspired living, fear to freedom and from a place that exists as a series of now moments to a place that exists as one eternal now.

Chapter One masterfully blends a myriad of genres including classical, jazz, exotica, world and experimental jamtronica to form a signature style Marsella calls "Jazzotica."

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