Enchanted Vibrations Records
Louis Guarino, Jr. - In Concert: Friday March 4, 2005
The Hamden Arts Commission Presents A Concert of THE MUSIC OF LOUIS GUARINO JR. “Creative Abstractions in Music” Friday March 4, 2005 - 7PM at Thornton Wilder Hall (at Miller Library) 2901 Dixwell Ave. Hamden, Ct. 06518 Phone 203 287 2546 With musicians: Louis Guarino Jr. - trumpet & Steinerphone Herb Wilson - saxes Michael Gregory - guitars Jesse (Cheese) Hameen II - drums Dean Roumanis - Keyboards Jarawa - percussion Wes Brown - bass Save by buying tickets in advance for $10 from Family Music Center 1396 Dixwell Ave. Hamden, 06514 203 288 5647 or $14 at the door.
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new release:
Spiritual Awakening - Louis Guarino Jr.
© 2001 Louis Guarino Jr.
available at:
Cutler's: 33 Broadway-New Haven, CT
Music Box: Hamden Plaza-2100 Dixwell Avenue • Hamden, CT 06514
(203) 288-9222
"Guarino goes for something heavier, more serious, and, well, darker. As a trumpet player, he’s worked with a number of forward-looking improvisers, including Carla Bley, Muhal Richard Abrams, and Amina Claudine Myers. On pieces like “A Conversation with the Spirits of the Mountain,” Guarino plays alternately languid and sputtering lines on his horn. And as with Miles, there’s “the cushion.” But in this case, it’s more of a throbbing, swirling, pulsing, and dreamy electronic haze rather than the groove-oriented backdrop of Miles’s later recordings. There’s range and variety throughout his recording Spiritual Awakenings, but the whole release has a focused and aural effect. “I picked these pieces because they’re in a mood..." -Titus Levi-"Keyboard Magazine"
ALBUM INFO: TRACKS: 1. A Conversation with the Spirits of the Mountain 2. Mirrors 3. A Voyage Thru The Clouds 4. Metamorphosis 5. Amnesia 6. Waterways NOTES This music was written for trumpet, steinerphone, percussion, and synthesizers.
The music in this album contains improvised Trumpet & Steinerphone solos intertwined with rich, abstract, poly-synthesizer arrangements creating different adventures (or stories) in sound for each piece. Emotional textures range from peaceful, serene, soft, and harmonious; to harsh, raw, dissonant and powerful. The forms vary from thematic, to anarchistic, some reoccurring, to freefloating. Some forms have different movements or sections, some morph from motif to motif. The rhythmic pulse spans from non-existent, to implied, to obvious.
This music is entitled "Spiritual Awakenings" due to the fact that during the time I decided to put this music all together as one recording, I was doing a great deal of reading of Eastern Philosophies such as The Tao, Buddhism, and Zen. The readings gave me great inner peace and enlightenment, and also gave me a sort of Spiritual Awakening or realization about myself and my environment I hadn't noticed before. This affected my writing and playing of some of the works, as well as my life. Through this compilation of musical pieces, I feel as though I can share some of the feelings of my Spiritual Awakening especially with you the listener, thru passing on some of my inner emotional feelings of peace, love of sound, excitement, and my joy of creativity. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed performing it. -Louis Guarino Jr.
Coming soon:
"Images of Movements thru Time and Space"