Living Geometry

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About the Artist
About Ben Schwendener:
In addition to being a member of the jazz faculties at both New England Conservatory and Longy School of Music, pianist, composer, and educator Ben Schwendener is a leading lecturer on Russell's Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization and teacher of Creative and Critical Thinking at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. Since 1997, he has also directed the customized music and dance education non-profit, Gravity Arts, and managed the Boston-based Gravity Records label. Schwendener has performed around the world and produced commissioned works for dance groups and independent films. His other 2002 release, Road Trips (Gravity), featured his quintet with saxophonist Bhob Rainey, guitarist Gregg Ramsey, bassist Hiro Harada, and drummer Steve Chaggaris.

About Marc Rossi:
Versatile Boston based pianist, composer, and Berklee College of Music educator Marc Rossi has been called "one of the dynamic few whose musical and cultural awareness travels exponentially in many different directions" by DownBeat Magazine. A twenty-year veteran of both the jazz and contemporary classical worlds, and student of Carnatic and Hindustani Indian music since the early 90's, his ambitious career and inclusive compositions transcend the traditional boundaries of genre. The leader of the jazz fusion oriented Marc Rossi Group (MRG) since 1981, and longtime member of Stan Strickland and Ascension, he has also toured with icons like Jimmy Guiffre and George Russell. Rossi is also a prolific classical composer, whose works have been premiered by renowned musicians like pianist Jeffrey Jacob and cellist Rafael Popper-Keizer.

Living Geometry
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    		Living Geometry
    Ben Schwendener , and Mark Rossi
    Manufacturer: Gravity Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00076V72M
    Release Date: 2001-01-30

    Tracks:

    1. Dancing With Laws
    2. Living Geometry I
    3. A&p Swing
    4. Conscious Evolution I
    5. Dancing With Laws Ii
    6. Conscious Evolution Ii
    7. Solo Ben
    8. Solo Marc
    9. Living Geometry Ii
    10. Latin Bondage
    Living Geometry II
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      		Living Geometry II
      Ben Schwendener and Marc Rossi
      Manufacturer: Gravity Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
      Avant Garde & Free JazzAvant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
      Jazz FusionJazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music
      ASIN: B00076V736
      Release Date: 2004-11-16

      Tracks:

      1. Living Geometry #3
      2. Conscious Evolution #3
      3. A&P Swing #2
      4. Dancing with Laws #3
      5. Solo Ben
      6. Solo Marc
      7. Conscious Evolution II, #4
      8. Origins of the Universe (Miles remembered)
      9. Bulgarian Two Step
      10. Springloader
      11. Pivot Pals #1
      12. Opening Night #1
      13. Living Geometry #4
      14. Dancing with Laws #4
      15. Conscious Evolution #5
      16. A&P Swing #3
      17. YKY
      18. Pivot Pals #2
      19. Dancing with Laws #5
      20. Transubstantiation
      21. Last Class
      22. Opening Night #2

      Album Description

      Ben Schwendener/Marc Rossi
      Living Geometry II: Volumes 1 and 2 (GRV 1900-8)

      Over the course of their 10-year partnership, Boston-based pianist/composers Ben Schwendener and Marc Rossi have developed a unique and empathic musical language based on George Russell's Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization. They first documented this language—using innovative graphic scores as a coherent framework for spontaneous, genre-defying improvisation—on their 2002 debut, Living Geometry (GRV 1900-6), which All About Jazz Modern Jazz Editor Glenn Astarita called "a very special endeavor." This new two-disc set documents a pair of 2003 Boston performances, including four pieces also featuring Uwe Steinmetz and the legendary Joe Maneri on saxophones.

      Music:

      1. Living Geometry II
      2. London Calling
      3. Mellow Gold [Explicit Lyrics]
      4. My Body, the Hand Grenade
      5. Naked
      6. Odelay
      7. Only I Can Save You
      8. Paris [Live]
      9. Patterns
      10. Pure Guava

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