| As an idea, Both/And invites us to move beyond binary thinking. Dualities such as good/evil, us/them, male/female, future/past, chaos/order, composer/performer, and so on, limit us to a kind of disjunctive thought which can suffocate intuition and stifle imagination. Both/And implies what Carl Jung called “transcendent thinking”, which contains nuance, synthesis and the holding of (seeming) opposites. For example, Yin/Yang may at first appear as a simple duality, but upon deeper reflection is revealed to also be a kind of Both/And because each part contains qualities of its opposite. Both/And manifests too as Eshu/Elegba who sits at the crossroads and reminds us to look at a person or a thing from all sides before forming a general judgment or making a move. Significantly, the conjunctive thinking that infuses Both/And can open doors to the personal mysticism that frees and inspires creative imagination. |
ARTISTS
Adam Rudolph - handrumset (kongos, djembe, tarija, zabumba) thumb piano, bata (itotele), mouth bow, percussion
Ralph M. Jones - hulusi, bass clarinet, alto and c germanic flutes, soprano and tenor saxophones, bamboo trumpet, bamboo flutes
Joseph Bowie - trombone, organic/electronics, vocal, harmonica, congas, bamboo trumpet, percussion
Graham Haynes - cornet, flugelhorn, bamboo trumpet, percussion
Brahim Fribgane - oud, cajon, bendir, tarija, percussion
Kenny Wessel - electric and acoustic guitars, banjo
Jerome Harris - acoustic bass guitar, slide guitar, vocal
Matt Kilmer - frame drums, kanjira, bata (okonkolo), percussion
Organic Orchestra Strings -
arrangements and improvised conducting by Adam Rudolph
Violins - Sarah Bernstein, Charles Burnham, Trina Basu
Mark Chung, Elektra Kurtis, Skye Steele, Midori Yamamoto
Violas - Stephanie Griffin, Jason Hwang
Cellos - Greg Heffernan, Daniel Levin |