The Clear Light Ensemble, October 11, 8 PM Green Kill Sessions
Green KIll Swssions presents "The Clear Light Ensemble" on Friday, October 11, 8 PM.
Green KIll Swssions presents The Clear Light Ensemble on Friday, October 11, 8 PM, featuring Tem Noon on percussion, Craig Hazen on bass, Scott Beall on guitar, Bill Cochran on french horn, and David Rothenberg on clarinet and John Dubberstein on Sitar.
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The Clear Light Ensemble
The Clear Light Ensemble is an improvisational musical collaboration divinely inspired by Classical Indian Ragas. It's a cosmic tapestry of diverse musical forms including world jazz, rock, classical, folk and avant guard.
Ten Noon
Tem Noon has devoted himself to the tabla since 1980 at age19. By 1986, he was playing regularly with a few bands on the New England Coffee house circuit, and his primary band of the time, Rising Tide, expanded his repertoire to include the conga.
He facilitated drum circles, and performed his original music as well. He returned to New York in 1997 he connected with several new communities starting with several Long Island drum circles and the world of kirtan. He started playing at open mics, performing original songs with Djembe.
He became attracted him to the Full Moon gatherings that started happening at the 27th St location of the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors where he encountered John Dubberstein and began to accompany him on tabla as a member of the Clear Light Ensemble.
Craig Hazen
Craig writes and produces music for films. His scores include Academy Award winning director Leon Gast's "Smash His Camera", which received the Sundance 2010 Grand Jury Award, “Double Parked”, a winner of Best Picture at the SlamDance Awards, “Speed for Thespians”, which was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Short Film category, and “ Independent Spirits”, a documentary about animation artists, John & Faith Hubley, made for PBS. He composed the Theme for the Nickelodeon TV series, “The Animorphs”.
Craig received his undergraduate degree in Music from Brown University and a MfA in Music Composition from Mills College, where he studied and worked with Terry Riley and Robert Ashley. Awards have included NEA grants and commissions.
Craig, while the co-owner of ZEN Music in NYC, CO-wrote and produced the music for several trend-setting commercials and has received most of the major awards in advertising, including 2 Clios and an Emmy nomination. His work has included campaigns for Wendy's, AT&T, Hallmark, Lincoln Mercury, Doctor Pepper, New York Telephone (amongst many others). He has worked with major recording artists including Rod Stewart, Ronnie Spector, The Four Tops, David Johansen, Squeeze, etc.
He now resides, composes and plays bass in Bearsville, NY.
Scott Beall
Scott began his musical career in the San Francisco Bay Area, performing at most major concert halls, theaters and recording studios. He has backed up such artists as John Hendricks and Cal Tjader, and shared the stage with Huey Lewis, The Tubes, Billy Idol, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Johnny Winter and many others.
Scott also worked as producer and guitarist for Hot Spoons Productions gracing countless recordings in studio sessions with top Bay Area musicians.
Moving to New York 2000 Scott teamed with James Cammack from the Ahmad Jamal Trio and in 2010 released his solo CD of original compositions, “Out To Play” and has opened for the likes of Robben Ford and Mike Stern.
He received his BA degree in music composition from San Francisco State University and is also a teacher, university professor, education consultant and author. His first book, Functional Melodies is a curriculum combining music with mathematics and was published by Key Curriculum Press in 2000.
Bill Cochran
Beginning as a classically trained French Horn player, Bill has played as principle in the Cleveland Ballet and Opera Orchestra, the Ohio Chamber Orchestra and the Woodstock Chamber Orchestra. Bill has pioneered the use of the Horn through electronic tools, such as looping, harmonizers, and traditional guitar effects.
Using the name Granulated Cor you can listen to his compositions on Bandcamp - https://granulatedcor.bandcamp.com/releases. As an improviser and in the use of electronics he has performed with Mercury Rev Electric Light Ensemble and performs with the Karl Berger led Creative Music Studio Improvisers Orchestra.
David Rothernberg
As a composer and jazz clarinetist, Rothenberg has eleven CDs out under his own name, including On the Cliffs of the Heart, named one of the top ten CDs by Jazziz Magazine in 1995 and a record on ECM with Marilyn Crispell, One Dark Night I Left My Silent House.
Other releases include Why Birds Sing and Whale Music. He invited many musical colleagues to join him on Whale Music Remixed, with contributions from noted electronic artists such as Scanner, DJ Spooky, Lukas Ligeti, Mira Calix, Ben Neill, and Robert Rich. His 2014 CD features Pauline Oliveros and Timothy Hill, called Cicada Dream Band.
His latest CD featuring live performances with nightingales is Berlin Bülbül, made together with Korhan Erel. David Rothenberg is Professor of Philosophy and Music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, which has encouraged and supported all of his creative projects since 1992.
John Dubberstein
John Carl Dubberstein started playing the sitar while living in India during the 1970s, his primary teacher being Harihar Rao. He continued his study of the instrument at the Ali Akbar College of Music in Berkeley, and has now been playing for over 40 years.
His Clear Light Ensemble weaves musical compositions grounded in classical raga scales and has featured collaborations with a variety of prominent luminaries.
John has also played the electric and acoustic guitar for four decades, and has led a number of blues and rock bands, including Jaguar Memory Loss, Blind Pig, and the Bad Boys Blues Band.
On breezy days you will find him windsurfing the mighty Hudson River, as he currently resides in Newburgh, NY.
Scott Kent, Sound Engineer
Scott Kent originally came to Woodstock in 1988 to work for Bearsville Studios. He taught guitar at Abrams Music and the Kingston Conservatory of Music before moving to San Diego in 1993. He taught Band and Orchestra for San Diego Unified School District for 18 years and returned to Mt. Tremper in 2016. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Professional Music from Berklee College of Music and a Master’s degree in Jazz Studies from San Diego State University.
