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Sunday, January 12, 2025

Leap of Faith – Objections to Realism

It was, if memory serves, during the pandemic that Boston's David Peck, a/k/a PEK, began live-streaming his various ensemble's performances, including Leap of Faith, which has been around in evolving forms since the 1990s,  as well as his other groups like Simulcrum, Expanse and Metal Chaos Ensemble, to name a few. PEK has created a sprawling universe, regularly producing new music and holding performances since ending a several year musical hiatus in the start of the 2000s.

Here is the recording of Leap of Faith's (or is it called Turbulence?) Objections to Realism performance from January 4th:

PEK - clarinets, saxophones, double reeds, flutes, percussion
Glynis Lomon
- cello, aquasonic, voice
John Fugarino
- trumpets, trombone, French Horn
Tom Swafford
- violin
Scott Samenfeld
- bass

Joel Simches - Live to 2-track recording - real time signal processing
Paul Brennan
- camera
Raffi
- video mix


Leap of Faith and PEK on the Free Jazz Blog:

Revisit an interview by Nick Ostrum with PEK and much more ...

  • Blasting across the Alkali Flats with Evil Clown
  • Leap of Faith - Principles of an Open Future (Relative Pitch, 2020) ****
  • PEK Solo, A Quartet of PEKs - The Strange Theory of Light & Matter (Evil Clown, 2020) ****
  • Dancing in times of plague - the Corona Diaries (III)
  • The Continuing Adventures of Damon Smith
  • Leap of Faith Orchestra – Helix (Evil Clown, 2017) ****
  • Leap of Faith Orchestra - Supernovae (Evil Clown, 2016) ****
  • Leap of Faith Orchestra - Hyperbolic Spirals Vols 1 & 2 (EvilClown, 2015) ****
  • Leap of Faith w/Steve Swell - Live at New Revolution Arts,Brooklyn,8-15-15
  • Leap of Faith - Abstract Structures Vols 1 & 2 (EvilClown, 2015) ****½
  • Leap of Faith - Regenerations (Evil Clown, 2015) ****
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