Title: Live At Adler Planetarium Artist: Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Orchestra Label: International Anthem Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 789993994625 Genre: Jazz Release Date: 2024-09-27 Number of Discs: 1 Additional Details: DELUXE EDITION, LIMITED EDITION
On March 24, 2023 Rob Mazurek assembled his endlessly psychedelic and explorative large ensemble Exploding Star Orchestra under the dome of Chicago's Adler Planetarium to perform material from their recently released album Lightning Dreamers along with a number of new pieces.A digital projection flashed an ever-changing stream of vividly colored, abstract shapes derived from Mazurek's paintings and animations over the audience's heads, while the Orchestra, which on this night numbered eight musicians besides it's leader, transformed the stylistically disparate pieces from Lightning Dreamers into an enveloping maelstrom. Electric pianists Angelica Sanchez and Craig Taborn pushed layers of plush texture back and forth over the intricate, tripartite grooves of bassist Ingebrigt HÃ¥ker Flaten and two drummers, Chad Taylor and Gerald Cleaver. Mazurek's trumpets and wordless cries, Tomeka Reid's cello and Nicole Mitchell's flute and voice periodically surfaced out of the flow, issuing sharp, energetic statements, while Damon Locks' proclamations flickered in and out of the mix like an erratic signal from some interstellar radio announcer. Together, they reimagined the brooding sound of Miles Davis' Bitches Brew as a force for transcendent uplift.At one point, Mitchell put down her flute, spoke into Mazurek's ear and pointed up to toward the dome. As he looked up, his own horn came down, and for a moment, the two of them gazed with undisguised awe at the spectacle that the Orchestra had unleashed. In a time when so many forces conspire to bring people down, this concert was an invitation to look up and out past the horizon.Available as a deluxe CD in a 6-panel metallic silver digipack. Also available as a Classic Black LP in a deluxe metallic silver gatefold jacket, with glossy photo insert and poly-lined printed innersleeve. Limited Edition of 1500 copies worldwide.
Tracks: 1.1 Dream Sleeper 1.2 Black River 1.3 White River 1.4 Underneath the Star Dome 1.5 Spiral Parable 1a 1.6 Parable 3000
