one concert from our blood drum spirit tour in china in october 2023. pianist matan rubinstein, bassist wes brown, and saxophonist david bindman joined me for performances, workshops, and recordings with traditional chinese artists.

the pieces here include david's threads in 11 pulses, my arrangement with permission of a traditional melody and traditional drumming entitled eve. it is in 12 pulses, and dedicated to my teacher, the late master artist freeman kwadzo donkor, and the eve people of ghana and. togo, west africa. the set is concluded with my arrangement in 15 pulses of juan tizol's and duke ellington's caravan.

many thanks to zhang fan and liwei and the midi festival. recording by the midi festival in nanyang, henan province, china, on 1 october 2023.

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