I musicalized a series of very short videos I shot with a flip camera- from 13 seconds to about a minute and a half. I wrote for flute and guitar with minor textural overdubs. The flute is played by Sam Sadigursky. The videos are almost like photographs: they are mostly only one thing, or image, slightly moving, almost devoid of development or narrative. They are visual, and musical haiku.
Archive for the 'video' Category
Sept. 11, 2010. Jazz al Parque was an amazing concert, the production, the audience, the incredible energy. Unforgettable. I will upload more videos of this soon, but for now here’s a sponatneous one that someone in the audience uploaded on youtube.
First step towards the next Cheap Landscape CD. With Alfredo el negro Rosado on ‘caja’ vallenata, and Yeiser Samir Rosado on guacharaca! September 4, 2010. This recording was possible thanks to Carolina Ponce de León, and to the Van Lier Fellowship from Meet the Composer
with Lucía Pulido and Stomiu Takeishi, video by Sandra Kratz
This is tune has had a nice little life of its own. I wrote for the ensemble Coba, but ended up recording it with Cumbiamba, an on Cumbiamba’s CD “La Palma” it features my teenage years guitar hero Marc Ribot! Here’s a nice live version, and here are the lyrics:
Pensar
music and lyrics Sebastian Cruz
No hay hielo que me haga frio
ni fuego que me consuma
soy suave como la espuma
que abunda al borde de un rio
de las balas yo me rio
y no me encuentran cazadores
no me bañan los colores
ni algún candado me cierra
soy el pensar en tu nombre
la palabra que me entrega
de dia no pienso en na’
de dia no pienso en na’
de noche tampoco
de noche tampoco
Tampoco quiero pensar
tampoco quiero pensar
aunque suene loco
aunque suene loco
con tu imagen es bastante pa llenar mi corazón
luego de eso no me cabe nada
miremos atardecer
miremos atardecer
se incendian las nubes
se incendian las nubes
yo quiero volverte a ver
yo quiero volverte a ver
de lunes a lunes
de lunes a lunes
con tu imagen es bastante pa llenar mi corazón
luego de eso no me cabe nada
Here’s the initial batch. I’ll be adding more videos in more categories. Thanks for watching!
This was a remarkable night for me, playing with Ted Poor (drums) and Stomu Takeishi (bass) in Bogotá. I enjoyed that gig a lot! Thanks to El Anónimo, and el mono (its owner) in Bogotá for the most welcoming vibe, and for believing that honest, live music is what it’s all about. September 10, 2009
This tune is a tribute to my friend Diego Obregón who is a beautiful musician from Guapí, Colombia. Besides being one of those musicians for whom music pours out in the most outstanding, organic, natural and totally rhythmic-perfect way, Diego is a first rate traditional Colombia marimba maker, and carrier of the Pacific Coast tradition, perhaps the kind of Colombian music that moves me the most. “Tantas flores y no hay jardín” means “All those flowers and no garden…” for Colombians, flowers mean compliments. Diego often replies with that phrase whenever someone pays him a compliment.
with Ted Poor and Stomu Takeishi in Bogotá at El Anónimo. September 10, 2009
