The Canopy

The Canopy

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Musicians

All tracks composed, performed, sequenced, recorded by Ken Field  kenfield.org
All tracks published by Conical Music/BMI

CD Tracks

  1. The Serving (2:24)
  2. Also Known As (1:49)
  3. Laevinic Defeat (1:43)
  4. Culture (4:46)
  5. Four Words (1:41)
  6. Mirror (3:06)
  7. Day By Day (3:24)
  8. Deluge (3:55)
  9. Darkness Into Light (7:31)

Press Quotes

"Superb record!" - Mark Alan Miller

"Ken Field’s triumphal music enables listeners to see with their mind’s eye what the dancers are performing on stage, helping us to contain loss, survive sorrow, live through grief, and ultimately transform us via this journey." - Mark Corroto, AllAboutJazz.com

"Deeply moving." - Bob Rogers, Jazz Radio Icon

"A meaningful sound journey that never strays far from the heart." - Noah Schaffer, WBUR/NPR Boston

"Beautiful music." - Chuck Rosina, WMBR Radio 

"An elegiac mosaic of sounds and emotions." - JazzWeekly.com

"Very evocative and compelling" - Steven Swartz, Dot Dot Dot Music

"Ken Field once again proves his impressive versatility on The Canopy...Field creates a musical space in which sadness and joy can exist side by side – and it absolutely deserves a 9/10." - amplified-mag.de

"The Canopy is an amazingly beautiful work." - Prof. Bob White, Simmons University

"...this is a creation that revolves around moods and atmospheres. Cinematic creations made to conjure emotional responses and associations to images of places and situations. Compositions for those inner, internal and introspective journeys into your own mind and your own emotions." - The Viking in the Wilderness

"A progressive example of devastating impro/jazz.  A real landmark." - Windout Magazine (Italy)

"Un trés beau disque, sensible et pur." ("A very beautiful record, sensitive and pure.") - Inactuelles

General Information

All tracks composed, performed, sequenced, recorded by Ken Field kenfield.org
All tracks published by Conical Music/BMI
Editing, mixing, and additional recording by Jon Evans, The Studio at Brick Hill, Orleans, MA USA jonevansmusic.com/studio
Mastering by Mark Alan Miller  slaughterhousestudio.com 

The music for The Canopy was commisioned by Joanie Block (selmadanse.com) for her production of Under the Canopy, Boston, MA, USA, April 2024, which focused on expressions of love, loss, and resilience from members of the Boston dance community.

Ken Field is an Applied Microphone Technology Endorser and a Vandoren Performing Artist, and uses Vandoren reeds and mouthpieces for performance and recording.
appliedmicrophone.com 
vandoren.com 

Release date 9/20/2024 from Neuma Records: Neuma212.