|CURRENT ENSEMBLES & COMPOSITION | MUSIC SAMPLES | PERFORMANCE CV |
| JULIAN GERSTIN SEXTET John Weeks flute & sax Jake Whitesell sax Anna Patton clarinet (The One Who Makes You Happy) Eugene Uman piano Wes Brown bass Doug Raneri drums Julian Gerstin tanbou bèlè & congas |
I Remember It Differently (Gerstin) |
Bulgarian kopanitsa rhythm in 11/8 |
| Pwan lajan-lan (Gerstin) |
A mazouk, or Creolized mazurka, from Martinique | |
| The One Who Makes You Happy (Gerstin) |
Another Balkan rhythm, often heard in love songs | |
| Dig It Deeper (Gerstin) |
Bèlè and danmyé rhythms from Martinique | |
| AS YET QUINTET Anna Patton clarinet Miamon Miller violin Eugene Uman piano Todd Roach dumbek, riq, Middle Eastern percussion Julian Gerstin congas, tanbou bèlè, Latin percussion |
Soukwé (Gerstin) |
A mazouk, or creolized mazurka—a style from Martinique |
| Middle-Aged Beauty (Gerstin) |
For Carlene | |
| As Yet (Gerstin) |
A ballad that takes its rhythmic shape from an Afrocuban bell rhythm | |
| Above are excerpts from the CD Strange But True, 2009. To order, go to the As Yet website |
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| ZABAP Derrik Jordan violin Dan Rosow trumpet Eugene Uman piano Jamie MacDonald bass Doug Raneri drums Steve Ferraris percussion Julian Gerstin congas, Martinican percussion |
Zocalo a Media Noche (Gerstin) |
Latin recomposition of a Monk tune; can you guess which one? |
| Polar Bear Meltdown (Gerstin) |
6/4 funk fun | |
| Balansé (traditional) |
My arrangement of a Martinican song in the rhythm gran bèlè du sud |
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| Above are excerpts from a 6-song CD recorded in 2008. If you’re interested in getting a copy, email Julian |
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| SYNCHROSYSTEM Christian Runge mandolin, lap steel Peter Gross guitar Yoshihiro Sako bass Chris Horgan drums Julian Gerstin percussion |
Bell improvisation (Gerstin) |
Bell polyrhythms in the Ewe gamamala style from Ghana |
| No Immunity (Gerstin) |
Afropsychedelic! | |
| Anklung improv (Gerstin) |
Improvisation on bamboo anklung from Bali |
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| Above are excerpts from the CD No Immunity, 2006. To order, email Julian |
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