Phil Schurger & Greg Ward Septet

PHIL SCHURGER
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The music Phil Schurger presents on “Echoes of the Ancestors” is the expression of a dynamic journey through ten years of meditative and musical process. He has honed his skills as a composer in order to effortlessly act as a conduit of force and form, oscillating sounds up from the Emptiness of mind. Through meditation, he awakens the sensitivity of intuition, and navigates the tides of consciousness, catching compositions as they arise in the currents of thought. It is a conscious-intuitive act of retrieving sounds and images of nature and culture, and uniquely sculpting them through an inner-alchemical process. Any object held in the mind can become a musical entity as Schurger becomes attuned with the sounds emanating from the stream of Mind, transfixed by the rising sounds.

Phil Schurger – guitar/compositions
Greg Ward – alto sax
Jeff Greene – bass
Clif Wallace – drums

“Phil Schurger’s wide-ranging compositions and colorfully intense guitar playing are a rare treat: a cinematic meditation – blending rock and jazz with a sense of both drama and the mystical.” – Chicago Artists Resource

www.philschurger.com
GREG WARD SEPTET
Greg Ward Septet: “Capturing Sunlight”
Greg Ward – alto sax
Geof Bradfield – tenor Sax
James Davis – trumpet
Dave Miller – guitar
Rob Clearfield – piano
Matt Ulery – nass
Quin Kirchner – drums