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Treasures of the Spirit : February 19, 2011
Band: Treasures of the Spirit
Date: Saturday Feb 19th 2011
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Rockn Joe
3570 Rte 27
Kendall Park, NJ 08824
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www.cyndeeleerule.comTicket Price: $10
GRANT CALVIN WESTON- DRUMS AND PERCUSSION
ELLIOT GARLAND- BASS
BILL BERENDS- GUITAR
CYNDEE LEE RULE- VIOLIN
DAVID DZUBINSKI- KEYBOARDS
Legendary drummer G. Calvin Weston has been playing jazz and fusion since childhood. At age 17, Calvin joined Ornette Coleman's Prime Time Band with childhood friend, bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma, and Charlee Ellerbe, which toured extensively in North America and Europe. After recording four albums with Prime Time, Calvin went on to play and record with guitarist James "Blood" Ulmer until he joined John Luries Lounge Lizards in 1990. During the late 90's Calvin recorded and toured with Billy Martin of Medeski Martin and Wood, Tricky, Eyvind Kang, Derek Baily, Mark Ribot, and James Carter, and regularly performs with such luminaries as Vernon Reid of Living Color. He also played on several movie soundtracks including "Get Shorty".
In the summer of 2010, Calvin planted the seeds for this new project, Treasures of the Spirit. The Mahavishnu Orchestra has been a tremendous influence on Calvin's musical sensibilities and playing over the years, and he worked to create his perfect lineup to perform their music. Enlisting the help of funk bassist Elliot Garland, a powerhouse rhythm section was created. Elliot is very active in the Philly jazz and funk scene, collaborating with many ensembles, including his aggressive funk band, the Elliot Garland Ensemble.
Calvin then called upon electric violinist Cyndee Lee Rule to join the ensemble. With her 5 string Viper violin, Cyndee has performed with legendary spacerock musicians such as Hawkwind's Nik Turner (and his band Space Ritual), Harvey Bainbridge, and Tim Blake (formerly of Gong), as well as members of Sun Ra, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Present, and many others. She has toured in the UK and has performed at the famous Melkweg Club in Amsterdam. Furthermore Cyndee is a sought after studio musician who has played on countless recordings.
Cyndee invited keyboardist friend David Dzubinski to join the band. Currently Dzubinski performs in the Philadelphia, New York and South Jersey areas with Brass Roots, Kaylé Brecher, Jazz Diffraction, Elliott Levin, Frank Butrey, G. Calvin Weston, Misha Machez, The Blue Groove and others at many of the area's prominent fine jazz and blues venues. David's accomplishments include a jazz CD ('Recyclical'), a Jazz Suite ('Strange Loop') with improvised interactive video commissioned by Philadelphia University, a Music Suite ('Paint') for live painting performance with the fine art painter Nathan Distefano, that was commisioned by and performed for Doylestown Health and Wellness Center, performances on two of jazz vocalist/composer Kayle Brecher's CDs ('Spy Music' and 'Urban Objects'), a score for the Society Hill Playhouse production of Sam Sheppard's 'Suicide in Bb', and one of Dzubinski's compositions has been published by Freddie Hubbard's Hubtones.
Bill Berends fills out the lineup in the critical role of searing lead guitar. While attending art school (MICA) in the early 1970's Bill saw The Mahavishnu Orchestra in concert, which had a tremendous impact on the budding musician. In the mid 70's Bill moved to New Jersey and formed the progressive fusion power trio TANK, which was recognized by Variety Magazine as an up and coming art-rock band. During this time he also studied analog & early digital music synthesis at Princeton University's music lab. As the MTV generation took hold in the early 80's Bill moved more into studio production and live sound. Then in 1986, Bill, with his brother Rich, founded the progressive power trio Mastermind. Mastermind has released 10 critically acclaimed albums worldwide and performed extensively over the last 23 years. In addition to headlining festivals in Japan, Europe, and the USA, Bill and Mastermind have played, collaborated with, or opened for a wide range of incredible performers including: Jens Johansson (Yngwie Malmsteen, Stratovarius), Lisa Bouchelle, Fish (Marillion), John Wetton, Joe Satriani, Rush, Ars Nova, and Gong, to name just a few. In conjunction with his duties in Mastermind, Bill also explores other musical possibilities with The Berends Bros Band, a roots of blues and old school psychedelic blues rock group, and The Berends/Wilson Trio (BWT) which specializes in the music of Cream. Both bands play extensively in the New Jersey/Pennsylvania area.
With all of the elements in place, this lineup of Treasures of the Spirit presents the music of the Mahavishnu Orchestra with an edge-of-your-seat fervor unlike any other band performing this music. Audiences' jaws drop at the sheer virtuosity of the band and Calvin's almost superhuman drumming, while being taken on a journey through some of the finest fusion ever composed. This is a ride not to be missed, driven by G. Calvin Weston and his Treasures of the Spirit!
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