Lights Out

1. Lights Out

2. Fat Man In Harlem

3. Dark Night

4. Joining

5. Essence

6. Activa

7. A Bird In A World Of People/Koko

8. Step Into The Night

9. Oh Me Oh My Blues

10. Lights In

11. The Black Angel

12. Quietude

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist
The Bonner Party, a confluence of four masters of improvisation, communing through an invisible, yet lucid joining, conceiving passionate solos, grooving counter bass lines, soulful harmonies and driving rhythms, orchestrates a celebration of rich modern jazz textures, rooted in bebop, gospel and blues. Spirited improvised journeys travel paths where the vehicle is groove, exploring harmonic detours seldom experienced. Once the Party gets started, this quartet often achieves moments and spaces moving the listener in expanded directions, in turn, exhilarating the audience. This band turns the party out.

Joseph Bonner - Piano One of the celebrated sons of the worldwide jazz community and the namesake of The Bonner Party, Joseph Bonner enjoyed musical tenures with several of the greatest jazz artists of all time, including Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Max Roach, Roy Haynes, Billy Harper and Pharaoh Sanders. He has released over a dozen albums as a leader as well as appearing on dozens more as a featured soloist and composer. Joseph was formally educated at Virginia State College, but his more significant learning transpired hanging out with Miles Davis and meeting John Coltrane. Influenced by Art Tatum, McCoy Tyner and Thelonius Monk, maestro Bonner's improvisations employ his deep roots in modern jazz, gospel, blues, R&B and Latin forms. Since returning from Arizona, which returned his health and resolved personal issues, Joseph's playing poises him at the peak of a brilliant career.

Prasanna Bishop - Saxophones, Flute
Joseph's counterpart in the Bonner Party, Prasanna Bishop is grateful for his rich musical life, working not only as a player, but producer and recording engineer as well. His influences include Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Eddie Harris. Prasanna studied saxophone with Vic Morosco, improvisation with Charlie Shoemake, and composition at the Dick Grove School of Music as well as attending California State University at Long Beach and beginning meditation at the Osho Commune. His playing experiences include performing with the likes of Alyrio Lima (Weather Report), Richie Cole, John Bolivar, Billy Mitchell, String Cheese Incident, and Hazel Miller. He has produced and or recorded many top artists in various styles, such as Bill Frisell, String Cheese Incident, Jet, D12, Obie Trice and Marshall Mathers.

Product Description
when veils dissove, and tangible and intangible truths reveal themselves to the subjective and objective universes simultaneously... a panorama of sub-conscious super-conscious levels of expression and awareness.... LIGHTS OUT...is where there are no artistic or cultural boundaries to overcome: where music surpasses the limitations of the human experience, and becomes... pure! -Joseph Bonner

Lights Out,The Bonner Party,Akashic Records

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