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Bobby Previte
Pathways for Drum Set
Side A
1) The Circuit around the Pond 4:17
2) The Promenade into the Fortress 5:05
3) The Expedition to the Site 5:37
4) The March through the Line Of Color 4:31
Side B
1) The Amble around the Circle of Pines 5:57
2) The Trek to the Meditation Boulder 5:17
3) The Parade under the Glory Oak 3:55
4) The Wander down the Shoreline 3:19
All music ©2024 Bobby Previte
Published by OPEN WORLD MUSIC/ASCAP
Played live, no overdubbing, no effects
Recorded in the teeth of the pandemic, 2020-2021 by Bobby Previte
at Three Horses in a Wood, Claverack, NY
Mastered by Christian Castagno in Minca, Columbia
Cover Art and Design by Alan Coon
DW Drums, Paiste Cymbals, Vic Firth Sticks, Evans Heads
After I saw Billy Hart play in the Mwandishi Band, I had an epiphany, and I began to see the drum set as a circle, with the drummer as its fluid center—rooted within the architecture but sending out flares of sound beyond its physical boundary. This conception of the instrument renders it not so much a “set” of disparate elements with separate and determined roles, but as one seamless entity: a living, breathing being for rhythm, (of course), but also for melody, harmony, texture, and yes, narrative. In asking the listener to answer the questions posed by its divergent timbres and unknowable tones, the drum set can visit sonic countries beyond the reach of uniform sound and precise pitch.
I’ve been on the path to these worlds for quite a while now. Still have a ways to go.
For all the drummers, present and past, who through the sheer force of their art birthed, nurtured, and still nourish this magnificent machine.
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released April 22, 2024
Bobby Previte - Drums
Recorded 2020 by Bobby Previte at Three Horses in a Wood, Claverack, NY
Mastered by Christian Castagno in Minca, Columbia