‘Faith of a Flower’ new album by David Joseph Jennings at Peaceful Radio Internet Station
22 May 2022 Artists
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This album is dedicated to world peace.
Nature isfull of beauty, giftsto the human, experienced
through the senses. When we see a flower, we experience
beauty. The experience of beauty istruly beyond words, but
we know it. The best I can describe beauty isthe feeling of
love, of oneness, the melting away of the illusion of
separation.
If we are aware of nature, it is a wonderful teacher. The
flower can teach us about faith. Faith in knowing that
everything happening issupposed to be asit is. There is
nothing here to try and control, and no one here to do it.
The flower blooms and gives usso much in its colors and
gloriousscents. The flower doesn’t ask much from us,
maybe just to be planted and watered. It doesn’t care about
being stormed on, or possibly stepped on, or frozen by a late
or early frost. It will bloom and then just be. The flower
shows amazing faith in just being.
Faith of a Flower is music for peace, beauty and meditation.
There are eight movements. Each movement is named after
a flower. I wrote this music to create an image of a
particular flower, and to express what the flower
symbolizes. The lead instrument on thisrecording, in which
I played, is vibraphone, which has a beautiful organic sound.
The vibes are integrated into lush virtualsoundsto express
the beauty of flowers.
Track Listing
1. Bird of Paradise 6:11
2. Poppy 5:22
3. Daffodil 6:32
4. Lotus 7:52
5. Sunflower 5:51
6. Jasmine 7:50
7. Lavender 7:36
8. Snapdragon 4:33
Credits
Music Composed and Arranged by David Joseph Jennings
David Joseph Jennings: Vibraphone and Virtual Sounds
John Hegner: Recording of Vibraphone
Mixing and Mastering at Starbell Hatchery, Harvard IL
Vikas Deo: Artwork & Ithalu Dominguez: Cover Photo
C & P 2022 David Joseph Jennings, Avid Jenn Music ASCAP
Lauri Chez: Photograph of David, second inside pane design
www.davidjenningsmusic.com
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David Jennings, born and raised in the Chicagoland area, is a composer, drummer, vibraphonist, clinician and teacher with more than
40 years of experience. He has played drums, vibes and percussion in various ensembles of jazz, Latin, rock, world, classical, fusion and big
band styles with some of the greatest musiciansfrom all around the world.
From 1991 through 1997 David lived in Los Angeles and wasthe leader, composer and drummer for his own electric jazz quintet. This
band recorded a CD of David’s compositionsin 1995 entitled A Clear View. David’s group played in clubs and festivalsthroughout the
Southern California area including a regular monthly gig at the famous Baked Potato jazz club in Hollywood. David also composed and
played drumsfor the eclectic trio Toxic Jazz, which featured bassist Baba Elefante and guitarist Dave Murdy. This group recorded a self
entitled CD in 1996 with special guest artistsaxophonist Eric Marienthal. Also in 1996, David composed the soundtrack for the
independent feature film Blowfish.
David moved back to Chicago in 1998 and in 2000 he recorded a world music CD of original compositions entitled Essence of the
Soul. In 2001, he was commissioned by the Curie Performing Arts High School to compose a piece for the electric keyboard ensemble. The
composition is a 3 movement work entitled Journey. David wasthe drummer and contributing composer to the electric jazz fusion band
Sonic Species, a quintet which played festivals and clubsthroughout the Midwest and wasfeatured at the 2003 Taste of Chicago. From
2002 through 2016, David wasthe leader, composer and drummer of the David Jennings Acoustic Ensemble. The DJAE performed at
festivals and clubsthroughout the Midwest. In 2006 the DJAE released their debut recording of David’s compositions entitled Eternity.
In 2009, David composed a ballet entitled My Sense of Everything. Movementsfrom the ballet were performed at the College of Lake
County in 2015. In 2011, David, playing vibes, formed a duo with guitarist Vikas Deo called Amoeba Duo. In the summers of 2012 and
2013 the duo hosted a weekly radio show on WNUR in which they performed live. The duo is currently performing concerts around the
Chicagoland area. In October of 2016, David, along with two other musiciansfrom the Old Town School of Folk Music, were invited to the
University of MIAM in Istanbul, Turkey to do a two-week residency. David taught master classesin Composition, Jazz Theory, and Jazz
Improvisation to the graduate music students. The trio of musicians also performed a concert with the legendary Turkish guitarist Erkon
Ogur. Also in the spring of 2016, David released a two CD set of compositions entitled No Words.
In 2017 David was commissioned by the Alan B. Shepard Middle School to compose a work. The 3-movement composition is entitled
Journey For All and was performed by the ABS Middle School band at theirspring concert in May 2018. In June of 2019, David released a
CD entitled Peace Be. The recording contains compositionsfor String Quartet and other instruments, and it was nominated for
Contemporary Instrumental Album of the Year in the 2019 One World Music Radio Awards. In August of 2019, David also released a CD
entitled Dancing As Life. The music on thisrecording was composed for a ballet, which premiered in 2019 in the Chicagoland area. You can
check out an interview David did with Dancer Music magazine on the background of Dancing As Life at thislink: dancermusic.com
In February of 2022, David released hislatest recording entitled Faith of a Flower.This new release includes eight compositions. The
Ambient/New Age music features David on Vibraphone.
David hasshared the stage at variousfestivals with Bela Fleck, Bruce Hornsby, Roy Hargrove, Paquito D`Rivera, Gary Willis, Marco
Mendoza, Terrance Blanchard, War and Three Dog Night. His performance creditsinclude Eric Marienthal, Brandon Fields, Kim Stone,
Ernie Watts, Chuchito Valdez, Don Menza, Albert Wing, Jeff Nathanson, Ernie Denof, Chris Clemente, Samuel Del Real, Erkan Ogur,
Michael Miles and Carl Coan.
David has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Theory from DePaul University in Chicago. In 1993 he started working on his MA at the
University of Redlandsin California, and he finished his Master of Arts degree in Computer/Electronic Music Pedagogy at Northeastern
Illinois University in Chicago. While at Northeastern, David composed worksincluding Chaos, Beauty, Life, for computer, 2 sopranos and
cello; Integration, for computer, French horn, Bb clarinet and 6 percussionists; Thunder and Wind, for computer-recorded tenorsaxophone,
drum set and 3 performers ofsound.
David is currently teaching Music Theory, Composition, and Applied Percussion at the College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois. He is
also the music director for the Clc Jazz Combo. In May 2018, David and the Clc Combo went to China and performed concertsin five cities.
David also taught Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Theory/Improv at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago from 2003-2017.
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