Dizi Gigue

from Svadharma by Richard Brookens Jazz

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One of the more composed pieces on the CD, I play the Dizi (Chinese Bamboo Flute); Nicole Yarling played violin on the melody and scatted a great vocal solo. I conceived the melody as an Irish Gigue in a major scale and used a rhythm of 14/4 divided in half into two groups of seven, and then further sub-dividing it into 4-3-3-4. I think of this as a palindromic meter, and continue to enjoy playing this sort of rhythm. I first used this concept with this time signature in 'Botswana Waltz' on the 'Yellow Bell / bamboo dynasty' CD.

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from Svadharma, released June 8, 2019
Richard Brookens - Dizi (Chinese Bamboo Flute), Tablas, Tambourine

Nicole Yarling - Violin, Vocals

Fred Hsia - Guitar, Electric Bass

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Richard Brookens Jazz Miami, Florida

Richard is an arranger/composer and multi-instrumentalist performing on saxophones (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Baritone), flutes (C and Alto), and clarinets (Bb and Bass), Tabla drums (from India), Udu (Clay Pots), Native American Indian Flutes, and bamboo flutes from India (Bansuri) and China (Dizi). ... more

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