{"id":106,"date":"2018-09-05T11:25:53","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T15:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myiesstore.com\/helensung\/?post_type=product&#038;p=106"},"modified":"2019-01-02T09:20:03","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T14:20:03","slug":"sung-with-words-digital-download","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/myiesstore.com\/helensung\/product\/sung-with-words-digital-download\/","title":{"rendered":"SUNG WITH WORDS HIGH RESOLUTION DIGITAL DOWNLOAD .wav"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Helen Sung&#039;s &quot;Sung With Words&quot; A Collaboration with Dana Gioia - Album Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P4Fb8dl3USs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Winning a 2014 Chamber Music America\/Doris Duke Foundation \u201cNew Jazz Works\u201d grant (given each year to support the compositional efforts of U.S. based jazz artists) enabled pianist\/composer Helen Sung to fulfill a long-time dream: to create Sung With Words, a collaborative project with the celebrated American poet Dana Gioia. Utilizing jazz and poetry as powerful catalysts to create new music, Sung With Words is Sung\u2019s first recording to feature all original music, consisting of vocal works where Gioia\u2019s poems serve as lyrics, as well as instrumental compositions inspired by words (for example, her Lament for Kalief Browder). She enlists longtime musical colleagues to help bring the music to life: multi-reedist John Ellis, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, bassist Reuben Rogers, drummer Kendrick Scott and percussionist Samuel Torres. Vocalists Jean Baylor, Carolyn Leonhart, Christie Dashiell, and Charenee Wade interpret the words of Gioia, whose poems have been described as \u201cresonant with music\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Jazz writer David Adler perceptively states in his liner notes: \u201cThe affinity between jazz and poetry stretches back to Langston Hughes and others writing in the \u201cJazz Age\u201d of the \u201920s, forward to the Beat Generation and up to today. Poets played a central role in the \u201960s avant-garde and free jazz, not to mention the current intertwined exchange between jazz and hip-hop. In recent years, Andrew Rathbun has composed works inspired by Margaret Atwood; Luciana Souza by Neruda and Elizabeth Bishop; John Hollenbeck by Kenneth Patchen \u2014 the list goes on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, Sung and Gioia enter the fray, and with aplomb! Sung first met Gioia at a White House State Dinner and discovered he was a fan and champion of jazz (during his term he spearheaded the revival of the National Endowment\u2019s Jazz Masters Award into the robust program it is today, and his younger brother is noted jazz author Ted Gioia). Poetry hadn\u2019t been an area of focus for the pianist\/composer so she was intrigued to meet a \u2018live\u2019 poet. \u201cDana has a fascinating story, both personally and professionally, and one of his many gifts is his ability to make poetry accessible and even enjoyable for the layperson, similar to how Wynton Marsalis does with jazz,\u201d Sung says. Elaborating further, \u201cAfter high school required poetry, I stayed away, remembering how I disliked feeling unsure of a poem\u2019s meaning, worrying that I was the only one who didn\u2019t \u2018get it\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In conversation with Gioia, however, Sung found her footing: \u201cI admitted my general feelings about poetry, and he said, \u2018Don\u2019t worry too much about literal meaning. Read the poem out loud, listen to how the words fall rhythmically, how they flow, how the consonants and vowels sound, and meaning will come &#8211; usually sideways.\u2019 It was a revelation! I also discovered when I would imagine lines of poetry as a melodic phrase or rhythmic pattern, it would illuminate the words and the poem would come alive with meaning. I soon thought, why not make this into a song? This led to the desire to create a full-length album of songs, and I couldn\u2019t think of a more exciting and inspiring collaborator than Dana when I applied for the Chamber Music America \u2018New Jazz Works\u2019 grant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sung With Words also reflects Sung\u2019s fascination with the direct connection vocalists have with the listener. Unlike instrumentalists who deal purely with sound, vocalists are armed with lyrics that can be readily understood by the listener \u2013 they can be storytellers in a very tangible way. \u201cIt has been a great learning experience dealing with words \u2013 building sonic worlds around Dana\u2019s poems that express what those words mean to me,\u201d says Sung. \u201cIn my research for writing the music for Sung With Words I found inspiration in music where words, rhythm and sound are interwoven in ways that move me \u2013 music of artists such as Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind and Fire, A Tribe Called Quest, Me\u2019shell Ndegeocello, Esperanza Spaulding, Terri Lyne Carrington, etc. I have a great respect for the art of song-writing and wanted to answer the challenge: to present Dana\u2019s words in my own musical language \u2013 as an honest distillation of what I hear, and how I hear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Helen Sung is a pianist of great breadth and excellence, able to enrapture an audience as a soloist; one of the few pianists in the world who can perform in a duo setting with the legendary Ron Carter; lead a trio with such fire and absolute brilliance that it will transport you back to the heyday of Bradley\u2019s in the 80s\/90s; or, dive into a larger formats ranging from Quartet to Big Band (as evidenced by her contribution on Jazz at Lincoln Center\u2019s 2017 Blue Engine release Handful of Keys). Steeped in the blues and post-bop, with an affinity for Monk, but also able to expertly deal with James P. Johnson and Jelly Roll Morton, Sung has worked with a &#8220;Who&#8217;s Who&#8221; in jazz, including the late Clark Terry, Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter, Wynton Marsalis, Terri Lyne Carrington, the Mingus Big Band and MacArthur Fellow Regina Carter. A graduate of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, Sung knows the tradition and uses this bedrock to build upon and expand her artistic vision. Her recorded output reveals a composer and bandleader, second to none: Push (2003), Helenistique (2006), Sungbird (2007), Going Express (2010), (re)Conception (2011), and Anthem For a New Day (2014). Sung With Words is a thrilling next step in the pianist\u2019s glorious and inspiring evolution, and Sung fittingly declares, \u201cIt\u2019s been a great adventure and I look forward to sharing this music with the world!\u201d<\/p>\n<h6>With this digital download purchase you will receive a confirmation, but the links to the purchase will be sent to you\u00a0<u>via email in your invoice.\u00a0<\/u>You may want to also check your spam folder if you do not receive the email\u00a0immediately\u00a0after placing your order. If you are operating on a PC, you will need\u00a0to right click each link in the email to save the file to a destination on your computer or mobile device. If you are using MAC then click the link(s) in the email and save the file to your destination of choice on your computer or mobile device.<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myiesstore.com\/helensung\/product\/sung-with-words-compact-disc-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-110\" src=\"https:\/\/myiesstore.com\/helensung\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/09\/Purchase-Compact-Disc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SUNG WITH WORDS Playlist:<br \/>\n1. Spoken Intro: Meet Me At The Lighthouse (<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1890936438\"><span class=\"aQJ\">0:47<\/span><\/span>)<br \/>\n2. Convergence (<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1890936439\"><span class=\"aQJ\">5:12<\/span><\/span>)<br \/>\n3. The Stars On Second Avenue (<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1890936440\"><span class=\"aQJ\">5:09<\/span><\/span>)<br \/>\n4. Spoken Intro: Hot Summer Night (<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1890936441\"><span class=\"aQJ\">1:13<\/span><\/span>)<br \/>\n5. Hot Summer Night (<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1890936442\"><span class=\"aQJ\">3:36<\/span><\/span>)<br \/>\n6. Spoken Intro: Pity The Beautiful (<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1890936443\"><span class=\"aQJ\">0:50<\/span><\/span>)<br \/>\n7. Pity The Beautiful (<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1890936444\"><span class=\"aQJ\">5:09<\/span><\/span>)<br \/>\n8. Spoken Intro: Too Bad (<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1890936445\"><span class=\"aQJ\">0:44<\/span><\/span>)<br \/>\n9. Too Bad (<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1890936446\"><span class=\"aQJ\">5:20<\/span><\/span>)<br \/>\n10. Lament For Kalief Browder (<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1890936447\"><span class=\"aQJ\">7:18<\/span><\/span>)<br \/>\n11. Into The Unknown (<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1890936448\"><span class=\"aQJ\">5:40<\/span><\/span>)<br \/>\n12. Touch (<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1890936449\"><span class=\"aQJ\">3:44<\/span><\/span>)<br \/>\n13. CODA (Spoken): Touch (<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1890936450\"><span class=\"aQJ\">0:38<\/span><\/span>)<br \/>\n14. In The Shadowland (<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1890936451\"><span class=\"aQJ\">5:40<\/span><\/span>)<br \/>\n15. Spoken Intro: Mean What You Say (:59)<br \/>\n16. Mean What You Say (<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1890936452\"><span class=\"aQJ\">4:22<\/span><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p>Helen Sung \u2013 piano, Fender Rhodes, organ, Dana Gioia \u2013 spoken word, John Ellis \u2013 tenor and soprano sax, bass clarinet, Ingrid Jensen \u2013 trumpet, Reuben Rogers \u2013 bass, Kendrick Scott \u2013 drums, Samuel Torres \u2013 percussion. 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