ZenDrum
Primordial, Magical, Futuristic Soundscapes!
JONATHAN EDWARDS ON
ZENDRUM AND SAXOPHONES
A performance like
you’ve never seen before! A marriage of cutting edge, state of the art
technology with the hundred-year-old tradition of saxophone improvisation.
Jonathan Edwards plays
a rare electronic percussion instrument called a ZenDrum along with
soprano and tenor saxophones. He calls his music “sonic alchemy”.
Jonathan’s music has
been described as the exoticism of world music/new age with a little spice
of modern jazz.
The
ZenDrum is the world's most sophisticated MIDI percussion trigger.
Using the ZenDrum, Jonathan performs his own distinctive style of
improvisational poly-ethnic jazz. Jonathan has impressed audiences
in a multitude of venues ranging from night clubs and coffee houses to
universities. In the course of a performance, Jonathan can move from
funk to gamelan to salsa. No two performances are alike.
Jonathan's work in the ZenDrum is influenced by jazz greats and ethnic
musicians who have worked together to create world-fusion music.
Jonathan believes that the development of improvisational poly-ethnic
music is integral to the health and well-being of the rapidly emerging
global community.
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