October 24 2008
Ron Davis has always embraced technology and innovation. Having been on the Internet since 1986 (way back!), Ron has seen it become a powerful force for spreading music. At the same time, digital recording has made preserving a performance simple.
In keeping with these developments, and just to share the music, Ron has adopted this policy: Audience members are encouraged to record and distribute any of his performances freely, in any video or audio formats.
What's the fine print? Here: any audience member who does record and distribute the music, agrees to do so under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike.) For details visit www.creativecommons.org.
So, click those Record buttons, focus those lenses, and capture away. But remember- always, always make sure your lens cap is off.
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October 24 2008
What, you ask, is The Bestseller? A romance in music between a piano and a clarinet. A duo recording by Ron Davis and Sasha Boychouk. It's Ron's 6th CD!
Ron will be releasing The Bestseller (Minerva Road / Davinor Records 233377) in concert at the renowned Hugh's Room, on Thursday, November 20, 2008.
Real bestsellers are always love stories. The Bestseller is no different: it's a musical story. The story of the romance between a Canadian piano (played by composer Ron Davis,) that meets a Ukrainian clarinet (played by Sasha Boychouk.) In 12 songs and 9 unique Interludes, Ron and Sasha display the sizzling chemistry of their music-making partnership.
Ron is One of Canada's A-list pianists (CFRB Radio.) Sasha Boychouk came to Canada from his native Ukraine a few years ago. Within days of moving to Toronto, he and Ron were playing together. It was magic. An instant bond. Love at first sound. Like a novel, The Bestseller is the culmination of their musical relationship.
Ron's earlier recordings- 2007's Subarashii Live (Davinor 89144 - #1 - ChartAttack National Jazz radio Chart), and 2005's Shimmering Rhythm (Davinor 3455 -Best of 2005 - Jazz.FM, Coda Magazine, Zeitgeist, l'Express) -feature Sasha prominently. On The Bestseller, the duo produces an original spectrum of sounds and ideas, performing mostly Ron's original compositions.
Already unique, what really sets The Bestseller apart are the Interludes. There are nine of them. One is at the beginning, another at the end, while the others are interspersed. The Interludes are bursts of improvised musical creation. They're all based on a single theme: Sashagraha, a song Ron wrote especially for Sasha.
Attached to each Interlude is an epigraph, a short narrative sentence, written by Canadian playwright and opera librettist Val Brandt. 'Just when you've heard everything,' reads the first one, and 'A clarinet strolls in speaking volumes in Ukrainian,' the second. Together, the nine epigraphs narrate the story of The Bestseller.
Everyone loves a love story. We're sure everyone will love the lovely music Ron and Sasha make on THE BESTSELLER.
Please join Ron and Sasha, along with Jordan O'Connor (bass) and Sly Juhas (drums) at Hugh's Room on Thursday November 20. It will be a storybook evening!
Ron Davis Releases
THE BESTSELLER
Thursday, November 20th
Hugh's Room - Toronto
Tickets: $22 Advance, $25 at the Door
Available HERE (click for online ticket purchase)
and at
Hugh's Room
416 531-6604 www.hughsroom.com
and at
Paul Hahn Pianos
1058 Yonge Street, Toronto , 416-922-3122
Doors / Dinner from 6:00 p.m. Music at 8:30
Please make your seat and dinner reservations early!
- CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS FOR NOV. 20 AT HUGH'S ROOM!
- THE BESTSELLER CD RELEASE POSTER- PASS IT ON! (PDF)
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September 01 2008
How was your summer? Didn't it just fly by? Yesterday was July... no wait, today is August... no, no, tomorrow's Labour Day... Yikes, it's mid-September!
Here at RonDavisMusic.com summer was busier than summer should be. We took some time off from music-making. But we're in the music business. So we did lots of the business.
Thanks to all this work, we have some exciting busyness for the coming Fall and beyond. Here's a preview of what we'll be bringing you:
Rhythmaron- The Music of Ron Davis a beautifully designed, deluxe edition of Ron's compositions;
A new CD with Ron and the brilliant clarinetist Sasha Boychouk;
An evening at the internationally-renowned Hugh's Room music club in Toronto;
A dynamic redesigned website and blog featuring Ron's inimitable writing style;
The first of Ron's performances with symphony orchestra: Symphonic Ron;
new video from A-list filmmaker Karen Shopsowitz, a new column in Canadian Musician, and some surprises!
So please stay tuned to RonDavisNews. Share it with one and all. Keep in touch. And be part of the music, the business, the busyness... enjoy!
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A brilliant adventure. On his latest recording, My Mother's Father's Song, Ron Davis embraces both his family's rich cultural heritage, and boldly re-engages with the jazz standard.
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