Phase III is Jim Pugliese’s newest project and is a continuation of his ongoing quest to combine his diverse performing experiences into a single new sound with its base in rhythm. The music skirts and shifts along the edges of free improvisation, deep groove and African influenced Rhythms. It reflects Jim’s ongoing quest to explore the powerful, enlightening and spiritual secrets of drumming and is inspired by his recent association and work with Nii Tettey Tetteh, master musician from Ghana, with Milford Graves, learning drumming and healing through the heartbeat and his study of the spiritual songs of the Mbira Dzavadzimu from Zimbabwe. The Band includes some of downtown’s most astounding musicians.
Drums, Christine Bard
Bass, Kato Hideki
Alto sax, Michael Attias
Guitar, Marco Cappelli
Percussion/drums/mbira/conducting, Jim Pugliese