Rituals Kyle Aho

• 1 Awaken (Overture) 01:05
• 2 Like a Stream 06:11
• 3 No Words 03:08
• 4 Rituals 05:36
• 5 Be Still (Prelude) 02:17
• 6 Be Still 01:48
• 7 Belonging 04:49
• 8 A Night in the Woods 02:31
• 9 God 05:24
• 10 Between Wand and Welt (Prelude) 02:10
• 11 Between Wand and Welt 03:39
• 12 The Well (Fragment Prelude) 01:21
• 13 Fragment 01:04
• 14 Theoria 04:54
• 15 God (Reprise) 01:55
• Total Runtime 47:52

Info for Rituals

Nine poems and phrases are the heart of this wide-ranging project by composer/pianist Kyle Aho for his Missouri-based jazz quintet, along with vocalist Christin Bohrisch. Selecting poetry & text that underscore the artist's struggle for transcendence through creativity, Aho's search over the last decade revealed works from ancient voices such as Mayadeviyaka and Symeon, poems from Walt Whitman and Franz Kafka, and three of his own mother's works (Margaret Aho). The longing resonating from the texts connected with Aho, much as the music of John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, and Keith Jarrett. With short solo piano and instrumental pieces creating a sense of balance, flow, and discovery, the poems set to Aho's compositions express a yearning for communion and spirituality, for an existence beyond the physical.

"Aho is one of the most intelligent, perceptive, and skilled musicians I have ever come across." (Bob Brookmeyer)

"Kyle Aho plays piano and keyboards in this suite-like album of various stories with his team of Christin Bohrisch/voc, Randy Hamm/sax-fl, Jeremy Allen/b, Marty Morrison/dr, Chris Mathisen/cel and Mark Brueggemann/tp. The team gets mixed and matched to create various colors and tones, with Bohrisch in an indie mood with Hamm's soprano on the mellow' ..." (Jazz Weekly, George W Harris)

Kyle Aho, piano, keyboards
Christin Bohrisch, vocals
Randy Hamm, saxophones, flute
Jeremy Allen, bass
Marty Morrison, drums
Chris Mathisen, cello
Mark Brueggemann, trumpet

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Kyle Aho
is a jazz pianist, composer, and educator living in Springfield, Missouri. He has performed with many notable artists, including George Garzone, Jerry Bergonzi, Bob Brookmeyer, Geri Brown, and others.

Some performance highlights include NYC’s Blue Note and Jazz Standard, The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., The Green Mill in Chicago, The Blue Room in Kansas City, and concerts in Japan and Taiwan.

After growing up Pocatello, Idaho, a mountain railroad town, Kyle spent the next 13 years in Seattle and Boston as a working musician and student before moving to the Midwest to raise a family. He currently teaches at Missouri State University in the the jazz studies and dance programs.

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