Dick Sisto, Kenny Werner - Engaging Compassion: A Musical Meditation

Styles: Vibraphone And Piano 
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:39
Size: 96,8 MB
Art: Front

(5:55)  1. Save Tibet
(5:30)  2. Compensation
(4:50)  3. Endless
(6:17)  4. Shivaya
(5:11)  5. What We Have
(9:19)  6. Guru
(4:34)  7. Remembering the Rain

Dick Sisto has embraced Tibetan Buddhism as part of his life’s spiritual journey for more than four decades, and so was a natural to essentially be the Dalai Lama’s opening act when His Holiness appeared at the KFC Yum! Center on May 19.The Dalai Lama’s talk was also titled “Engaging Compassion,” and the jazz that vibraphonist Sisto and pianist Kenny Werner recorded that day reflects a sense of empathy, joy and hope. A wistful quality seeps into a few songs, but “Engaging Compassion” doesn’t dwell on what’s been lost but on, as one song is titled, “What We Have. Sisto, who has graced clubs and concert stages in Louisville for many years, trades songs with Werner, and the duo’s chemistry is palpable. 

Sisto brings out a talking drum for brief appearances, giving some songs an exotic flourish, but the record is largely a straight-ahead conversation between two old friends with a mutual interest in beautiful music and a better world. Proceeds from sales of “Engaging Compassion” will benefit Louisville’s Drepung Gomang Institute Tibetan Buddhist Center and Tibetan Refuge. ~  Jeffrey Lee Puckett, The Courier-Journal https://www.courier-journal.com/story/entertainment/music/2013/09/25/album-review-dick-sisto-and-kenny-werner-engaging-compassion-a-musical-meditation/2867727/

Engaging Compassion: A Musical Meditation

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