Joby Burgess - A Percussionist's Songbook
9 videos • 1,346 views • by Joby Burgess “Percussionist extraordinaire Joby Burgess” performs his new album A Percussionist’s Songbook - a collection of specially commissioned ‘songs without words’ from John Metcalfe, Tunde Jegede, Dario Marianelli, Yazz Ahmed, Graham Fitkin, Dobrinka Tabakova and Gabriel Prokofiev. Scored for an arsenal of pitched percussion and electronics the songbook is inspired by texts ranging from the poetry of Robert Graves and Birago Diop to novels by Michael Ondaatje and Isaac Asimov; American philosopher Michael Sandel, songwriter Peter Gabriel, United Nation population growth statistics and Saudi Arabian folk tales. Released 30 September 2022 on Signum Records Listen / Buy at https://lnk.to/PercussionistsSongbook More information at https://www.jobyburgess.com