SOON TO BE RELEASED!
FOCAL PRACTICE
The term Focal Practice comes from philosopher Albert Borgmann and refers to human activities that demand skill, patience and attentiveness, and whose values are contained within the practices themselves, and not merely in what they produce. Examples of focal practices include tending a fire, preparing a meal, eating together at the dinner table, hiking, learning and playing a musical instrument, woodworking, religious rituals, gardening, or reading to our children. Such practices are burdensome and even toilsome, but their point is engagement, not convenience. Their goods are not accomplished instantly or effortlessly. They are commitments, not commodities. We are ennobled by doing what they demand of us. Focal practices provide a center and standpoint from which we can distinguish what matters from the merely trivial, and thus orders and orients our lives.
Paul Keeling Piano
Bernie Arai Drums
Andre LaChance Bass
STAY TUNED!
FOCAL PRACTICE
The term Focal Practice comes from philosopher Albert Borgmann and refers to human activities that demand skill, patience and attentiveness, and whose values are contained within the practices themselves, and not merely in what they produce. Examples of focal practices include tending a fire, preparing a meal, eating together at the dinner table, hiking, learning and playing a musical instrument, woodworking, religious rituals, gardening, or reading to our children. Such practices are burdensome and even toilsome, but their point is engagement, not convenience. Their goods are not accomplished instantly or effortlessly. They are commitments, not commodities. We are ennobled by doing what they demand of us. Focal practices provide a center and standpoint from which we can distinguish what matters from the merely trivial, and thus orders and orients our lives.
Paul Keeling Piano
Bernie Arai Drums
Andre LaChance Bass
STAY TUNED!
A N C I E N T L I G H T S
Nominated for Best Jazz Recording 2015
Western Canada Music Awards
Paul's previous CD recording, ANCIENT LIGHTS, features 8 exciting new original compositions, along with a sparkling piano trio performance of "Smatter," written by the late Kenny Wheeler. The album features Canadian jazz luminaries Brad Turner (trumpet), Jon Bentley (tenor sax), Adam Thomas (bass), and Bernie Arai (drums) with special guest appearances from Hugh Fraser (trombone),Tristan Paxton (guitar), and Toto Berriel (percussion). ANCIENT LIGHTS was nominated for Best Jazz Recording 2015 for the Western Canada Music Awards!
