Absurdist Theater

by Gene Ess

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	1.	Out of the Ashes 09:45
	2.	Circe's Compassion 08:34
	3.	Jade Stones 05:52
	4.	Kunai 05:50
	5.	Torii (The Gate) 08:59
	6.	Forkball (For Ornette) 05:02
	7.	Déjala Que Pase 06:35
	8.	Upward and Onward! 08:43

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Now, in Absurdist Theater, Gene navigates the absence of meaning and hope. The idea of absurdism may be rooted in Kierkegaard and Schopenhauer, but it is Albert Camus’s Myth of Sisyphus that best incarnates the encounter with “nothingness.” With a protagonist eternally doomed to senselessness and facing the choice of escaping existence, leap of faith, or recognition, Camus “imagines Sisyphus happy,” finding clarity in contentment. In the absence of meaning, absurdism teaches freedom. As Nikos Kazantzakis’ epitaph read, “I have no hope. I have no fear. I am free.”

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released September 26, 2016

Gene Ess - composition/guitar/synths
Thana Alexa - voice/lyrics
Manuel Valera - piano/keyboards
Yasushi Nakamura - bass
Clarence Penn - drums

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Gene Ess New York, New York

Gene graduated with honors from Berklee and moved to New York. Gene recorded and toured worldwide with the late great drummer Rashied Ali (John Coltrane). During the course of these collaborative years, Gene played with Carlos Santana, Ravi Coltrane, Matt Garrison, Lonnie Plaxico, Archie Shepp, and Reggie Workman among others. Currently leads his group Fractal Attraction. ... more

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