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The music of THE AIR DEPARTMENT represents an inspired and artful collaboration between composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer ROGER EBACHER and master drummer DENNY PELLETIER.
ROGER EBACHER is a recording artist, multi-instrumentalist, performer, composer, and producer, with over 40 years of professional stage and studio experience. Appearing on his own highly reviewed CD's as a consummate flutist (Flutation Device, Backyard Carneval), with numerous guest CD appearances on a variety of instruments, Roger's compositional skills and music cover Jazz, Fusion, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, Reggae, Latin Jazz, Flamenco, African, and other world music. Roger has twice been the featured guest artist on Boston's premier jazz radio program, Eric in the Evening (WGBH-FM, 89.7), and his music has been on the airwaves all over North America, Europe, and as far east as India, Thailand, and Russia. Roger's newest musical venture, THE AIR DEPARTMENT, represents further explorations into World Music, combining the musics of the Middle East, India, Brazil, Cuba and beyond with Ambient, Electronica, Downtempo and more into a new sonic stew of ethnic fusion made for adventurous listeners in today's evolving musical universe.
DENNY PELLETIER, the son of a jazz trumpeter, developed strong roots in Jazz early on. Years of experience have found Denny in a wide variety of musical situations, performing with national names such as J.J. Johnson, Ronnie Laws, and Anthony Cox. He's paid dues in the pit for musical theatre performances, and provided the beat for many major vocalists including Cleo Laine, Peggy Lee, Bonnie Raitt, and Linda Rondstat. Denny’s recording credits include dozens of radio and national tv commercials and jingles, soundtracks for regional films, back-up on a wide variety of albums, and several children's television shows including “Zoom” and “Sesame Street”. In the late 70's, Denny was also a member of the 7-piece East Coast sensation "Timestream" with Roger Ebacher, with whom he is reunited currently in the THE AIR DEPARTMENT.
~THE AIR DEPARTMENT~
Roger Ebacher: Keyboards, Keyboard Bass, Melody Flute, Wood Flute, Casio DH-100 Digital Horn, Congas, Bongos, Dumbek, Kalimba, Programming, Composer. Denny Pelletier: Drums
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Air Department fuses world music with jazz for new CD
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Michael Ricci
Once described by a fan as sounding like “an eight-piece duo," The Air Department produces sounds unusually immense for just two musicians. Multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and engineer Roger Ebacher performs original music using keyboards, keyboard bass, melody flute, wood flute, a Casio DH-100 digital horn, kalimba, congas, bongos and doumbek. He's joined by Dennis Pelletier on drums. The two combine to create world jazz influenced by an eclectic mix of music from Brazil, the Middle East and India. “It's adventurous," ...
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Frigid Air New Release from the Air Department
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Michael Ricci
Frigid Air, the latest aural excursion from world fusion adventurers The Air Department, may well be their most eloquent offering to date.
On this their third release, the strong jazz roots and world music sensibility of The Air Department have been blended exquisitely together. This collection of new music, and one reimagined piece from the archives, artfully mines the strengths of composer Roger Ebacher's deep affinity for the art of improvisation both on flute and piano, and the tasteful percussive ...
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