[embed]https://youtu.be/z1CpRBGVmvs[/embed] [embed]https://youtu.be/g-wYpNHjl_M[/embed] [embed]https://youtu.be/v2HzBXVxBvo[/embed] Bob Murphy Writes: The iconic jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley talked passionately about the potential of jazz (improvised music) to bring a different kind of consciousness to the people who played it and to those who listened. He talked about the ability of a group of improvising musician's to be able to interact, to listen to, and respond to each other in such a way as to achieve a kind of group mind where alignment and harmony (coherence) become possible without the necessity of agreement or polarization. He thought jazz could change the world and he was on a mission to communicate this to those who would listen. I had the great good fortune to hear Cannonball rant about this on several occasions in the late 60's and early 70's.     Years later when I first read the eminent physicist David Bohm's essays on dialogue, it occurred to me that he might be talking about the same things that Cannonball was. Bohm talks of dialogue as a context in which we say what we think and we listen to others say what they think while suspending our opinions and judgements. He says that for this to happen it is necessary to be able to hear conflicting points of view without needing to dominate them or submit to them. In this context more coherent thoughts and ideas can carry more weight. If this is achieved, a larger consciousness is possible where new directions or solutions may be discovered, and experiencing this shift in consciousness can have a transforming effect on those involved. Bohm also expressed his belief that this kind of dialogue could change the world.   This is a subject that has greatly interested me for years. I'm sure we have all experienced these shifts in our state of mind during musical performances. When it happens we leave the concert with a sense of sharing something larger than ourselves and of having had an important part of ourselves fed on some level. It's probably what we're all looking for when we go to a concert (it's certainly what I'm looking for). And this is very much how I like to play music. So, talking about dialogue is an opportunity for me to promote the value of music, and it gives me a hook to use to promote this concert.   In this concert I'm playing with two great players, both long time collaborators, who are fantastic to dialogue with. We have been getting together (along with some very distinguished guests) almost weekly for the past five or six years to work out our dialogue chops (both verbally and musically). Here we will be dialoguing in a trio setting.   An essential part of the chemistry in a performance is the audience. The quality of the listening has a huge effect on the performance, so we need your ears. Please join us, and take part in the dialogue.   If all this blah blah about dialogue is of no interest to you, please feel free to just come and enjoy the music. Cheers, Bob Murphy     BOB MURPHY "One of Canada's great pianists in the modern idiom."        - Mark Miller,  Globe & Mail   " ... one of this country's best jazz pianists ... Always lyrical, he builds a mood; when it is his turn to solo he takes each song one more step inside  ... Hauntingly beautiful."      - Marke Andrews, Vancouver Sun Bob Murphy played his first night club gig at the Smiling Buddha Cabaret on Hastings St. in Vancouver in 1959 at the age of 14. Since then he has done just about everything a professional musician does to make a living in the music business but his first love has always been playing jazz. While living in both Vancouver and Toronto he has played and recorded with many great Canadian and international jazz and blues artists including: Buff Allen, Mike Allen, Adolphus Alsbrook Jr., Eugene Amaro, Ernestine Anderson, Louis Belson, Chuck Berry, Michael Blake, Seamus Blake, Ralph Bowen, Graham Boyle, Clark Burroughs, Gregory Bush, Jessie Cahill, Pat Caird, Don Clark, Terry Clark, Tom Colclough, Bill  Coon, Joe Coughlin, Pat Coleman, Larry Coryell, Chris Davis, Melody Diachun, Bo Diddly, Christine Duncan, Phil Dwyer, Steve Ellington, Gil Evans, Hugh Fraser, Dave Friesen, Jerry Fuller, Oliver Gannon, Lincoln Goines, John Gross, Shannon Gunn, Lional Hampton, John Handy, Eddie Harris, Bobby Herriot, Miles Foxx Hill, Paul Horn, Freddie Hubbard, Tom Keenlyside, Lee Konitz, Joe LaBarbera, Pat LaBarbera, Ken Lister, Kirk MacDonald, Bob MacLaren, John McLeod, Fraser MacPherson, Mike Malone, Henry Mancini, Warne Marsh, Tisziji Munoz, Monik Nordine, Torben Oxbol, P. J. Perry, Dave Pilch, Ted Quinlan, Claude Ranger, Jackie Richardson, George Robert, Bill Runge, Wyatt Ruther, Campbell Ryga, Sam and Dave, Jennifer Scott, Dusty Springfield, Doug Stephenson, Ron Small, Dick Smith, Michael Stewart, John Stowell, Neil Swainson, Ross Taggart, Joani Taylor, Don Thompson, Brad Turner, Monique Van Dam, T-Bone Walker, Steve Wallace, Ernie Watts, Cory Weeds, Blaine Wikjord, Jimmy Witherspoon, Kenny Wheeler, Alan Wiertz, Stevie Wonder, Rene Worst and Dave Young. In 2002 the CD “Wall Street Sessions” he co-led with Joani Taylor and co-produced with Miles Foxx Hill was nominated for a Juno. In 2007 he released a quartet CD of his original compositions entitled “Downtown East Side Picnic”. Bob Murphy currently resides in Vancouver where he teaches jazz piano and composes. He has been teaching jazz piano at Vancouver Island University since the fall of 2006. Bob performs in concert settings regularly.   DOUG STEPHENSON has been an integral member of Western Canada's jazz community for over thirty years. Based in Vancouver since 2000, the Calgary native is a world-class guitarist, bassist, songwriter, and producer. He has performed with a wide range of artists including Les McCann, Charlie Rouse, Jay Thomas, John Stowell, Tommy Banks, P.J. Perry, Altered Laws, Barry Romberg, Bob Brough, Campbell Ryga, and Blues legend Big Miller. Doug’s current projects include writing, recording and performing with vocalist Melody Diachun and with The Bob Murphy Quartet. BUFF ALLEN has worked while living in Toronto and now again in Vancouver with such artists as Diana Krall, Michael Buble, Daniel Lanois, Ed Bickert, Moe Koffman, Rob McConnell, Sam Noto, Eugene Amaro, Hagood Hardy, Kathryn Moses, Peter Appleyard, Phil Nimmons, Hank Jones, Teddy Wilson, Lenny Breau, Johnny Guenieri, Red Norvo, Johnny Hartman, Pat Coleman, Bob Murphy, Joani Taylor, Paul Horn , Oliver Gannon, Fraser Mcpherson, Ron Johnston, Tom Banks, Hugh Fraser, Kathy Kidd, Veji, Drum Heat, and visiting artists such as Benny Wallace, Joanne Brackeen, Kenny Wheeler, Chuck Israels . Buff Allen has had forty years of professional playing experience, in jazz, pop, theatre, recording studios, concert tours, television and movies. He is the recipient of a 1989 Juno award for best jazz album category, as well as the 1987 Laureate in the CBC-Alcan competition at the Montreal Jazz Festival, and was a Juno nominee for 2003.