Meditation Live | Perpie acc. by Chamber Orchestra & Jazz Band | cond. by Odum Abekah
Meditation is melodic, sweet, it’s got the highs and the lows, the energy and the build up, the calm and the confidence of my heart and I’ve had countless opportunities to express it countless times it. This is my very first original instrumental composition. Produced by Timothy Ogunbiyi, it gave me an opportunity to create and it has been that one consistent piece in all of my sets.
Ije Live is the most daring live even that I have ever curated. The primary goal was both to define my artistry and serve premium artistic experience to my distinguished audience. It in turn pushed my artistry beyond limits. I took some major risks and it was worth it both for me and for my audience. Meditation is my very first instrumental composition. With it, I have been able to tell a different type of story on stage.
Accompanied by a chamber section of the Key-30 Orchestra & seasoned musicians.
Sheldon Zandboer (piano),
Luis Tovar (percussions)
Neil McVey (guitar)
Brendan Rothwell (bass)
Robbin Harris (drums)
Perpie (saxophone)
Key-30 Orchestra led by Robson Maurice and Angela Smart
Orchestra
Angela Smart concert master, violin I
Eva Toncheva violin I
Subin Choi violin I
James Watson violin II
Laryssa Warne violin II
Stephanie Leong violin II
Andrea Poon viola
Jamie Joenming Park viola
Naomi Groot alto saxophone
Eugene Kirton tenor saxophone
Andre Wickenheiser trumpet
Jonathan Chavez trumpet
Dylan Martin trombone
John Towell trombone
Maria Vander Hoek cello
Takumi Rodgers cello
Odum Abekah (conductor)
Orchestration by Timothy Adedigba Ogunbiyi
Mixed & Mastered by Spencer Cheyne
Videography by Emil Agopian
Further Edits by Perpie
Held live at the performance hall of Studio Bell (Home of the National Music Centre) | 2022
I thank the Canada Council for the Arts for standing by me through this project.