Album Notes

"a unique master of percussive
motion." The San Francisco Chronicle

Featuring:
Technique
Polyrhythms
Polymeters
Phasing



What is Body Music? The Village Voice says: Keith Terry "claps his hands, rubs his palms, finger-pops, stamps his feet, brushes his soles, slaps his butt and belly, pops his cheek, whomps his chest, skips and slides, sings and babbles and coughs, building his music out of a surprisingly varied register of sounds and clever rhythmic variations."

Using the Oldest Instrument on the Planet - the Human Body (your own) - this Body Music Instructional Video will teach you to clap, slap, snap, and step your way through some very fun and funky rhythmic music.

***Includes Footage of Keith Terry's Body Music in Performance ***

". . . a crossing of cultures, a blurring of boundaries at its most sensitive, most humanistic, and most magical." NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO

Keith Terry is a percussionist/rhythm dancer whose work encompasses a number of allied performance disciplines -- music, dance, theater, performance art -- which he brings together to create an artistic vision that defies easy categorization.

Keith has toured extensively in the Americas, Asia and Europe. In addition to his solo work, he has collaborated with numerous artists including Charles ''Honi'' Coles, Turtle Island String Quartet, The Jazz Tap Ensemble, Gamelan Sekar Jaya, San Jose Taiko, and Bobby McFerrin. He is the artistic director of the Crosspulse Percussion Ensemble and SLAMMIN, an all-body band, and the Ringmaster for Professor Terry's Circus Band Extraordináire. His large scale works include the Body Tjak Projects, a series of multidisciplinary performances co-directed with Balinese composer/choreographer I Wayan Dibia. Keith is a member of the faculty at UCLA's Department of World Arts and Cultures.


Other recordings available from Crosspulse Records and Videos at CD Baby:

CDs

KEITH TERRY & CROSSPULSE: Keith Terry & Crosspulse
Singing/moving percussion ensemble

SERPENTINE: Keith Terry & Crosspulse
Crosspulse Percussion Ensemble with 25 guest artists

BODY TJAK / THE CELEBRATION: Keith Terry & Crosspulse
Indonesian collaboration soundtrack

PROFESSOR TERRY'S CIRCUS BAND EXTRAORDINÁIRE: LIVE!
Crooked originals and twisted standards by San Francisco Bay Area all-stars

SLAMMIN ALL-BODY BAND: Slammin All-Body Band
Percussive a cappella jazz - vocals, beatboxing and body music


VIDEOs / DVDs

BODY MUSIC - PART ONE
Instructional DVD/video by Keith Terry

BODY TJAK / THE CELEBRATION
Indonesian collaboration performance video