Ras Moshe

Please email me at [email protected] or [email protected] Thanks! Ras Moshe: Born on the 22nd of March 1968 in Brooklyn NY. Studied music in school as a child(elemenatry to high school) and with his father(Ted "Jacob" Burnett II) who plays alto saxophone,flute and bass clarinet.His grandfather-Ted Burnett I(The last name "Barnett" was used for professional reasons) played tenor sax in the bands of Earl Bostic,Lucky Millender,Jimmy Mundy,Don Redman,Ella Fitzgerald and many others after coming to America from Jamaica. The drummer Shadow Wilson was a close friend. Later on in life,for a variety of reasons, Ted I began to only play music within the church context. He wrote some gospel songs that became known.Ras' other grandparents didn't play music but grew up with many jazz and calypso artists in Harlem. Ras(Ted III) renamed himself in 1987.Although trained in earlier forms of "jazz", Ras' preferred mode of improvisation is in the later or "free" developments of the music,without relying on generic terms. He has been writing and reciting poetry since childhood as well.At the age of 16 he started playing alto in roots reggae bands...in the early 90's he got tired of only playing "jazz" at home and "here and there".....he picked up the tenor and decided to pay homage to Coltrane,Albert Ayler,John Gilmore and his other favorites on a permanent basis. Without copying verbatim. (see influences list!) He definitely believes in the positive effect the new music will have on social and personal change. The music is a spiritual and social force. It is the opposite of close mindedness...and its certainly connected to things much higher than war. The music is indeed the voice of the people.He formed The Music Now Unit in 1999 with Jackson Krall,Tor Yochai Snyder,Matt Lavelle,Kyoko Kitamura,Matt Heyner and Todd Nicholson. You can hear different editons/combinations of the band on the "Live Spirits" series on Utech records. Music Now is a revamped version of his first band called "Liberated Zone" which will be reformed soon. His new band is The Ras Quartet with Dave Ross, Shayna Dulberger and Rashid Bakr. They just did a new release called "Transcendence" on kmb jazz.He has some ongoing musical relationships with Kyoko Kitamura and Dafna Naphtali who are in the forefront of electronic/vocal improvisations.He is the founder and organizer of The Music Now festivals. The festival series is still going strong after 7 years.He plays Tenor sax,sometimes Alto. He's been brushing up on the flute too. A soprano sax is coming soon!2007: Transcendence KMB Jazz/kmb007 www.kmbrecs.tk Ion Storm with Marc Edwards Slipstream Time Travel2006: Live Sprits3 Live Spirits4 The Spark Trio www.utechrecords.comThe Vampires Revenge with Dom Minasi2005: Live Spirits1 Live Spirits2 www.utechrecords.com2003: Into The Openness MusicNow 12002: Izititiz-With Our With Jazz(limited edition vinyl) Izititiz-Lucky Bird conduit creations 002 Schematic Jump Arts 004 Handling The Moment -The Matt Lavelle Quartet CIMP records 2001: The Blue Universe Quartet cosmic mechanic 001I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4