Ben Dowling - Pianist, Composer, Producer, Musical Director

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Peace and blessings,

Ben Dowling


 
Ben Dowling: World Rising
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Official Release: August 11, 2009 • Limited prerelease CD's Available Now!

Description:
Keyboardist Ben Dowling brings jazz, world and funk influences together in a percussion-rich, groove-centric collection featuring Mindi Abair, Will Kennedy, Satnam Ramgotra, Bob Sheppard and more. With influences of Zawinul and Hancock, World Rising is a study in the power of percussive groove, polyrhythm and modality. Includes a formerly unreleased track featuring vocalists Niki Haris and the late, great Carl Anderson.


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1 World Rising - featuring Bob Sheppard: soprano sax
2 Spirit Dance - featuring Mindi Abair: alto sax
3 In My Dreams - featuring Sarah Dowling: cello; Bob Sheppard: soprano sax
4 The Calling - featuring Rod McGaha: trumpet
5 Love Embraces All - featuring Ben Dowling: vocals; Bob Sheppard: tenor sax
6 Medicine Man - featuring Michael Harris: trumpet; Bob Sheppard: tenor sax
7 Starting Over - featuring Jeff Beal: trumpet; Niki Haris and Carl Anderson: vocals
8 Gathering of the Tribes - featuring Brian Price: guitar
9 Sarah Song - vocalise
10 Emergence - solo piano


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The Path of Peace
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Visionsound Environmental Multimedia

Description:
Visionsound presents, The Path of Peace - a multimedia collaboration featuring the contemplative music of pianist, Ben Dowling and the visual artistry of painter, Mark Wagner - unfolding in fluid and evolving motion.

The Path of Peace runs counter to the fast pace of contemporary life at the same time it represents an important new phase in the evolution of multimedia as a peace-creating, environmental technology. Released on DualDisc, the work features 53 minutes of both CD audio - and on the flip side (DVD-Video) - an inspired fusion of "visual music," in all its surround-sound and wide-screen glory.

If ever there was an environment needing quiet, unhurried loveliness, The Path of Peace fits the bill perfectly.


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Spiritual Liberation Movie
The Best Selling book, "Spiritual Liberation" by Michael Bernard Beckwith is joined by a one-hour movie of the same name, produced by Elevate Films, Agape Media International and Beyond Words Publishing.

A look at a "day-in-the-life" of this important American mystic, the movie features an engrossing collection of Beckwith's words interspersed with discussions among high level thinkers of the day. Laced with themes written by Beckwith and wife, Rickie Byars Beckwith, the score was composed and orchestrated by Ben Dowling.

The film is expected to be released early in the first quarter of 2009, in concert with appearances by Beckwith on Larry King, Oprah and other important venues.

 
The Path of Peace PR
The Path of Peace - News Release
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Ester Nicholson Review
Soultracks.com review...
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Powershift Documentary - featured on PBS
Ben Dowling's musical score for "Powershift," featuring actress Cameron Diaz, is making the rounds on PBS.  
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