Audio Clip (mp3): For the Affect of It
  


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Album cover for Hesterian Musicism (cover art by Denise Cobb, HRP00002 1982)
  Karlton E. Hester
  Karlton Hester has recorded 10 albums with his ensembles Contemporary Jazz Art Movement and Hesterian Musicism featuring almost exclusively original compositions. They are available through Hesteria Records & Publishing Company (www.aainnovators.com).


"As each segment reveals a different facet of Hester’s imagination, Hesterian Musicism is as recommendable as it is diverse."
--- Downbeat

"Hester plays tenor with melodic fire and passionate aplomb. […] He and Johnson intertwine long, briskly moving lines, melodic motives flowing into one another magnificently. Johnson is superb throughout, with a full and confident tone [...] Bowler is also tremendous, particularly with the bow."
--- Cadence

Albums:

  • 2006---Karlton Hester's Fillmore Jazz Preservation Big Band: Live at Herbst Theatre. Featuring John Handy and Denise Perrier.
  • 2005---21st Century Musicism: Compositions by Karlton Hester, KH00010, CD. Karlton Hester (flute, soprano and tenor saxophones, synthesizers) Twin Pyramids / DNA / Origins [poetry by Avotcja] / Saturnday Head / K-2 Hues / Nanaiya's Voodoo Dance
  • 2000---Harmonious Soul Scenes 2000 Ð KarltonHester and Hesterian Musicism. KH00009. CD. Karlton Hester (flute, piccolo, tenor saxophone). Scenes / Sun Soul / Harmony in Oshogbo / Byrd Math / Caravan* / Harmony (Reprise)
  • 1999---Sacred Musicism Ð Karlton Hester and Hesterian Musicism. KH00008. CD. Karlton Hester (flute, soprano and tenor saxophones, synthesizers); Karlton Hester, director. ToneÕs Tune / Mass Dance / Spirituality / Hesterian Blues, Balance and Proportion / Love Dance, Movement II: Pooh Kee Daydream / Hypermetric Voodoo Logic / Epicene Fractals
  • 1998---Musicism for the Sake of Love Ð Karlton Hester and the Contemporary Jazz Art Movement. KH00007. CD. Karlton Hester (flute, bass flute). El Paso Sunrise / Y La Estacion deLluvias Comienza / The Pee Cal Flute Experiment (flute quintet) / Visitor from the Outside / For the Affect of It (flute trio) / Felicitous Circus / Love/Ontology: Prelude / Muse

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  Music Subtitle: For the Affect of It (Karlton Hester) - performed by Karlton Hester and Carol Adee, flutes; and James Lewis, bass (from Hesterian Musicism, HRP00002, 1982)