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posted: November 12, 2012

Here's just some of the art for a new cd by The Ghost Train Orchestra--a group of musicians who have collectively collaborated with Elvis Costello, David Byrne, Jay-Z and Phillip Glass to name a few. "Book of Rhapsodies" is an ambitious concept album that reimagines the work of four composers from the thirties and forties whose work traveled between jazz and classical: Alec Wilder, Charlie Shavers, Reginald Forsythe and Raymond Scott. The music is wonderful (and sometimes wonderfully strange)--and often downright exhilarating.

Ghost Train Orchestra "Beethoven Riffs On" from Brian Carpenter on Vimeo.

posted: August 20, 2012

With "Inspiration" as the theme, Scholastic recently asked me to create several posters for classrooms. Art Directors Lindsey Dekker and Jaime Lucero were two wonderfully cool cats--with heart and enthusiasm to boot. Here are just a couple of the posters from the series--which are headed soon to schools throughout the United States for grades fourth through eighth. 

 
And...just a small taste of some of the ideas we kicked around...