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New Recording of Douglas J. Cuomo's Seven Limbs Features Joe Lovano and The Overlook

Oct. 29, 2026

Sunnyside Records has just released a new recording of Douglas J. Cuomo's Seven Limbs featuring Joe Lovano and The Overlook. In February 2024, acclaimed saxophonist Joe Lovano joined The Overlook Quartet to perform the work on the GatherNYC series at the Museum of Arts & Design in NYC. The work was originally composed for Nels Cline and the Aizuri Quartet, and was performed by The Overlook and Nels Cline in 2022. 

Cuomo describes his inspiration for Seven Limbs:

"This piece is inspired by an ancient Buddhist purification ceremony called The Seven Limbs. It’s part of a meditation practice I do every day. The practice has lots of words; the piece has none. The feel of this ceremony is what I kept going to as I composed, and then at some point I realized I was setting text without using words. For me Seven Limbs is a dream-like piece; I can look inward to a new terrain and find out what’s there. Stillness, turmoil, suppleness, euphoria, high drama. I wrote it for Nels Cline and the Aizuri Quartet because, for composers, to write for great players is another kind of dream. Together, we offer you our dream, in the hope that it will make a connection with you."


Douglas J. Cuomo's "Dedication" from Seven Limbs performed by Joe Lovano and The Overlook

Those based in NYC can enjoy three performances featuring new interpretations of Cuomo's music this month:

• The Leo Genovese quartet performs improvisations based ona raft, the sky the wild sea onNovember 10 at the Ornithology Jazz Club, (6 Suydam St., Brooklyn) at 6:30 PM and 8:00 PM and on November 17 at 9:00 PM and 10:15 PM at Bar LunÁtico (487 Halsey St., Brooklyn), (More information here).

• Edsel Gomez performs an evening of solo piano improvisations based onSeven Limbs on November 12 at 7pm at the Westbeth Community Room (55 Bethune St., NYC), (More information here).

To learn more and to purchase the new album, click here.
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Douglas J. Cuomo
Seven Limbs (2021)
for guitar (acoustic and electric with effects) and string quartet
75'

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