The Tree of Devotion

<p>This is not a how-to book. It's a return. Drawn from decades of performing teaching and listening across cultures The Tree of Devotion is a field guide for artists who long for more than technique. Jerry Leake-world percussionist educator and seeker-writes to the space behind the note the breath beneath the phrase and the stillness that shapes the sound. Structured like a tree-roots rings limbs-this is a book to revisit not finish. Through poetic insight personal story and distilled teaching wisdom each page invites you to listen with your whole being create with honesty and live in rhythm with the moment. Whether you're a musician dancer writer teacher or simply devoted to a creative path these pages offer reminders you didn't know you'd been carrying. All Ways and Always.</p><p> </p><p>Jerry Leake is a Professor of World Percussion at Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory. A performer composer and author he leads the world-fusion group Cubist and co-founded Natraj and Club d'Elf blending traditions from India Africa and the Americas. On tabla he has performed with Ustad Ali Akbar Khan Chitravina Ravikiran and Kadri Gopalnath. A Berklee graduate he studied with Gary Burton and Pablo Landrum and later with master drummers in India and Ghana. The author of nine influential books on world percussion and a contributor to Percussive Notes he also presented a TEDx talk Harmonic Time revealing his cross-cultural approach to rhythm and musical connection.</p>