SONGSMITH COLLECTIVE
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Sometimes I am asked if I think jazz is dead. I quickly say no. Jazz is alive and well in places like WMU where students from the Advanced Jazz Ensemble made a recording of their compositions this spring. Members generated material – mostly settings of the poetry by Robert Frost, Langston Hughs, Yeats and Traci Brimhall.
The use of improvisation and counterpoint as dialogue with the text and the human voice prove very effective, and the ensemble listens – they play and sing with dynamics and awareness. The work done by these young musicians reflect their curiosity, which jazz is about – the unanswered question, the constant searching.
Throughout the recording you hear the intention of the ensemble – conscious of its mission of creativity and expression. The poetry is beautiful and serves to elicit the emotion echoed in the band.
Luciana Souza, Grammy awarded Brazilian jazz singer and composer
from www.blujazz.com
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