UPTOWN JAZZ TENTET
Progressive Big Band • United States
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The Uptown Jazz Tentet was formed in 2016. The concept of the band was developed by Willie Applewhite. "The goal was simple, to hire my friends to create the best music we can," Applewhite says. "I wanted the focus to be only on the music and the collective as a whole, eliminating the trappings of individual ambition and politics. With that in mind, I decided to ask my close friends Brandon Lee and James Burton III to join me in co-leadership of the band." Although several members are contributing writers, the three leaders provide the compositional backbone of the UJT. "Between us, there is a commonality of shared influences and experiences." What's interesting is that this commonality is filtered through three unique lenses of interpretation. "We all have a personalized compositional sound, but it all complements each other."
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