A conversation about pushing music with Ken Vandermark
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A conversation about pushing music with Ken Vandermark
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A conventional song that’s being pushed to its limits can be an amazing experience. In essence that’s what we’re trying to do but with different tools. Do you find that people are intimidated by jazz and improv. music?Yes a lot of people do have this notion that you need to have a huge listening history with the music before any of it makes sense but the truth of the matter is that it?s just music. The way that we go about playing deals with creating things spontaneously but that doesn?t mean that it?s gibberish or makes less sense than any other kinds of music. It?s just a different way of making music. That also doesn?t mean that someone who is familiar with mine or Ab?s work can listen to it and get more out of it than someone who walks in and hears us for the first time.
Florence Jazz Messengers to perform at The Depot
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Friday at The Depot. The Jazz Messengers feature many familiar faces to Florence Little Theatre patrons as much of the jazz group is made up of members of the Florence Area Big Band which performed a two-hour music revue at the theater recently. The goal of the Jazz Messengers is to bring high caliber jazz music in a flexible small group setting back to the Florence Area. The band will strive to play a variety of music styles from the 1920s to the present including Dixieland swing bebop Latin blues cool funk and jazz rock fusion. “I have played everything from Bach to Bacharach during my musical journey” said Helms a multi-instrumentalist in the Jazz Messengers. “Variety is the spice of life and you will hear a wide variety of music in many styles during our performances so you will always stay on the edge of your seat — or maybe on the dance floor!”Helms said that in addition to a high quality musical performance the band’s hope is to build a network of jazz lovers and musicians develop a following of the music in the Florence community and inspire young musicians interested in improvisation and this 100 percent American art form. DetailsWHAT: Florence Jazz Messengers in concert WHEN: 8 to 11 p.
Department of State Jazz at Lincoln Center and National …
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These American musical ambassadors are following in the footsteps of legends Dizzy Gillespie Louis Armstrong Dave Brubeck and other great American jazz performers. The April 16th concert will feature the Bryan Horton Quartet and Roseanna Vitro and the JazzIAm Band. Bryan Horton Quartet is deeply rooted in the traditions of blues groove and jazz music. The Durham North Carolina based ensemble explores multi-cultural rhythms and encourages improvisation revisiting jazz standards with fresh ideas to craft original spontaneous composition. The band developed through the study of masters such as jazz greats Dexter Gordon Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus as well as through new global urban grooves. Roseanna Vitro and the JazzIAm Band is a high energy group comprised of four musicians who are powerful improvisers composers teachers and performers. This ensemble is a modern gumbo whose flavors include swing from Duke Ellington to Bill Evans blues from the Ray Charles Songbook and the exotic melodies and rhythms that form world music spanning the globe from Brazil to India.
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