With his Db-ish project‚ Canadian trumpeter Darren Barrett excavates voguish ground by merging different styles such as post-bop and hip-hop with a nice‚ cool touch‚ and then spicing it with the addition of electronic samples and other valuable soundscapes. Barrett’s music background includes a graduation at Berklee College of Music and the first place in the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition‚ as well as enriching collaborations with the likes of Elvin Jones‚ Jackie McLean
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Formerly based in London and now in New York‚ Andrew Hartman is a passionate guitarist/composer whose sophomore album‚ Compass‚ comes out in May. This work was recorded with a tight quartet whose members include the much-admired saxophonist Chris Cheek‚ bassist Ike Sturm‚ and drummer Zach Harmon. The compositions were written while Hartman was still in London and reflect a period of travels and moves between cities and countries. “The Heights” opens the album with Hartman uttering a continuous melodic
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Born in California and raised in New Jersey‚ Alex Wintz is an emergent young guitarist whose musical approach has been requested for ambitious projects led by Etienne Charles‚ Nick Finzer‚ Ben Williams‚ and Lucas Pino. With them‚ Wintz has developed a solid maturity that is now passed to Life Cycle‚ his debut album as a leader to be released soon on Culture Shock Music. The album consists of a set of nine tunes‚ seven originals and two jazz standards‚ outfitted with diverse colors and played in different
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“This old town can slow you down‚ People taking the easy way. But I know exactly where I’m going‚ And getting closer and closer everyday. I’m almost there.” As a consequence of living in a homogeneous area for my entire life‚ I crave change. My intrigue for the city of New Orleans began with The Princess and the Frog‚ the Disney movie from which the previous lyrics originate from. My nine year old self was drawn in by the representation of African Americans in mainstream media‚ however I left with
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Music is a spectacular commodity that is often overlooked within our everyday life. We listen to music when we’re sad‚ angry‚ happy and everything in-between. Jazz is one of the few genre’s desirable to everyone despite the mood or environment and has remained so for decades while other genre’s fade over time. But what exactly is Jazz? Most genres of music have distinct sounds‚ rhythms‚ and overall feel to them. It’d almost be impossible to mistake rock for gospel or hip-hop for classical. Each
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Bebop Called also bop‚ bebop is a style of jazz with its characteristics being fast tempo‚ instrumental virtuosity and improvisation founded on the mixture of harmonic structure and melody. Its origins began in the early and mid-1940’s‚ where it became synonymous with modern jazz‚ as the two of them came to a certain maturity point in the 1960’s. Its roots were from New York City. The creation of bebop began by the interest of jazz performers to create a new genre where it counters the popular swing
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Polymodality in Jazz Polymodality is a term that has been rarely mentioned in the jazz literature‚ in the same way it has been infrequently practiced as a compositional tool by jazz arrangers and composers. Very few books mention either polymodality‚ polytonality or its related terminology‚ and when done‚ is sometimes to describe a different concept from the one discussed in this research. A clear example of this‚ is the use of the term polymodality by George Russell in his book Lydian Chromatic
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Born in Washington D.C. on April 29‚ 1899‚ Duke Ellington was an American composer‚ pianist‚ and bandleader who gained fame by performing with his orchestra both in the Cotton Club in Harlem and in Europe. Regarded as a major figure in the development of jazz‚ Ellington identified his music as American music and adopted the phrase of his colleague Billy Strayhorn “beyond category” as a principle. Ellington started taking piano lessons locally at the age of seven and his mother insisted that he be
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I am writing to request that you chose Paul Rowe as a recipient of an “Unsung Hero Award”. As a student of Mr. Rowe I look to him for inspiration and as someone I can trust. As a Music Education teacher‚ professional trumpet player‚ and conductor‚ Mr. Rowe shows leadership as well as an inspiration to others. No matter what the circumstance is‚ he always finds a way to push forward. Mr. Rowe is a symbol of an ideal hero. To start off with‚ Mr. Rowe struggled at a young age. With the mom working
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The documentary‚ Waiting for Superman‚ is a look at the problems with America’s public school system. After watching to film I was shocked and frustrated. It is difficult for me to imagine that people who have chosen to become teachers would ever refuse to reform a system that is not functioning in the best interest of the children for whom the system was developed to serve. I am a very direct thinking person‚ when a problem is explained to me I immediately think about solutions. This film
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