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The Voscoville
Jasen Weaver
Label: N/A
Released: 2018
Duration: 01:08
Views: 261
Tracks
The Resilient, Ordinance, Upfront, Curtains, Alter Ego, 341 North, Uptown Touchdown, Feature Steve, Premonition, Can't Get Me, Chillin' In My Robe On New Year's Day, The Voscoville, Stompin' At The Savoy
Personnel
Jasen Weaver
bass
Steve Lands
trumpetAmari Ansari
saxophone, altoMiles Berry
saxophone, tenor
Oscar Rossignoli
pianoShea Pierre
pianoAlex Joseph Hall
drumsAlbum Description
In the winter of 2008, I started teaching at my old alma mater arts high school, the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. I was very fortunate to have a class of serious students who were interested in not only playing music but being a musician as their occupation in life. One of those students was bassist Jasen Weaver. After graduating high school, he attended the University of New Orleans and started to work around the city as a musician. I've had the good fortune to hire Weaver on my own shows while his passion for the music was growing. As time went on, Weaver started putting together his own shows and would hire me in return. It was very promising to see him cover music from various composers while developing his own music. It's that time Weaver spent as a bandleader that brings us to this album. The music contained herein achieves two realities that are difficult today; a working band and the element of swing. The lack of a music community and working (gigging) conditions in today's world makes mentorship from older musicians and working with the same group of musicians every night a very difficult task. The fact that Weaver was able to have a consistent weekly gig and develop music based in the element of swing is against the odds of music today. The result is a band that believes in the music and has a desire to perform it at the highest level. It is those principals that make this album spirited and optimistic with very enjoyable results. -Jason Marsalis
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