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Bojan Vuletić / Nate Wooley / Zeena Parkins / Vera Westera: Fugitive Beauté
by Karl Ackermann
On Fugitive Beauté, Serbian composer Bojan Vuletić wrote thirteen pieces inspired by the French poet/writer Charles Baudelaire who, among other accomplishments, is credited with coining the term modernity" to describe the brief, transient nature of Parisian life during the period of industrialization in the nineteenth century. Baudelaire's poetry has inspired many musical adaptations in the forms of folk, rock and even heavy metal but Vuletić's approach is different beyond the jazz treatments of his compositions. Along with being ...
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