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The Hearing Eye: Jazz & Blues Influences in African American Visual Art / Thriving on a Riff: Jazz & Blues Influences in African American Literature and Film
by Tom Greenland
Representative of what has been coined the “new" jazz studies, these two books are compilations of critical essays edited by Graham Lock and David Murray, which investigate and unpack the role and influence of jazz and blues in African American culture. The Hearing Eye: Jazz & Blues Influences in African American Visual Art
Mental Weather
Label: Outline
Released: 2008
Track listing: A More Beautiful Question; Ready For Anything; Multiple Choice; Mental Weather; Luminous Bridges; Electrochemistry; Cello On The Inside; What To Wear; First Thoughts/This Nearly Was Mine.
Jane Ira Bloom, Fred Hersch, Drew Gress at Philoctetes Center on December 14th
Soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom, pianist Fred Hersch, & bassist Drew Gress present a performance/ discussion on “Jazz Improvisation: The Art of the Ballad" at The Philoctetes Center for the Multidisciplinary Study of Imagination in NYC on Sunday Dec 14 at 2:30 pm. The Center is located at 47 East 82nd Street, 3rd Floor, NYC. Phone: ...
Improvisation...Like The Weather
by AAJ Staff
By Jane Ira Bloom I thought I would talk about improvising and I should say that I'd try to talk about it because words are often difficult for me. My performance world is sonic; more poetry than prose, more like the weather than the forecast--more pliable and less specific--cloud-like and always shifting shape. ...
Jane Ira Bloom: Mental Weather
by AAJ Italy Staff
L’iniziale “A More Beautiful Question“ un duo con pianoforte che ricorda la melodia di “I Love You Porgy“ e la conclusiva “First Toughts/This Nearly Was Mine“ in solitario al sax soprano, sono un vero e proprio trattato sul suono e sul silenzio. Il controllo dell’emissione, la purezza timbrica, la capacità di trasformare i minimi riverberi in ...
Jane Ira Bloom: Mental Weather
by J Hunter
Since 2000, Chamber Music America has put its imprint on jazz by supporting projects by (among others) Dave Douglas, Ben Allison, Don Byron and Ryan Cohan. But while Cohan's multi-hued plea for peace One Sky (Justin Time, 2008) operates on a macro scale, saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom's Mental Weather is much more intimate, though no less ...
Jane Ira Bloom: Mental Weather
by John Kelman
Sometimes it's good to shake things up. Jane Ira Bloom has been working with the same bass/drum team of Mark Dresser and Bobby Previte since The Red Quartets (Arabesque, 1999) and, more often than not, the soprano saxophonist's pianist of choice has been Fred Hersch as far back as Mighty Lights (Enja, 1983). Bloom's distinctive blend ...
Jane Ira Bloom: Mental Weather
by Lyn Horton
In the distinctly male world of jazz and improvised music, it is particularly good to hear music that sparkles with femaleness. The fact that a woman composes and plays that music is icing on the cake. Suddenly, everything seems to fit together. The gender. The sound. The dynamic. And nothing could identify this femaleness more than ...
Jane Ira Bloom: Mental Weather
by Martin Longley
Jane Ira Bloom is a pixie. An electronicized pixie, to be precise. This is not entirely a musical image, but also a description of her onstage demeanor. Mental Weather's chief quality is one of capering lightness, as the quartet leader's soprano saxophone negotiates the tricky lines set up by the composing half of her brain, navigating ...
Jane Ira Bloom "Mental Weather" with Dawn Clement, Mark Helias, and Matt Wilson Now Available
Award winning soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom has a new album on an old label. After thirty years Jane has returned to her original LP label that she began when she first started her career in New Haven, CT - Outline Records. Her electro-acoustic band brings together fellow 70's New Havenite Mark Helias on bass, drummer ...
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