Energy Never Dies by Ayana Contreras

Author:Ayana Contreras [Contreras, Ayana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, General, Ethnic Studies, American, African American & Black Studies, Music, History & Criticism, Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780252053009
Google: TTxPEAAAQBAJ
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Goodreads: 57402344
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2021-12-14T00:00:00+00:00

Earlier that evening in the studio I caught snatches of conversations between other horn players. An older saxophonist convening with a player scarcely out of the conservatory. A thirty-something trumpeter chuckling with a sixty-something trombonist. Many players mentioned that the variety of ages represented that night was a unique and important characteristic of the band. So, I asked Tom Tom and Gene to talk about the intergenerational nature of the Big Band.

TTW: If we don’t show the younger people what we’ve learned, then they will never learn. This is not in textbooks.

GB: First of all, a lot of the guys you saw sitting out there tonight are in education. We have a lot of people sitting there. Curtis Prince [an accomplished jazz drummer and educator with a career spanning over fifty years]. Burgess Gardner’s son, who’s got his master’s … who plays with the orchestra. [both trumpeter Derrick and his brother (trombonist Vincent Gardner) are accomplished players, composers, and educators who have recorded with artists like Lizz Wright and Wynton Marsalis and for their own projects]. He heard about the band, his daddy [Burgess] tells him about us …

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