AVANT-GARDE

The mid-century jazz era of the 1950s and 1960s in America is iconoclasm embodied. Railing against the traditions of the musical world and imaging the real world around them in tonal compositions, the jazz icons of this era defined a new course forward. That road was marked with fresh improvisation, radical harmony, staccato rhythm, and atonality. This series was concepted to honor that free, innovative spirit and I created the work driven by the principles mentioned earlier. Each piece is inspired by a specific musical artist and a particular composition, but as always… I consider these landscapes of a time, place, and modality at the societal level.

For my musical mindset for these works, give a listen to Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers on "Crisis."