This is a video recording captured during the
latest jazz practice that I attended with Martin Schwacha. I am fortunate
enough to be able to perform with the UIW Cardinal Jazz Band alongside Schwacha
as the second alto saxophone. Once a week, we as a band practice together for
two hours in preparation for our group gigs. Some of the charts include
arrangements from Schwacha, as well as other members of the group. Listening to
these great charts is one aspect, but performing alongside this brilliant
artist is truly an astounding activity. I walk out of that jazz session every
week feeling newly inspired from all the creativity that I am surrounded by in
that band. I absolutely love big band jazz, and it’s arrangements like this
that fuel my desire to write music. This tune happens to be one of my favorite
charts that we currently play as a band, and one that the audience always seems
to love when we perform it at The Cove. That is why I put this video together
for the sake of having a more permanent form of music as Schwacha explained in
my interview with him. Creativity inspires creativity.
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