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Copa Artist Hour: Jane Ira Bloom & Allison Miller at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music

Courtesy of Iris Maenza | Posted on July 29, 2020

Where

The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
55 West 13th Street
New York, NY
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Copa Artist Hour: Jane Ira Bloom & Allison Miller at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music

When

Thu, August 6, 2020
5:00 pm

Musicians

Jane Ira Bloom
saxophone, soprano

About

Soprano saxophonist/composer Jane Ira Bloom has been developing her unique voice on the soprano saxophone for over 40 years. She is a pioneer in the use of live electronics and movement in jazz. Winner of the Guggenheim Fellowship for music composition, the Downbeat International Critics Poll & Jazz Journalists Association Award for soprano saxophone, the Mary Lou Williams Award for lifetime service to jazz and the Charlie Parker Fellowship for jazz innovation. She is the first musician ever commissioned by the NASA Art Program and has an asteroid named in her honor by the International Astronomical Union (asteroid: 6083janeirabloom). Her critically acclaimed Cd “Early Americans” received a Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album and made numerous year end best lists. Her latest release Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson which pairs her jazz quartet with poetry by Dickinson was cited as one of the year’s best CDs by NPR. Bill Milkowski has described Bloom as "true jazz original...a restlessly creative spirit, and a modern day role model for any aspiring musician who dares to follow his or her own vision."...

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