Webber/ Morris Big Band - Both Are True
In 2015, Anna Webber and Angela Morris brought together their arsenal of skills as composers-performers-conductors to form the Webber/Morris Big Band, an ensemble of eighteen stellar New York improvisers who bring their combined artistic vision into reality. While the band's instrumentation - trumpets, trombones, saxophones, and rhythm section - may be seen as typical, the music is rooted in minimalism, noise, pop, and the sounds of today. Integrating improvisation and composed material in unorthodox ways and using extra-musical sources - such as poetry or mathematics - here the traditional big band sound mutates into something unpredictable and exciting. The album features nine original compositions by Webber and Morris, including a piece that integrates a text from Maya Angelou. This is big band music for the here and now from a band at the top of their game.1. Climbing On Mirrors2. Duo 13. Both Are True4. Rebonds5. Coral6. And It Rolled Right Down7. Foggy Valley8. Duo 29. Reverses
In 2015, Anna Webber and Angela Morris brought together their arsenal of skills as composers-performers-conductors to form the Webber/Morris Big Band, an ensemble of eighteen stellar New York improvisers who bring their combined artistic vision into reality. While the band's instrumentation - trumpets, trombones, saxophones, and rhythm section - may be seen as typical, the music is rooted in minimalism, noise, pop, and the sounds of today. Integrating improvisation and composed material in unorthodox ways and using extra-musical sources - such as poetry or mathematics - here the traditional big band sound mutates into something unpredictable and exciting. The album features nine original compositions by Webber and Morris, including a piece that integrates a text from Maya Angelou. This is big band music for the here and now from a band at the top of their game.1. Climbing On Mirrors2. Duo 13. Both Are True4. Rebonds5. Coral6. And It Rolled Right Down7. Foggy Valley8. Duo 29. Reverses
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In 2015, Anna Webber and Angela Morris brought together their arsenal of skills as composers-performers-conductors to form the Webber/Morris Big Band, an ensemble of eighteen stellar New York improvisers who bring their combined artistic vision into reality. While the band's instrumentation - trumpets, trombones, saxophones, and rhythm section - may be seen as typical, the music is rooted in minimalism, noise, pop, and the sounds of today. Integrating improvisation and composed material in unorthodox ways and using extra-musical sources - such as poetry or mathematics - here the traditional big band sound mutates into something unpredictable and exciting. The album features nine original compositions by Webber and Morris, including a piece that integrates a text from Maya Angelou. This is big band music for the here and now from a band at the top of their game.1. Climbing On Mirrors2. Duo 13. Both Are True4. Rebonds5. Coral6. And It Rolled Right Down7. Foggy Valley8. Duo 29. Reverses
