Swing Symphony, David Bryne and La India
Just a short little one here.
First off here is link (link removed due to copyright infringement) to a recording of Wynton Marsalis’ Swing Symphony. It was performed last night as a collaboration between the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic.
The recording starts off with a question and answer with Wynton, Sir Simon Rattle and a female interviewee who is way out of her league talking to these two geniuses, regardless many interesting points are discussed. Then a long section of the Orchestra warming up, skip this if you’re in a rush but it’s really interesting to hear all the different personalities warming up together in the same room. The piece is absolutely beautiful, please find an hour or two of your time to sit down and listen to the whole thing.
Below is an interesting TED talk I found this morning. David Bryne talking about how the context (environment) of music shapes the given style. It’s not completely accurate, but still very interesting.
If you’re looking for something to do this Saturday night come out to Dundas square. Sean Bellaviti’s project “Viva Celia” will be a showcasing Toronto’s finest salsa musicians with their interpretations of Celia Cruz’ classic repertoire and after La India The Princess of Salsa will be headlining. Most of her band is coming up from the states but myself and Alexander Brown will be joining their horn section for the gig. It should be a great night. Dundas Square 7-11ish
