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Mazz Swift — the composer, conductor, bandleader, educator, singer, and violinist — celebrates the release of their highly-anticipated debut solo record, The 10000 Things: PRAISE SONGS for the iRiligious, with a special one-time quintet performance of songs from the album. Featuring an all-star lineup including Chris Eddleton (drums), Ben Tyree (guitars), Leon Gruenbaum (keys and electronics), and Peter Evans (trumpet), the show will showcase deconstructed versions of the songs from the album in different configurations — solos, duos and trios, as well as arrangements for the full group on selected tracks.
Poignancy and joy are the hallmarks of this very fine debut. Swift brings the African-American oral tradition into a new age with explosive honesty and virtuosic tension...There is no artificial division of genres, nothing contrived in Swift's mix of the sacred and secular, this creation of new forms. - All About Jazz
Like the intertextuality of the spirituals, where “heaven” could mean as many things as freedom through death or escape to the north, Mazz signifies: creating something new through something familiar, and philosophizing through creativity. It is a beautiful portrait of expression with a purpose: respect for the past without acquiescence, and artistry that blooms when structure does not squash creativity. - I Care If You Listen
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Mazz Swift Biography
Mazz Swift (they/them) is a neuro-emergent composer, conductor, bandleader, educator, singer, and Juilliard-trained violinist, weaving classic African American musics, electronica, and mindfulness into their music. Improvisation is a throughline in their performance and composition practices, across genres and instrumental configurations, and can be found in most of their works.
Mazz is a 2019 Jerome Hill Fellow, and 2021 United States Artist Fellow. Works include commissions by the Los Angeles Philharmonic (2020), the International Contemporary Ensemble (2023), the Silkroad Ensemble (2021, 2022, 2023), and the Kronos Quartet (2022+2024).
続きを読むMazz is a 2019 Jerome Hill Fellow, and 2021 United States Artist Fellow. Works include commissions by the Los Angeles Philharmonic (2020), the International Contemporary Ensemble (2023), the Silkroad Ensemble (2021, 2022, 2023), and the Kronos Quartet (2022+2024).
Experimental Alternative
Electronic
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