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The driving force behind the group is simply the urge to play jazz. Ideas for what to play come from all members and include jazz standards, blues, bossa nova, some more modern pieces, plus true improvisation built on nothing but chord progressions. A great deal of the fun, education (and chaos) results from simply discovering what is out there (and how difficult it is to play it right). The group first played together as a quartet (Craton, Horne, McCarron, Denome) in spring semester, 2000 and supplied “background music” for student art exhibitions in spring and fall semester of that year. With Katie Conboy as vocalist, the group has played for faculty social nights, for the opening of the new Social Space in the Commons, and at various College events. As the college hires faculty interested in playing jazz, the composition of the group changes. We are constantly in search of musicians and good music to play. If it happens to sound good, so much the better, but jazz is like life. It's a journey, not a destination. |
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