Billy Childs
Kamasi Washington
John Malveaux of
writes:
January
15, 2019 The Edge of Jazz concert presented by LA Phil New Music Group
curated by Herbie Hancock at Disney Concert Hall featured six diverse
world premieres by Hitomi Oba, Vijay Iyer, Billy Childs, Kamasi
Washington, Tyshawn Sorey and Hermeto Pascoal. I am personally familiar
with only Billy Childs and Kamasi Washington. OF DARKNESS and LIGHT
with Billy Childs at piano and 22 supporting players was about five
minutes into the premiere when sirens blared followed by an evacuate the
building announcement. The audience and players were stunned but did
not panic or immediately evacuate. The notice to evacuate was
subsequently cancelled followed by another announcement that the sirens
were a false alarm. Billy Childs is not only a virtuoso pianist and
highly gifted composer in multiple genres, he is a talent of great
COMPOSURE. I look forward to hearing the piece again.
Kamasi
Washington STRUGGLE from WITHIN included 20 musicians without Kamasi
Washington being in the building. In my opinion, Kamasi, as a sax
player, is an unrelenting force in power and speed. I found his new
composition to be relaxing and contemplative. I did not hear the
struggle but i loved the piece and look forward to hearing it again. One
benefit of instrumental music is you can miss the intent of the
composer and create your own story.
Exiting the
concert, i saw and briefly chatted with pianist and composer Richard
Thompson who is also a professor of music at San Diego State
University, Composer Thompson is proficient in jazz and classical
genres, See https://www.richardthompsonpiano.com/
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