John Malveaux: Ed Bland composed PIECE FOR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA. The piece contains the kind of focused energy one imagines exists at the synapse

Ed Bland

John Malveaux of MusicUNTOLD.com writes:

POLITICS of MUSIC

Ed Bland was a composer and dear friend. We had extended conversations about categories of music. Growing up in Chicago, his first heroes were jazz artists such as Duke Ellington and Art Tatum. Ed Bland happened to hear a recording of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring and sought to compose in newer and larger forms while maintaining the life and vitality of jazz.  In 1979 Bland composed PIECE FOR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA. The piece contains the kind of focused energy one imagines exists at the synapse (the point at which the nervous impulse passes from one neuron to the next in the human nervous system).  Here  is the recording on Cambria  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLdIC9iUi48. Also see Ed Bland's website  URBAN CLASSICAL FUNK  http://www.edblandmusic.com/ .