at the New School
presents
Wild Lines: Jane Ira Bloom
Plays Emily Dickinson
A new work for jazz quartet and spoken word, 21st-century soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom reimagines the poetry of 19th-century visionary Emily Dickinson.
Friday, March 31 @ 2:00pm
Ernst C. Stiefel Concert Hall
Arnhold Hall, 4th floor
55 West 13th Street, NYC
Jane Ira Bloom soprano sax
Dawn Clement piano
Mark Helias bass
Bobby Previte drums
w/ actor Deborah Rush
free admission
Wild Lines was made possible by Chamber Music America’s 2015 New Jazz Works Program funded through the generosity of the Doris Duke Foundation.
2016 Jazz Journalists Association Winner for Soprano Saxophonist of the Year
“The poet of the soprano saxophone ”
- Brian Priestley, Jazzwise
“There’s no one like her. Anywhere.”
- Gene Seymour
Award winning soprano saxophonist/composer Jane Ira Bloom presents “Wild Lines,”
her new work for jazz quartet and spoken word, inspired by the poetry
of Emily Dickinson. Bloom’s reimagining of Dickinson was ignited when
she learned that the poet was a pianist and improviser, reaffirming
Bloom’s intuitive connection to the jazz-like quality of Dickinson’s
writing. Join us for a collaboration across time between two pioneering
women artists - one a 19th century visionary poet, the other a 21st
century jazz musician. Poetry recitation from actor Deborah Rush will
echo and intermingle with music performed by Bloom’s quartet featuring
jazz artists Dawn Clement (piano), Mark Helias (bass), and Bobby Previte
(drums). “Wild Lines” first premiered in concert at the
poet’s home in Amherst, MA then came to the Kennedy Center and premiered
in New York City at the NYPL for the Performing Arts @ Lincoln Center
in October 2016. It was made possible by Chamber Music America’s 2015
New Jazz Works Program funded through the generosity of the Doris Duke
Foundation. |
