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...have been snowing outside, but inside the Winthrop House Junior Common Room, a small gathering of the elderly and the youthful were alternatively startled, stunned and awed by the lecture-demonstration on jazz improvisation and movement by acclaimed soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom last Friday afternoon. Accompanied by modern dancer Peentz Dubble, and moderator Tom Everett, Director of Harvard Bands, Bloom presented “An Exploration of Improvisation,” which focused on combining physical movement and improvisation as a jazz musician in the first of Harvard’s Office for the Arts?...
...Jane Ira Bloom, a “mover and shaker”—literally—in the use of both electronics and movement in jazz, was awarded soprano sax of the year by the Jazz Journalists Award in 2001, the Charlie Parker Fellowship for Jazz Innovation, and the International Women in Jazz Jazz Masters Award. But her proudest accomplishment is that she is the first musician to be commissioned by NASA’s art program-—and she even has an asteroid named after...
After a short introduction by Everett, Bloom and Dubble began to zigzag without a word across the floor in a seemingly pre-staged manner. The silence was broken as Bloom began to play on her soprano sax. Dubble mirrored the music with her body, looking as if she was being blown away when empty air blew through the barrel of the saxophone, and writhing during moments when the tempo quickened, as if she were the embodinment of the sound itself. It was only after a synchronized “Welcome” that the audience was informed that both...
...demonstration highlighted her deep interest in improvisation and movement. Not only is she fascinated by the changes in sound that she can produce by sweeping her instrument to create a Doppler-type effect, but she is also interested in physical movement in general. Over the last 25 years, Bloom has collaborated with improvisational dancers, specifically Dubble, in “a unique blend of movement awareness and sound awareness...
After the reading, Bloom did not hold a question and answer session, which is unusual for a Harvard Book Store author event. In explaining his reasoning he said that in spite of his “palpable amiability,” some people have taken “the entire audience—not to mention my sad self—captive with an oration rather than a question.” He added that he would be happy to answer individual questions as he signed books, and complied with a line that stretched to the back of the church...