"The music never swings in a conventional way. "They extend the tradition through adventurous arrangements spiced with the unpredictability of improv, by co-opting the nimbleness of a much smaller group, and reveling in non-standard techniques." this debut album that throws down the gauntlet for current big band possibilities." "Webber and Morris make a powerful statement. "Both Are True is a compelling assemblage of intense ideas brought to exciting fruition." Dave Sumner, Bandcamp Daily, Best Jazz on Bandcamp: April 2020 "The way in which Angela Morris and Anna Webber marry the strange and familiar is fascinating." But, right now, at least, the Webber/Morris Big Band jumps out like a joy.” Soon, I suspect this kind of thing will be increasingly common, and new-century musicians innovate and incorporate diversity with more and more sense of fun. Here is a jazz band that is tightly arranged and gorgeously free, a new music ensemble that improvises and plays with precision, a complex modern idiom rendered with scuffed-up life. The barriers busted by Both Are True are stylistic and mental. "The music here is a triumph, suggesting again that creativity is served most fully when barriers to access and involvement fall and stay down. Giovanni Russonnello, New York Times, Best Jazz Albums of 2020 Passages of long, open harmony are common sometimes those become lengthy stretches of collective improvisation, musicians conversing at a low simmer, resisting the typical urge to raise the temperature or set a course." "Jazz shibboleths all come in for a questioning here. “Reverses” © Anna Webber (SOCAN/ASCAP) and Caged Bird Legacy (ASCAP) “Foggy Valley” © Anna Webber (SOCAN/ASCAP), Angela Morris (SOCAN/ASCAP), and Nathaniel Morgan (ASCAP) Recorded on by Stephe Cooper at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn, NY except tracks 2, 7, 8 recorded on Octoby Nathaniel Morgan at Buckminster ForestĮdited and mixed by Nathaniel Morgan at Buckminster PalaceĬompositions © Anna Webber (SOCAN/ASCAP) and / or © Angela Morris (SOCAN/ASCAP) Produced by Angela Morris, Anna Webber, and Nathaniel Morgan Lisa Parrott: baritone saxophone, bass clarinet Jay Rattman: alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, fluteĬharlotte Greve: alto saxophone, clarinet Solos: Adam Schneit, Reginald Chapman, Jake HenryĬomposed by Anna Webber, Angela Morris, and Nathaniel MorganĪngela Morris: conductor, tenor saxophone, fluteĪnna Webber: conductor, tenor saxophone, flute Solos: Jay Rattman, Anna Webber, Patricia Brennan This is big band music for the here and now from a band at the top of their game.Ĭomposed and performed by Anna Webber and Angela Morris The album features nine original compositions by Webber and Morris, including a piece that integrates a text from Maya Angelou. Integrating improvisation and composed material in unorthodox ways and using extra-musical sources - such as poetry or mathematics – here the traditional big band sound mutates into something unpredictable and exciting. While the band’s instrumentation - trumpets, trombones, saxophones, and rhythm section - may be seen as typical, the music is rooted in minimalism, noise, pop, and the sounds of today. I’ve already referred a friend to Jeff for his assistance and will continue to refer any one who needs assistance from a lawyer to contact the only one I’ll ever call again.In 2015, Anna Webber and Angela Morris brought together their arsenal of skills as composers-performers-conductors to form the Webber/Morris Big Band, an ensemble of eighteen stellar New York improvisers who bring their combined artistic vision into reality. I’ve dealt with lawyers a few times over the years and can honestly say if all lawyers and there office treated you the way Jeff and his crew did that lawyers would not have the bad reputation they have acquired. Throughout the 2+ years of medical treatments I was able to work with Kathy Jeff’s other paralegal, Spencer and Ian another lawyer in the firm and they were all easy to deal with and would always find the answers and get back with me the same day. Jeff then had the task of dealing with three other insurance company’s which he did with ease and expertise. Once the medical was situated I spoke with Spencer is right had women and paralegal where all other aspects of the case were reviewed. My first contact with Jeff Morris after my car accident was outstanding his main concern was getting me the medical treatment I needed, then we would dig deeper into the case.
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