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Voices: A Musical Heritage

Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Duration: 1:03:51
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Tracks

The Parallel Steppes; Keeyn; Ochka; Yaseni; Homenaje; The Living mind; Oriri; Shadows; Choro para Amazonia; Ishpiming; The Bison Hunt.

Personnel

Additional Personnel / Information

Gilles Fournier: Bass; Karl Kohut: Bass; Fabio Ragnelli: Drums; Victoria Sparks: Percussion; Marco Castillo: Guitar; Henry Onwuchekwa: Bass, percussion, guitar; Rodrigo Munoz: Congas, Cajon.

Album Description

VOICES: A MUSICAL HERITAGE is the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra��s sixth release since their inception in 1997. This album is a collection of commissions from eight jazz composers meant to reflect some of Manitoba��s musical heritage: First Nations, M��tis, Ukrainian, Jewish, Chilean, Brazilian, Nigerian and Icelandic. Beginning with The Parallel Steppes, John Stetch��s creative three-movement suite reimagines Ukrainian folk songs using chorale textures, fugue-like sections and exciting up-tempo swings. Throughout the album, the WJO weaves its way through the imaginations of each composer: an homage to Victor Jara in Rodrigo Mu?oz��s Homenaje, an exploration of the ancient pentatonic scale in Jeff Presslaff��s The Living Mind, a celebration of community with Henry Onwuchekwa��s Oriri, sweeping, icy landscapes and folk music in Richard Gillis��s Shadows, Marco Castillo��s plea for protecting our Earth in Choro para Amaz?nia, the magical northern skies in Andrew Belfour��s Ishpiming, and the driving, relentless pursuit of Michelle Gregoire��s The Bison Hunt.