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Working through a brief history of Cuban big band writing, Elio Villafranca discusses the influence of traditional cuban rhythms and…
Zhengtao Pan: Scenery In My Story Counterpoint writing in modern large jazz ensemble music I recently released my debut…
Brian Shaw discusses Kenny Wheeler's compositional techniques and history and how that might have inspired writing techniques and his sound.
Managed and curated by trombonist and composer JC Sanford, the ISJAC Artist Blog is a collection of writings by some of the most visionary minds in the jazz composition and arranging community. Featuring articles by composers from all walks of the industry, the ISJAC Artist Blog is updated monthly with both new and archived pieces.
Our two most recent articles are always available on the ISJAC site, with the full archive accessible for our member community.
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The Archive
Rachel Eckroth: Speaking in Tongues
Jon Irabagon: A Server Farm's Worth of Compositional Devices
Omar Thomas: SIXTEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING: The Realization of “Griot Songs”
John Hollenbeck: Composing a Better World
Greg Ward: Growth Through Collaboration
Tracy Yang: What It Takes to Lead a Big Band and Record an Album
Bruno Råberg: Composing for a Ten-Piece Band - tone sets, counterpoint, motivic development, form and more
Sarah Jerrom: Writing For 4 Voices - The Magpie Suite
Ryan Truesdell: Creative growth through self-imposed challenges
Neal Kirkwood: Composing With The Mind’s Eye – Translating Image Into Sound
Vanessa Perica: My First Dive into the Symphonic World
An Interview with Vijay Iyer
Patrick Cornelius: Writing My Way Out of a Small-Group Rut by Thinking Big
Ed Palermo: Trial and Error. Arranging Music The Hard Way
Michael Cain: Will music composition exist in the era of the content creator?
Lauren Elizabeth Baba: Fundamental Freedoms – To Be Free to Create Without Fear
Angel Bat Dawid: The Tyrannical Perpetual Perversion of Blk Music
An Interview with Danilo Pérez
Patricia Brennan: MAGIC SQUARE – Composition by numbers
Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol: Bringing the Brazilian Capoeira & Turkish Folk music to the Jazz Orchestra
Alan Ferber: Womb-mates to Band-mates – an interview with Mark Ferber
Angelica Sanchez: Astral Light of Alarid (Video Analysis)
Kenny Berger: Don't Block the Rear View Mirror
David Sanford: John Lewis’s Blues in A Minor, an arranging challenge
Rio Sakairi: An Open Love Letter To...
S'yo Fang: Composition Inspired By Other Forms of Art
Frank Carlberg: Some Harmonic Strategies In (Jazz) Composition
John Korsrud: Introduction to Hocketing and Kenny Wheeler's Last Work
Terri Lyne Carrington: In Conversation with Kris Davis and Devon Gates on jazz, gender, and New Standards.
Anthony Branker: Finding the Inspiration to Compose
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