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ISJAC Board Member Terri Lyne Carrington sat down with Kris Davis and Devon Gates in this interview covering jazz, gender,…
Composer and Saxophonist Christine Jensen reflects on the role of character development, melody, and her upbringing on her way of…
Asuka Kakitani reflects on her experience as a composer, the value of melody, and parenthood's influence on composition.
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
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
Erica Seguine: The Power of Patience as a Composer, the Importance of Discernment and Trust, and the Gift of Perspective
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