Vinyl Vault — Frederic Hand’s Jazzantiqua
This week’s Vinyl Vault will feature music that is a mix of Renaissance and Baroque music fused with jazz. The name of the band and the name of the album is “Frederic Hand’s Jazzantiqua.” Guitarist Hand formed the band so he could perform primarily his own compositions that melded these kinds of music that were developed many, many years apart.
Renaissance music was popular in the 1400s and 1500s and Baroque music was popular from around 1600 to 1750. According to Hand, improvisation was an integral part of both of these musical forms. Performers were expected to create melodies on the spot, during performances, over given musical progressions. After the decline of the Baroque period, improvisation fell out of favor and lay dormant (at least within Western music) until the advent of jazz. Thus, although the earlier forms of music and jazz are very different, the improvisational concept in both is identical. With this commonality in mind, Hand formed Jazzantiqua to realize his vision.
On the album, Hand plays guitar, lute, and vihuela (a Spanish guitar of the 16th century). Jane Ira Bloom was on soprano sax, Teddy Saunders played keyboards, Keith Underwood played flute, recorder, and Krummhorn, Michael Willens was on bass and Joseph Passaro was the percussionist.
Join host Geoff Anderson for this unique music on the next Vinyl Vault, Tuesday, February 11 at 8:30 p.m.on KUVO JAZZ.
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