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Jazz Residency Artist Korey Riker (saxophone) - Public Workshop at

Courtesy of | Posted on February 18, 2016

When

Wed, March 2, 2016
8:00 pm

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Musicians

Korey Riker
saxophone, tenor

About

Project: A collection of Jazz songs inspired by music from the Drum & Bass genre of EDM.

Project Description: 'I am writing a collection of songs inspired by some of my favorite compositions from the Drum & Bass genre of EDM. This music is fun to draw from because it harmonically and rhythmically does not follow traditional jazz trends. As a result, the "solo sections" inspire a different approach to improvisation. The project is titled "Trainspotter" and the definition from the Urban Dictionary is 'A person who hovers around a DJ's turntables and attempts to identify their tracks by label, artist and/or song title.'...

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