Music Club: Creating the Moment, the art and craft of jazz composition

Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 7:45 pm – 9:00 pm EST

Creating the Moment: The art and craft of jazz composition

with Jemina Brechoire and Sam Little

This event will be broadcast online and is free and open to all – there is no login or registration required. Click here to watch the livstream.

Since its origins in the late 19^th century, jazz has absorbed many influences and taken many forms. But in all its forms, improvisation – creation in the moment – is a defining element.

Guest artist Jemina Brechoire and Junior Fellow Sam Little, both part of a new generation of innovative jazz artists, share their insights and their music, in an evening that explores their own creative practices as well as current directions in 21st-century music performance.

Jemina Brechoire is a composer, producer, arranger and session musician based in Boston and New York. She entered Berklee College of Music on a Presidential Scholarship, and pursued studies in performance and film scoring. She includes vocals, piano, Hammond organ and vibraphone in her list of instruments, and has performed at the Berklee Performance Center, the Currier Museum of Art, WGBH-TV, the Red Room and many other venues. Her musical tastes are eclectic and reflect in her work: she has played, co-written and arranged for artists around the USA, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Japan, the UK, and throughout Europe. She is musical director of the Berklee Esperanza Spalding Ensemble. She recently released her debut album, “22”, which she wrote, arranged and produced.

Sam Little is a bassist, composer, arranger and educator originally from Winnipeg and now based in Toronto. He plays both electric and upright bass, in a wide variety of genres from jazz to folk and R&B. He has performed with numerous artistis including Quincy Davis, Lenny Chet Breau, Mira Black, George Colligan and Ron Paley. He is currently completing a Masters degree in jazz bass performance at the University of Toronto, and working as a teaching assistant. His research explores the phenomenon of ‘being in the moment’ as it relates to the concept of emergence in jazz improvisation, flow state phenomenology, and mindfulness meditation practices.