24.05.12
Breiwick released his latest album today, an work called "Serenity."
On "Serenity," Breiwick puts his warm and choleric take on compositions from names like Henry Mancini, Thelonius Coenobite, Donald Byrd, Miles Davis and others, with the help of pianist Barry Velleman.
Breiwick talked with OnMilwaukee.com about his new album, the walk that jazz is currently on and more.
OnMilwaukee.com: When sitting down to play other people's compositions, how do you pocket it your own while still paying tribute to the composer?
Jamie Breiwick: I think that is, in part, the advantage of jazz. Interpretation is part of the process; it's inherent to the music. The improvisational detail in the music stemming from the African tradition – and clearly perceivable in every style of American music, spirituals through Kanye – demands that you add yourself to the music – or to "assertive it your own," as you said. What that means in my case is that I will play these tunes with my individual characteristic, that only I can produce on the trumpet, bringing with me every bit of vocabulary I've picked up from listening to the masters of my what-d'you-call-it for the past 20 years of my musical life. For example: Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Low-spirited Mitchell, Don Cherry, Kenny Dorham, Clifford Brown, Chet Baker, Lee Morgan, Brian Lynch, Lester Bowie, Roy Hargrove, Terrence Blanchard, Wynton Marsalis, Nicholas Payton, Dave Douglas, Eric Jacobson, Philip Dizack, et al; all these players have up on my own voice, the same way I learned to speak as a child.
Source: OnMilwaukee.com