KASE “Pop Art”
This was the first time we made music together as KASE. The recording is extremely noisy, raw and unpolished – but it is a glimpse into the beginning of an almost two-year residency, ultimately shut down by the pandemic.…
Jamie Breiwick
Practice Room / Dec 2020
listening / RAINBOW SIGN / Ron Miles FORWARD / Chad McCullough ON THE TENDER SPOT OF EVERY CALLOUSED MOMENT / Ambrose Akinmusire THANKSGIVING AT THE VANGUARD / Jason Moran MIXING COLORS / Roger and Brian Eno reading / BETWEEN THE WORLD AND…
B Side Recordings
I am excited to announce the launch of ‘B Side Recordings’! B Side will be the primary outlet through which I will be releasing my own music. It was a decision I came to as a result of being left…
Awake / the music of Don Cherry
Download liner notes/booklet “Don Cherry’s music has been left in the more than capable hands of Jamie Breiwick as he delivers a touching tribute to Cherry’s monumental achievements.”-Imran Mirza, UK Vibe “Awake/The Music of Don Cherry” hopefully will push younger…
Lessons from Don Cherry
Miles and Wynton both agree… Don Cherry is important. “Don Cherry, I like…” – Miles Davisby Leonard Feather, Down Beat Volume 58 No. 12first published by Down Beat, June 1964 “I loved Don Cherry.” – Wynton Marsalisinterviewed by Will Layman…
No history, no future.
No history, no future. *an edited version of this essay will appear as the introduction the forthcoming book “Images of America, Milwaukee Jazz” by Joey Grihalva on Arcadia Publishing Co. (preorder the book here: mkejazzbook.com) Many have proclaimed the “death of…
The case for KASE
Unlike the Classical player, the jazz artist must achieve a technique that uncovers the self, that answers the question that Ellison says is the question of American art: Who am I? -Robert G O’Meally, from the introduction ‘Jazz Shapes’ to Ralph…
Music is life is music
In Make the Road by Walking I mentioned allowing one’s life experiences, personal relationships, childhood memories, visual artistic expressions (ie. the smells, tastes, sights, and sounds of daily life) to influence one’s music. Here, I would like to share with you a personal example of…
Make the road by walking
Life experiences, personal relationships, childhood memories, visual expressions - the smells, tastes, sights, and sounds of daily life... the musicians who I am connected to most have this in their music. It can be explicit or implicit - but it can be felt. Can I hear your story in your music? Am I telling my story in my music?
What have I learned from Ornette Coleman?
“The pattern for the tune will be forgotten, and the tune itself will be the pattern.” -Ornette Coleman (from Ornette Coleman, A Harmolodic Life) To me, there are certain musicians who deserve specific attention… who require deliberate study. — The controversial,…