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Tom Harrell is without question one of the most important jazz trumpet players now working. In 40 years of playing and composing cutting-edge jazz, he’s worked with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to Carlos Santana.
And he does all this while managing an illness that would ordinarily prove debilitating: paranoid schizophrenia. Harrell’s condition is impossible to miss: he has a difficult time with social interactions, and is uncomfortable in public. But all of that melts away when he puts the horn to his lips.
SOUND TRACKS visits New York’s historic Village Vanguard for an exclusive look at Harrell’s latest adventurous project: his own arrangements of the works of Ravel and Debussy performed by his Chamber Ensemble. And after the show, Tom sits down for a rare, intimate conversation about his creative process.
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Trumpeter Tom Harrell Play's "Passepied"
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Ravel's "Sainte" by Tom Harrell
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Tom Harrell Performs "Beau Soir"
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Jazz Trumpeter Tom Harrell - An Interview
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The Passepied from Debussy’s Suite Bergamasque is probably one of the composer’s most recognizable tunes— but you might not recognize it here. It’s been slowed down quite a bit and re-harmonized—and right before this violin solo, it’s just shifted out of a Brazilian bossa-flavored blues. Violinist Meg Okura can play just about any style of music imaginable and has worked with artists from David Bowie to Ziggy Marley. She told SOUND TRACKS that Tom’s music is incredibly challenging, and a total blast to play.
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