Current resident composers: JCA founder/director Darrell Katz, Dave Harris, Jim Hobbs, Bob Pilkington, Warren Senders, and Norm Zocher
Current band members include: Vocals - Rebecca Shrimpton; Flute/WEWI - Hiro Honshuku; Saxes - Jim Hobbs, Rick Stone, Phil Scarff, Melanie Howell; Trumpets - Casey Brefka, Shawn Hines, Forbes Graham; French Horn - Jim Mosher; Trombones - Bob Pilkington, Dave Harris; Tuba - Bill Lowe; Piano - Manami Morita; Guitar - Norm Zocher; Vibes - Natalie Dietrich; Bass - Alex Smith; Drums - Luther Gray
Current Audio Tracks:
Rock Opera--comp. Norm Zocher
Red Blue--comp. Darrell Katz (from The Hemphill Suite)
How to Say Goodbye--comp. Ken Schaphorst
A Wallflower in the Amazon--comp. Darrell Katz; poem Paula Tatarunis
I'm Me and You're Not--comp. Darrell Katz; poem Paula Tatarunis
A Girl--comp. Jim Hobbs
December 30, 1994--comp. Darrell Katz; poem Paul Tatarunis
Wiggy Diggy--comp. Norm Zocher
When The Jazz Composers Alliance was founded in 1985, its agenda included the establishment of an active public forum for the presentation of new jazz works, the creation of the JCA Orchestra, and a concert series that included a visiting composers program. There have been over 15 resident composers writing for the JCA since its inception. With some of New England's finest improvising musicians in its ranks, the JCA Orchestra has premiered over 120 new pieces by its resident composers along with commissioned works by Muhal Richard Abrams, Marty Ehrlich and Wayne Horvitz.
JCA performances have featured collaborations with major jazz recording artists such as Oliver Lake, Steve Lacy, Tim Berne, Henry Threadgill, Sam Rivers, Anthony Davis, Bob Moses, Dave Holland, Julius Hemphill, Ricky Ford, Michael Gibbs, Fred Ho, Maria Schneider, and Dave Fiuczysnki. Hemphill and Rivers can be heard on earlier JCA Orchestra albums.
The Jazz Composers Alliance also sustains an outreach program in Boston area schools, offering young students the chance to create and perform their own compositions with the visiting JCA performers. From 1988 to 2001, the JCA also hosted the Julius Hemphill Composition Awards, an annual competition promoting the most interesting and progressive work by jazz composers around the world.
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