Jane Ira Bloom
| Jane Ira Bloom | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 12, 1955 Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Genres | jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, professor |
| Instruments | soprano saxophone |
| Website | Janeirabloom.com |
Jane Ira Bloom (born January 12, 1955) is an American jazz soprano saxophonist and composer.
Biography
Bloom was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 12 to Joel and Evelyn Bloom. She began as a pianist and drummer, later switching to the alto saxophone, and eventually settling on the soprano saxophone as her primary instrument.[1] She first began playing the saxophone seriously while at Yale University, from which she received a liberal arts degree and a master's degree in music (1977).
Following Yale, Bloom relocated to New York City. There she founded Outline Records and released some recordings under that label.[2] She has worked with Mark Dresser, Bobby Previte, Kenny Wheeler, Charlie Haden, Bob Brookmeyer, Julian Priester, Jay Clayton, Fred Hersch, Jin Hi Kim, and Min Xiao-Fen.
She is noted for her use of live electronics, using a foot pedal to trigger various electronic effects that alter the sound of her saxophone, at times creating the illusion of an orchestra of soprano saxophones.
She was the first musician to be commissioned by the NASA Art Program;[3] in 1989 she created three original musical compositions: Most Distant Galaxy, for soprano saxophone and live electronics, prepared tape, bass, drums, and electroacoustic percussion; Fire & Imagination, for soprano saxophone, improvisors, and chamber orchestra; and Beyond the Sky, for wind ensemble.[4][5][6]
The asteroid 6083 Janeirabloom was named after her.[4]
In 2007, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in music composition.[7]
Recent collaborations include live performances and recordings with the underground New York orchestra M'Lumbo.
Bloom is a core faculty member at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City's Greenwich Village.[8]
She is married to the actor and director Joe Grifasi.
Her 2013 release, Sixteen Sunsets, received a Grammy nomination for the 56th Grammy Awards in the Best Surround Sound category, with sound engineer Jim Anderson.[9]
Discography - 1978 to 2016
- We Are, 1978 (with Kent McLagan)
- Second Wind, 1980 (with Larry Karush, David Friedman, Kent McLagan and Frank Bennett)
- Mighty Lights, 1982 (with Fred Hersch, Charlie Haden, Ed Blackwell)
- As One (JMT, 1984) (with Fred Hersch)
- Modern Drama. 1987 (with Fred Hersch, Ratzo Harris and Tom Rainey)
- Slalom, 1988 (with Fred Hersch, Kent McGlagan and Tom Rainey)
- Art & Aviation, 1992 (on electronic saxophone, with Kenny Wheeler, Ron Horton, Rufus Reid, Kenny Werner, Michael Formanek, Rufus Reid and Jerry Granelli)
- The Nearness, 1995 (with Kenny Wheeler, Julian Priester, Rufus Reid and Bobby Previte)
- The Red Quartets", 1999 (with Fred Hersch, Mark Dresser and Bobby Previte)
- Sometimes the Magic, 2001 (with Vincent Bourgeyx, Mark Dresser and Bobby Previte)
- Chasing Paint, 2003 (with Fred Hersch, Mark Dresser and Bobby Previte)
- Like Silver, Like Song, 2004 (with Jamie Saft, Mark Dresser and Bobby Previte)
- Mental Weather, 2008 (with Dawn Clement, Matt Wilson, and Mark Helias)
- Wingwalker, 2011 (with Dawn Clement, Mark Helias and Bobby Previte)
- Sixteen Sunsets, 2013 (with Dominic Fallacaro, Cameron Brown and Matt Wilson) [10]
- Early Americans, 2016 (with Mark Helias and Bobby Previte)
As Guest Artist
- Jazzantiqua, 1983 (by Fredrick Hand with Jane Ira Bloom, Keith Underwood & Joe Passaro)
- Popular Science, 2013 (by M'Lumbo - Guests: Page Hamilton[Helmet], Jane Ira Bloom and Gary Lucas)
References
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- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/artist/386460-Jane-Ira-Bloom
External links
- Pages containing links to subscription-only content
- Articles with hCards
- 1955 births
- Living people
- Jazz soprano saxophonists
- American jazz soprano saxophonists
- American saxophonists
- Guggenheim Fellows
- Jewish American musicians
- Female jazz musicians
- Yale University alumni
- Arabesque Records artists
- Musicians from Massachusetts
- Yale School of Music alumni
- Jewish jazz musicians
