TBJ162: Jennifer Wharton
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On This Episode of The Brass Junkies:
The origins of her band, Bonegasm
Jennifer’s struggles with “feeding the beast” and why she shares about it so freely
The advice from Ingrid Jensen that lit a fire inside of her
Maintaining a little forward momentum during COVID
Knowing what you want to do and then trying to do that well rather than something else
Her process for learning improvisation
What she sees in the future for Bonegasm
How they recorded an entire album during COVID
Bio:
Jennifer Wharton is a low brass specialist based in New York City. Though getting her start classically, Jen has deep roots in jazz, commercial, chamber and Broadway music. Like a virus, she won’t stop until she has conquered the world!
These days, Jennifer can be found leading her trombone-forward ensemble, Bonegasm, and performing in West Side Story but has also held positions at King Kong, Beautiful, The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Jekyll and Hyde, Scandalous, Wonderland, 9 to 5 and Curtains, as well as performing as a substitute in over a dozen other Broadway productions.
Jennifer is an XO Professional Brass artist and plays the 1240-LT bass trombone. She teaches bass trombone at Montclair State University in New Jersey.
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