TBJ195: Jasmine Pigott

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On This Episode of The Brass Junkies:

• Her experience at Michigan State studying with Phil Sinder

• The inspiration for her Revolution EP

• The Running Start program at Michigan State that she won in 2020 that ended up funding this album

• The teacher that wouldn’t let her play in jazz band in middle school

• The challenges of putting this recording together during COVID

• Her desire to continue to evolve as a composer and to commission more Black musicians

• That time she wrote a march in two days because she had procrastinated

• Her tuba quartet and how Velvet Brown helped to steer the project towards up and coming musicians

• How she taught herself how to improvise including a 30-day Instagram improvisation challenge that started out rough

• The two writing commissions she is working on currently

• The origins of Chromatic Brass and how special it was to finally play together at the IWBC in May

• Chanell Chrichlow’s performance at IWBC that really stood out to Jazzy

• How to go about finding music to perform from diverse composers

• Subbing with Seraph Brass

• The tour of Costa Rica in 2018 that had a big influence over her

• Don’t be afraid at sucking at things when you practice

• The importance of moving a lot when you are in the practice room

Links:

https://jasminepigott.com/

https://jasminepigott.bandcamp.com/album/revolution

https://www.instagram.com/thejazzytubist/

https://www.facebook.com/thejazzytubist/

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