This week Madison Jazz is featuring a selection from a Madison Music Collective (MMC) CD called Gathering. The CD is a compilation that was put together in 1996 and showcases some of the members from that time. It is still available and sold at MMC events to raise funds for the organization. I don’t know much more about it, maybe Joan, Jane, or Marilyn can comment on the history behind it.
Tracks on the CD are by the Joan Wildman Trio, Matt Turner, Don Linke, Harmonious Wail, Doc DeHaven, Doug Brown & Marilyn Fisher, the Diedre Buckley Trio, Al Jewer, Dangerous Odds, and the Scott Fields Ensemble.
The track I chose to feature is called Unbridled Song, written and produced by Jane Reynolds, and performed by the Jane Reynolds Trio. The musicians are:
Jane Reynolds – piano
Hans Sturm – bass
Vincent Davis – drums
The MMC is still going strong and is in the middle of their Winter/Spring season. Their next event is this Thursday when El Clan Destino gives a performance and lecture. You can find more information on that event in this previous post. Here’s the schedule of their Winter/Spring season:
1/15/09 Gary Alderman Jazz Videos
2/12/09 El Clan Destino performance
3/19/09 Jane Reynolds/Fabu Carter Brisco on Mary Lou Williams
4/02/09 Joan Wildman/Joe Fonda/Ben Karetnick performance & animations
5/21/09 Randall Harrison Trio performance
Thanks for bringing attention to the MMC CD. One of the biggest reasons we decided to put it together was that we celebrated our 10th anniversary the year before (1995). After realizing our growth and development in those ten years, we decided we already had something of a ‘history’ and decided to document ourselves more fully. (We also put together a calendar with photos from many local players and presented a large 10th yr. celebration…including a mayoral proclamation and lots of performances during this same timeframe…We were pretty proud of ourselves!
Although I wasn’t on the CD committee, I remember that members were asked to submit a recorded track which was then put together with the others and released to the public. I think it nicely captured the Madison jazz scene at that time and I’m glad the MMC was aware of the need to document our short history.