Work
Freedom / Looking Far
for jazz ensemble
About
“This is actually two verses which I've pieced together [from Ursula Le Guin’s translation of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching]. I was challenged by Lao Tzu's notion that being incurious is preferable to being well travelled, but I'm warming to the idea. Chelsea, Callum and I all play around with the folksy quality I wrote into the piece, which leans the most on the sound of the American Songbook out of all the pieces here.”- Jake Baxendale
Commissioned note
Commissioned by the 2023 Wellington Jazz Festival.