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Against War

for jazz ensemble

  ·  Duration:  8m 39s
Instrumentation:  vocals, guzheng, saxophone (2), piano, bass, drums

Duration:  8m 39s
Instrumentation  vocals, guzheng, saxophone ...

Composer:   Jake Baxendale

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Jake Baxendale: Against War...

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Jake notes that, “anti war sentiment stretches a long, long way back. I've referenced the sound of the New Thing from the 1960s in New York, which responded, among other things, to the war in Vietnam. I was thinking about other, more contemporary conflicts when we played this piece.


Commissioned note

Commissioned by the 2023 Wellington Jazz Festival