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Scott Jeppesen - "Wonders" Release Show at Blue Whale

Courtesy of Scott Jeppesen | Posted on November 3, 2015

Where

Blue Whale
123 Astronaut E S Onizuka St
Los Angeles, CA
Map
213-620-0908

When

Wed, November 11, 2015
9:00 pm

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Musicians

Scott Jeppesen
saxophone, tenor
Greg Uhlmann
guitar, electric
David Robaire
bass, acoustic
Bob Sheppard
saxophone, tenor
Nick Mancini
vibraphone

About

Saxophonist Scott Jeppesen Takes Inspiration From Seven Wonders of The Ancient World on Second Album, Wonders

Album Features Top Los Angeles Players Larry Koonse (guitar), Josh Nelson (piano/keyboard), Dave Robaire (bass), Dan Schnelle (drums)

Straight-ahead jazz’s fixation on the past can often lead to stagnation. But on his dazzling new album, Wonders, Los Angeles-based tenor saxophonist Scott Jeppesen attacks the problem in an unlikely way: he reaches way further back. So far back, in fact, that there’s no room for imitation. The album draws its inspiration from the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World—and without photos or videos or first-hand accounts, Jeppesen says he had to dream up what these millennia-old places might have been like....

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