Brass Archives • VAN Magazine https://van-magazine.com/mag/tag/brass/ An independent online classical music magazine Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:59:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://van-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cropped-van-logo-square-32x32.png Brass Archives • VAN Magazine https://van-magazine.com/mag/tag/brass/ 32 32 192294250 The Beautiful Moment https://van-magazine.com/mag/wadada-leo-smith/ Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:59:12 +0000 https://van-magazine.com/?p=16418

Wadada Leo Smith plays the trumpet with a brilliant, forceful sound and has been a major creative figure in jazz for over 50 years. This century, his importance and prominence as a composer have grown. His beautiful and moving large-scale piece, “Ten Freedom Summers,” made him a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Music in […]

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