"Papatuanuku" by Lauren Ellis - USC Thornton Jazz Orchestra

Описание: “Papatuanuku”
Composed by Lauren Ellis
Performed by USC Thornton Jazz Orchestra

Nicole McCabe, alto flute (soloist)
Bob Mintzer, alto flute
Branden Brown, alto flute

Saxophone & Clarinet
Barclay Moffitt
Ben Lindenberg
Jordan DeTiege

Trombone:
Ethan Santos
Michael Neufeld
Ryan Kiernan
Paul Nelson

Trumpet:
Landon Grigsby
Aman Cowell
Ethan Chilton

Andy Brems, guitar
Dalton Hayse, piano
Dario Bizio, bass
Lauren Ellis, drums & percussion

The USC Thornton Jazz Orchestra performs “Papatuanuku,” an original composition by drummer & percussionist Lauren Ellis ('21). The composer writes that, "...in Māori tradition and history, papatūānuku is the land, she represents the generative foundation of all life. All natural phenomena are born from her and nurtured by her: trees, birds, and humankind." The instrumentation vividly paints papatūānuku as the birthplace of all things, and the place to which they return.

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