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Past Performing Arts | Music
Columbus Premiere
$12 members $15 general public $10 students
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Catch avant-garde trumpeter and composer jaimie branch and band on the heels of FLY or DIE LIVE, a searing document of the FLY or DIE suite performed in Switzerland in 2020.
A fitting reflection of our collective struggle to cope with today’s confusing political landscape, branch’s FLY or DIE II (2019) evokes a complex spectrum of feeling, ranging from fiery, righteous anger to grooving, buoyant playfulness. Building on the success of the critically acclaimed FLY or DIE (2017), the sequel sees branch experimenting with vocal expression for the first time. As she states in its liner notes, “so much beauty lies in the abstract of instrumental music, but being this ain’t a particularly beautiful time, I’ve chosen a more literal path. The voice is good for that.”
Featuring Jason Ajemian, Chad Taylor, and Lester St. Louis, the FLY or DIE quartet is one of the country’s most voracious jazz outfits, positioning branch as an emerging bandleader, composer, and voice on the international scene.
jaimie branch: trumpet Lester St. Louis: cello Jason Ajemian: bass Chad Taylor: drums
FLY or DIE, photo: Peter Gannushkin
jaimie branch, photo: Abdesslam Mirdass
WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY The Wexner Family Greater Columbus Arts Council The Columbus Foundation Ohio Arts Council American Electric Power Foundation L Brands Foundation Adam Flatto Mary and C. Robert Kidder Bill and Sheila Lambert Institute of Museum and Library Services Nationwide Foundation Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease Arlene and Michael Weiss
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Michael and Paige Crane Pete Scantland Axium Packaging Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams President Kristina M. Johnson and Mrs. Veronica Meinhard Nancy Kramer Huntington Lisa Barton Johanna DeStefano Russell and Joyce Gertmenian Liza Kessler and Greg Henchel Ron and Ann Pizzuti Joyce and Chuck Shenk Bruce and Joy Soll Clark and Sandra Swanson Jones Day
Past Performing Arts
jaimie branch: FLY or DIE
