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ECLECTIC<br />
SOUNDS<br />
for the <strong>2021</strong> <strong>JAZZ</strong> AND <strong>BLUES</strong> STAGE<br />
I respect Jazz<br />
and Blues because<br />
it is so focused on the<br />
music. It’s open to new<br />
sounds – once its good<br />
music you can find<br />
it at Jazz and<br />
Blues...<br />
Jamaica Jazz and Blues has widened its repertoire<br />
to embrace a group of talented Jamaican<br />
musicians who are more closely associated with<br />
the music underground than typical Jamaican<br />
platforms. Their music is an eclectic fusion of jazz, rock, R&B,<br />
reggae, world music and more. Despite their outstanding<br />
talent the opportunities for performance are generally limited<br />
and their primary avenue of exposure were the weekly jam<br />
sessions (before the advent of COVID-19). The acts which will<br />
take the stage on Friday 5 March are Eye of the Brainstorm,<br />
Moon and Earth and the Fullness. Janine Jkuhl and CAJE<br />
will perform on Saturday 6 March.<br />
The jam sessions, held at various venues over the past decade included<br />
Nanook on Burlington Avenue, the Constant Spring Golf Club and the<br />
Pallet on North Avenue. The organiser of the “Jam is Back” as they were<br />
described, is Jeremy Ashbourne, composer, performer and music<br />
teacher who is passionately dedicated not only to his personal<br />
development but to assisting other like minded musicians<br />
to hone their talent and develop their craft. “There are<br />
many groups and solo acts that don’t fit the mainstream<br />
identity and who are uncompromising about what they<br />
want to express. The Jam facilitated that as there was a<br />
lack of opportunity for these performers”. The sessions<br />
provided a space that allowed personal expression as<br />
well as magical collaborations emanating from the<br />
inspiration in the moment.<br />
When Marcia McDonnough, co-producer of Jamaica<br />
Jazz and Blues approached Rosina Moder, music<br />
educator and composer, to assist in the showcasing<br />
of talented young Jamaican musicians Rosina<br />
called on these artists, most of whom she had met<br />
through the Jam.<br />
EARTH AND THE FULLNESS<br />
22<br />
Singer and songwriter EARTH AND THE FULLNESS<br />
(Olivia) describes her genre as roots. “Whether or not<br />
there’s fusion, I can detect reggae in all my songs. Even
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