Jane Ira Bloom | |
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Born | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | January 12, 1955
Genres | Jazz, avant-garde jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
Instrument(s) | soprano saxophone |
Labels | Columbia, Outline, Arabesque, Enja |
Website |
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Jane Ira Bloom (born January 12, 1955) is an American jazz soprano saxophonist and composer.
Bloom was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Joel and Evelyn Bloom. She began as a pianist and drummer, later switching to the alto saxophone, and eventually settling on the soprano saxophone as her primary instrument. [1] She first began playing the saxophone at age 9, studying with woodwind virtuoso Joseph Viola, chair of the Berklee College of Music Woodwinds Department, [2] from 1968 to 1979, and studying music at Yale University from which she received a liberal arts degree and a master's degree in music (1977). Following Yale, Bloom relocated to New York City. She founded Outline Records while in New Haven and released several recordings under that label. [3]
She was the first musician to be commissioned by the NASA Art Program. [4] in 1989 she created three original musical compositions: Most Distant Galaxy, for soprano saxophone and live electronics, prepared tape, bass, drums, and electroacoustic percussion; Fire & Imagination, for soprano saxophone, improvisors, and chamber orchestra; and Beyond the Sky, for wind ensemble. [5] [6] [7]
In 2007, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in music composition. [8]
Bloom is a tenured professor at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City's Greenwich Village. [9]
Her 2013 release, Sixteen Sunsets, received a Grammy nomination for the 56th Grammy Awards in the Best Surround Sound category, with sound engineer Jim Anderson. [10]
Bloom won the Chamber Music America New Jazz Works award in 2015 for a new composition inspired by the 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson. [11]
The resulting work, entitled "Wild Lines" premiered in 2016 to positive reviews. [12]
Bloom won the 2017 Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound category at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards for her album “Early Americans.” [13]
The asteroid 6083 Janeirabloom was named after her. [5]
Jane Ira Bloom | |
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Born | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | January 12, 1955
Genres | Jazz, avant-garde jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
Instrument(s) | soprano saxophone |
Labels | Columbia, Outline, Arabesque, Enja |
Website |
www |
Jane Ira Bloom (born January 12, 1955) is an American jazz soprano saxophonist and composer.
Bloom was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Joel and Evelyn Bloom. She began as a pianist and drummer, later switching to the alto saxophone, and eventually settling on the soprano saxophone as her primary instrument. [1] She first began playing the saxophone at age 9, studying with woodwind virtuoso Joseph Viola, chair of the Berklee College of Music Woodwinds Department, [2] from 1968 to 1979, and studying music at Yale University from which she received a liberal arts degree and a master's degree in music (1977). Following Yale, Bloom relocated to New York City. She founded Outline Records while in New Haven and released several recordings under that label. [3]
She was the first musician to be commissioned by the NASA Art Program. [4] in 1989 she created three original musical compositions: Most Distant Galaxy, for soprano saxophone and live electronics, prepared tape, bass, drums, and electroacoustic percussion; Fire & Imagination, for soprano saxophone, improvisors, and chamber orchestra; and Beyond the Sky, for wind ensemble. [5] [6] [7]
In 2007, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in music composition. [8]
Bloom is a tenured professor at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City's Greenwich Village. [9]
Her 2013 release, Sixteen Sunsets, received a Grammy nomination for the 56th Grammy Awards in the Best Surround Sound category, with sound engineer Jim Anderson. [10]
Bloom won the Chamber Music America New Jazz Works award in 2015 for a new composition inspired by the 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson. [11]
The resulting work, entitled "Wild Lines" premiered in 2016 to positive reviews. [12]
Bloom won the 2017 Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound category at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards for her album “Early Americans.” [13]
The asteroid 6083 Janeirabloom was named after her. [5]