DESCRIPTION:
This is an audience video capture of 'Slim Goodie' ~ an original Derrick Gardner composition recorded at the Live Studio Audience Recording of the album 'Jazz Is Blue' which will be released in the summer of 2014. 'Jazz Is Blue' is the first album in the 'Jazz Is....' series being produced by the TRY JAZZ.com project. Future recordings include 'Jazz Is Funk'; 'Jazz Is Soul'; 'Jazz Is Now'

'Slim Goodie' was originally released, and is the title track, from Derrick Gardner & the Jazz Prophets first CD in 2006 titled 'Slim Goodie'. A spirited composition by international recording artist, award winning composer, arranger and professor of jazz Mr. Derrick Garner. The 'Jazz Is Blue' recording adds an interesting twist with replacing bass and piano with organ and guitar.

Band members include:

* Derrick Gardner on Trumpet
* Sean Dobbins on Drums
* Jim Alfredson on Organ
* Brian Lange on Saxophone
* Matt LaRusso on Guitar
* Shawn Bell on Trombone

TRY JAZZ has a distinctively unique format for music outreach and performance. It seeks to engage new audiences and students with Jazz by highlighting the genre's improvisation and creativity delivered through popular genres. A deep project with eclectic support, TRY JAZZ hears the question 'What IS Jazz?' and responds with four bold experiences that affirm: 'Jazz Is Blue'; 'Jazz Is Soul'; ' Jazz Is Funk'; 'Jazz Is Now'

The TRY JAZZ vision spins the dial on the relationship between Jazz and other popular roots music. Although Jazz is the foundation of most modern genres, in propagation and performance the trend has been segregation of form versus unity of origin. Project Director Sharen Lange explains, "Jazz has been portrayed as the musical tree of life, but as a singular genre it tends to push up into the sunlight of instrumental creativity and can become disconnected from the sprawling growth of its limbs." Lange continues, "Imagine the forest floor below covered with people. You can see how the far reaching canopy of popular music covers more of us and how that impacts Jazz sustainability. Rather than try and convince novice listeners to gather around the trunk of that tree, we highlight Jazz as the fruit already hanging within reach on its branches."

For more information:

visit: www.tryjazz.com
email: tryjazzproject@gmail.com
facebook: www.facebook.com/tryjazzproject