Soprano Saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom: "Mighty Lights"

Jane Ira Bloom is without a doubt one of the most distinctive voices of the soprano saxophone. She is an accomplished and educated woman with a Master of Music degree from Yale and she is also a tenured professor at New York's School of Jazz and Contemporary Music. She composes as well. The soprano saxophone is her exclusive instrument and she has made it her own voice. The album on The Jazz feature tonight is called "Mighty Lights" and Jane is accompanied by the great Fred Hersch on piano and one of the great iconic rhythm sections in all of improvised music namely bassist extraordinaire Charlie Haden and drum master Ed Blackwell. Many will remember that these two first played together in Ornette Coleman's ground breaking Quartet in the early 60s.Everyone works together for Jane's benefit and the recording is an organic whole. Five of the six tunes are by Jane and one rarely played standard is by Kurt Weill called "Lost In The Stars" is interpreted with deep emotion by Jane. "Mighty Lights" is a minor masterpiece by four superb musicians. Tonight's Jazz Feature!