While much has been recently written about the “graying" of jazz and the audience who listens to it, young musicians seem to continually discover (and rediscover) its enduring value—and not just the value of jazz as its own standalone genre, but the benefit of incorporating aspects of jazz, such as improvisation and arrangement, into music of every type.
Quentin Moore is one such musician. Though his 2009 debut, Vintage Love, and 2011 follow-up, “Quentinized" (Mixtape), both self-produced, unapologetically present large, steaming warm slices of R&B and soul, he speaks freely of the jazz elements and influences in his music, in particular the impact of studies and friendships formed at the University of North Texas, from which Moore graduated with a Human Resources degree in 2007.
Chris Slawecki spoke with Moore about his musical upbringing, the idea that Austin is more than just a country/folk town, and how jazz can be used as a foundation for music that goes beyond even its broad purview.
Check out Quentin Moore: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man today at All About Jazz!
Quentin Moore is one such musician. Though his 2009 debut, Vintage Love, and 2011 follow-up, “Quentinized" (Mixtape), both self-produced, unapologetically present large, steaming warm slices of R&B and soul, he speaks freely of the jazz elements and influences in his music, in particular the impact of studies and friendships formed at the University of North Texas, from which Moore graduated with a Human Resources degree in 2007.
Chris Slawecki spoke with Moore about his musical upbringing, the idea that Austin is more than just a country/folk town, and how jazz can be used as a foundation for music that goes beyond even its broad purview.
Check out Quentin Moore: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man today at All About Jazz!
