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To say that Nan Schwartz is one of America’s significant gifted composers is an understatement.

On her recent recording “Aspirations” the composer unleashes her masterly skill to create a swirling impressionistic and breathtaking work.

While comfortably at home in the jazz idiom, Nan creates a full symphonic score to give her music dimension, scale and colour. Here the depth and texture of a grand orchestral setting sits completely at ease with her chosen swing ensemble. This fusion has an infectious momentum which underpins the composer’s lavish and inventive orchestration. Only one who commands such an ingenious imagination combined with a composed dexterity can make these challenges of musical juxtaposition seem so effortless.

In this new work, Nan Schwartz allows the listener to journey into the full weight of her inner writing.
The ebb and flow of music is untroublesome and this work draws upon her experience in threading together story and drama. The constant tension and release is utterly masterful in its musical concept and execution.

I am privileged to work with some of the world’s finest composers and musicians and day-by-day experience the thrill of having music enrich my professional and personal life, and it delights me to hear the originality and creativity in this world-class work from Nan.

Although being a person of elegant modesty, Nan’s epic work displays a proficiency rare in today’s contemporary music. These expressive pieces give acknowledgment to a thoroughly unique and engaging modern voice amplifying the notion that Nan Schwartz is one of our great treasures to be heard and relished.