CORKY EXPLAINS

Chamber Blues is a juxtaposition of classical and blues flavors. A meeting of the two of the most important and diverse music forms.

The juxtaposition is not just about the instrumentation of string quartet, east Indian tabla, and blues harmonica and piano (with a vocal thrown in now and again). It is a "compositional" juxtaposition.

I call this "cross-under." The written music is Chamber Blues. It can be played on 6 saxophones and it would still be Chamber Blues.

It also is not exactly a "blend." I consider jazz to be a blend of classical and blues and I think George Gershwin certainly blended the forms in a beautiful way. With jazz for instance the blues seems to disappear into the classical and visa versa turning up a third form - called jazz.

Chamber Blues is two forms working together. Blues and Classical. Each form's personality is maintained. You can hear them working together. That's Chamber Blues.