While the bass and drum hold down the basic rhytms, guitar and sax go wild in almost jazz-like improv, with short bursts of Ferry’s vocal, and the band backing him by reciting a license plate number between verses.There’s no chorus (apart from, I suppose, the license plate thing),...
“The improvisation has been fun,” concludes List. “I have a background in teaching and performing improv, so this has been a joy. The cast seems to enjoy the rehearsal times the most when we focus on improv.” Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some)! Will be performed ...
I think also of WIMP, the Wintertide Improv group, a troupe of Vineyard actors whose performances usually included a new installment of Troubled Shores, a serial soap opera about island life. WIMP continued after Wintertide’s demise in various locations. Troupe member Donna Swift started a long...
It really is true that jazz knows no borders, so if you want to hear what mastery from shores not native to the origin of this classic improv art form, give Anders a good, long listen on Jazz Gallery and check out his YouTube channel. There are lessons to be learned from his subtle ...