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All that jazz
Jazz fans spread their music
through A&M Jazz Society
THE BATTALION
3A
Thursday, March 4, 2002
By Kelcey Rieger
THE BATTALION
When Jessica Haschke, a sophomore industrial
engineering major, searched for a creative outlet
for her clarinet playing, she found the Texas A&M
Jazz Society.
“When I got to A&M, I was searching for an
alternative to concert band,” Haschke said. ”1
played a little Dixieland music in high school,
and 1 really enjoyed the freedom of playing
that kind of music. So 1 decided to pursue my
love for the (Dixieland)
music and joined the Jazz
Society.”
Jazz music, an amalga
mation of African and
European styles of music,
w , as an early 20th century
phenomenon that forever
changed American music.
Haschke said she hopes
through the Jazz Society
others will have an oppor
tunity to experience the
style of music.
“Texas A&M Jazz
Society is about bringing
jazz music to life and mak
ing those who listen to it _
appreciate it,” Haschke
is April
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in the Novell
said. “I enjoy playing gigs for older groups of
people because they really enjoy listening and
dancing to the music they listened to when they
were younger.”
The A&M Jazz Society was formed when a
ievi Aggies wanted to play music they love. A
marching band or concert band often does not
Phyjazx music, and the Jazz Society offered an
alternative.
David Lund, a senior history major, also has a
passion for jazz music and looks for any opportu
nity to play his trumpet. Although he is a member
of the Corps of Cadets, he is
not a member of the Aggie
Band. He said his heart is in
jazz and not the music of a
marching band.
“I knew jazz music was
what I wanted to play when
after playing the trumpet for
about a year in middle
school, I heard a recording of Maynard
Ferguson, and instantly I wanted to
play like that,” Lund said. “Since then
I’ve been hooked,
and I knew I want
ed to continue
playing jazz music
in college.”
Lund said he
also appreciates the
friendships he has
made as a member
of the Jazz Society.
“Texas A&M
Jazz Society is
really about the
people,’” Lund
said. “We are an
organization that
has developed quite
a few friends
along the way, and our
love of music initially brought us together.”
Lund said members of the Jazz Society jump
at any opportunity to bring their instruments
together and play in public.
“We usually practice in G. Rollie White
Coliseum, but we play just about everywhere,
from formal dinners to student activities like
Whoopstock and Parents’ Weekend,” Lund said.
“We also play more laid back gigs at random
places around campus such as Rudder Fountain
and Bemie’s coffee shop by Sbisa Dining Hall.”
David Spann, a freshman aerospace engi
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I enjoy playing gigs for
older groups of people be
cause they really enjoy lis
tening and dancing to the
music they listened to when
they were younger.
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neering major, plays the bass trombone for the
Jazz Society. He said the society offers him a
challenging situation where he can play as
much as possible.
“After seeing performances by musicians such
as Bill Watruss and the University of North Texas
One O’Clock Band, I found a true desire to play,”
Spann said. “The Jazz Society offers me a chance
to feed this desire with a group of people in a
genre not widely associated with Texas A&M.”
Spann named Glenn Miller as his favorite jazz
musician and a great influence on his playing.
“(Glenn Miller’s) orchestra in the time period
around World War I really shaped American big
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band and jazz during a time when our nation
needed lifted spirits,” Spann said. “A lot of his
music reflects this need. I admire him because of
this, proving he is truly a wonderful musician.”
Casey Christensen, president of the A&M
Jazz Society and a junior computer science
major, said the society gives her an environment
to improve her skills as a trumpet player.
“Jazz offers a greater variety of things you can
do musically,” Christensen said. “You don’t
always have to stick to the notes on the page and
I think that makes me a better musician. The Jazz
Society is about making music and growing as a
musician, while still being able to have fun.”
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