Jazz Collective Honors Artists

OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. AND JAZZ MUSIC HAS HAD A BIT OF A RENAISSANCE DUE IN PART TO A YOUNGER AUDIENCE GAINING INTEREST IN THE GENRE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. THE JAZZ LOVERS CAN LISTEN TO LIVE PERFORMANCES IN FORT MYERS FROM THE GULF COAST. JAZZ COLLECTIVE WGCU ARTS REPORTER TOM HALL HAS MORE. >> YOU CAN FIND JAZZ AND PLENTY OF PLACES. SOUTH MARKS. PAUL KEVIN SAYS IT'S NOTHING LIKE JAZZ. YOU'LL HEAR WHEN HIS GULF COAST GAS COLLECTIVE TAKES THE STAGE AT THE MUSIC AND ARTS COMMUNITY CENTER >> IT'S NOT ANYWHERE IN FORT MYERS WHERE YOU CAN HEAR IT AND A CONCERT SETTING WHERE THE PURPOSES A LISTENING ROOM WHERE THE WHOLE POINT DOES EVERYONE SITTING TOGETHER HAVING THE SAME EXPERIENCE TOGETHER AND THAT JUST CREATES A A SHARED ENERGY THAT YOU CAN'T GET IN THE BAR. >> GAVIN FOUNDED THE JAZZ COLLECTIVE IN 2021. DURING COVID. >> AND SO WE BRING THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF JAZZ AND PLAY ALL THE WAY FROM DUKE ELLINGTON AND COUNT BASIE. THE OSCAR PETERSON TRIO MILES DAVIS ALL THE WAY UP TO RIGHT NOW, A RECENTLY DECEASED LEGENDS AS THE MUSICAL WHEN SHORTER TODAY. SO WE TRY TO BRING THE WHOLE HISTORY OF JAZZ. AND SO THE AUDIENCE CAN. >> GET THE WHOLE PICTURE. THE HISTORY, GAVIN AND HIS BAND MATES AWARD-WINNING JAZZ PIANISTS ACT. BARTHOLOMEW. >> AND EMMY-NOMINATED A BRIGHT ELECTRIC BASSIST FGCU MUSIC. PROFESSOR BRENDAN ROBERTSON. >> DO NOT NECESSARILY PLAY LEGENDARY JAZZ ARTIST. BEST KNOWN HITS. >> IF WE'RE JUST PLAYING THE TOP 10 SONGS ON SPOTIFY PLAYLIST, YOU CAN FIND THAT ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY, BUT 2 WITH MY ROLE AS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR HERE, I WANT TO BRING A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE. I LOOK FOR MUSIC THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA HEAR EVERYWHERE ELSE THAT THAT'S STILL EMBLEMATIC OF THE ARTIST'S WORK. BUT THIS STILL A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE THAT THESE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM GOT TO HAVE THAT NO ONE ELSE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO. >> IT'S A DAUNTING QUEST THAT COMPELS GAVIN TO TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO EACH JAZZ. ICONS CAN WORK. AND THEIR LAST CONCERT. THE COLLECTIVE FEATURE, THE MUSIC OF WAYNE SHORTER WHOS. GRAMMY STUD CAREER SPANNED 6 DECADES. JUST IN THE MUSIC IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE. IT'S A CHALLENGE FOR ANY MUSICIAN BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS EARNED THE KIND OF NAME. >> AND JAZZ WHERE I'M INTERESTED IN DOING A SHOW OF THE MUSIC. THEY'VE GOT A LENGTHY CATALOG THAT PLAYED WITH INCREDIBLE MUSICIANS AND DONE INCREDIBLE THINGS IN MUSIC. WHEN'S CATALOG? I SPENT SOME TIME JUST LISTENING AND BEING CURIOUS AND ALSO LOOKING FOR MUSIC THAT I HADN'T HEARD. >> FINDING THESE LESS PLAY DEEP CUTS IS JUST THE STARTING POINT. WE BRING OUR OWN ENERGY. WE BRING OUR OWN ARRANGEMENTS, WERE NOT GOING TO BE DOING THEM THE SAME WAY THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HEARD THEM. THEY ALSO CREATE ORIGINAL MUSIC IN THE STYLE OF THE FEATURED MUSICIAN. THAT IS ANOTHER. >> INHERENTLY NECESSARY PART OF THE HISTORY OF JAZZ. >> AND IT'S A PART OF THE HISTORY OF JAZZ THAT I THINK IS A NEGLECTED. BUT WE DON'T NEGLECTED JUST ABOUT EVERY TIME THAT YOU COME AND HEAR A CONCERT WITH THE GULF COAST HAS COLLECTED. YOU WILL HEAR ORIGINAL MUSIC. AND I THINK THAT ADDS TO THE EXPERIENCE OF MUSIC MUSIC EXPERIENCE THAT YOU CANNOT FIND CAPITAL EMPLOYED AS DEEP DIVE PHILOSOPHY, A METICULOUS PREPARATION TO CURATE THE COLLECTIVES OCTOBER CONCERT. >> THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK, A COMPILATION OF JAZZ STANDARDS INSPIRED BY BROADWAY MUSICALS AND HOLLYWOOD FILMS. THESE JAZZ MUSICIANS WOULD TAKE THE CHORD PROGRESSIONS AND THE MELODIES FROM. >> HIS BROADWAY TUNES. THAT WILL COME FROM LIKE WEST SIDE STORY, GUYS AND DOLLS. THEY WOULD TAKE THESE CORE CHANGES THAT WOULD TAKE THEM, KNOWS THE TURN IT INTO JETS. THE MAKE IT SWING. IF THAT DIDN'T SWING BEFORE THEY WILL RE HARMONIZE IT. NO TRANSFORM IT INTO SOMETHING THAT'S ENTIRELY DIFFERENT. >> AND DIFFERENT IS WHAT YOU GET AT A GULF COAST. JAZZ COLLECTIVE CONCERT EVERY SINGLE TIME. >> WE ARE NOW JOINED BY WGCU ARTS REPORTER TOM HALL. >> AND TOM, SO THE COLLECTIVES NEXT CONCERT IS THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK. WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS? >> THE NAME ITSELF IS REALLY INTRIGUING. DON'T YOU AGREE? I DO AGREE THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK ARE FIRST TO POP SONGS IN JAZZ STANDERS WRITTEN BY SUCH ESTEEM COMPOSERS AS IRVING BERLIN, GEORGE GERSHWIN COLE, PORTER RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN AND JEROME KERN BETWEEN THE 1920'S AND 60'S FOR BROADWAY, HOLLYWOOD AND TIN PAN ALLEY. NOW THE MUSIC OF THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK OFFERED HOPE FOR BETTER DAYS DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION BUILT AROUND DURING 2 WORLD WARS HELPED BUILD SOCIAL BRIDGES WITHIN OUR CULTURE. THERE'S NO SET SONG LAST AND ARTISTS RANGING FOR RINGO STARR AND LINDA RONSTADT TO TONY BENNETT, LADY GAGA HAVE COME UP WITH THEIR OWN TAKES ON THE GENRE. SO IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHO PAUL GAVIN INCLUDES IN THE SEPTEMBER. 24 IS CONCERT. >> IN THE 20'S THROUGH THE