Ed Sarath is Professor of Music and Director of the Department in Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation at The University of Michigan School of Music. He divides his time between performing, composing, teaching and writing about the aesthetic, cogniti [+]Ed Sarath is Professor of Music and Director of the Department in Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation at The University of Michigan School of Music. He divides his time between performing, composing, teaching and writing about the aesthetic, cognitive and transpersonal aspects of the creative process, and designing corresponding educational models.
The CD Timescape features his nine-member ensemble of the same name. Karl Berger, pioneer in contemporary improvised music is guest soloist on the disc. Cadence Magazine described the disc as a blend of "all sorts of influence, from Jazz and Western classical, to Middle Eastern and Indian music. But this is no trendy World Music fusion" and "...the integration of the various musical strains (do not) dilute the jazz element".
His newest release, New Beginnings, with the London Jazz Orchestra performing his large ensemble compositions, is currently available. Sarath's previous CD release, Last Day in May, (Konnex Records- Berlin), features himself on flugelhorn, along with internationally-acclaimed artists Dave Liebman, Mick Goodrick, Harvie Swartz and Marvin "Smitty" Smith; the disc was called by Cadence magazine "a prime example of the best the genre has to offer". Jazz Times called Sarath's prior recording, Voice of the Wind (Owl Records- Paris) " a strong, varied program, brimming with intriguing formal propositions. . . Ed Sarath is a find". Fifth Fall, by the Iowa City Jazz Orchestra, which Sarath formerly directed, features five of his compositions for large jazz ensemble.
He has performed at the Montreux, London, North Sea, Antibes, Orleans, Le Mans, Jyvaskyla (Finland) and Montreux-Detroit jazz festivals. He performs regularly with the French-based ensemble, Cache Cache, winners of the 1992 Radio France Jazz Competition and has performed and presented master classes throughout the U.S., Europe, and in Brazil. Schools at which he has appeared include the Eastman School of Music, the Royal Academy of Music in London, the Paris Conservatory, the Tatui Conservatory in Brazil, University of Colorado, University of North Carolina. He performs with the Brazilian ensemble, Interchanges, featuring Rui Carvalho, and Celio Barros; British composer Graham Collier and his London-based Jazz Ensembl
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