Award-winning trumpeter, composer, and educator Andrew McAnsh’s upcoming performance in the Sault next month is more than just another tour stop.Born and raised in Cambridge, Ont., McAnsh’s father Doug was born in the Sault.“I am quite excited to visit his birthplace because much of this music is an attempt to tell the story of his experience, particularly his adoption and the story of so many involved in the sixties scoop.
“Being the only Canadian in a globally diverse environment where students are all unanimously using music from their home countries and fusing it with jazz, I decided to do the same. Instead of Joni Mitchell or Stompin’ Tom, whom I both love, I wanted to dig deeper and get in touch with the people of this land.”Each part of the suite sees McAnsh explore the music of an individual great lake as it hosts tribes including Chippewa/Ojibwe, Cree, Dakota/Sioux, Huron, Iroquois.
The process in which some of the music McAnsh came to be, involved interviews with Indigenous elders. It is not lost on McAnsh, that the opportunity to play on the land that was one of the great meeting places for Indigenous peoples for generations, carries a great significance. “Land is vibration to which all forms of life resonate.”
One jazz artist who McAnsh has had the privilege to play with regularly is acclaimed drummer Larnell Lewis.
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