{"id":21612,"date":"2017-10-31T11:36:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T11:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/?p=21612"},"modified":"2017-10-31T11:36:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T11:36:22","slug":"debut-album-pacific-harp-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/news\/debut-album-pacific-harp-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Debut album from Pacific Harp Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gdpr_opt_in\" data-cc-enable=\"youtube\">\n<div class=\"gdpr_opt_in__inner\">I want to enable video content and agree that data will be loaded from Google (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/news\/debut-album-pacific-harp-project\/\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy<\/a>).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"video_container\">\n<div class=\"video_container__inner\"><iframe title=\"Pacific Harp Project &quot;Loops&quot; by Noel Okimoto\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" alt-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/jx-Nl1Zm_LA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Classical harpists have been \u201ccrossing over\u201d to the seemingly opposite world of jazz and pop for decades, with much success. Now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meganbledsoeward.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Megan Bledsoe Ward<\/a> continues this venturesome tradition with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacificharpproject.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pacific Harp Project<\/a>. Their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpes-camac-boutique.net\/product_info.php?products_id=3652\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debut album<\/a> features an uncommon combination of harp, saxophone and rhythm section (with sexy marimba!), and an even more unique take on some of our best-known works of the standard harp repertoire. And why not? After all, jazz is built on the endless creative regurgitation of standards. Hearing the Grandjany Rhapsody, the Tournier Sonatine, and even Ravel\u2019s Introduction and Allegro transformed by hip rhythms and jazzy colors is enormously refreshing to the classical ear, especially one that\u2019s heard these pieces millions of times over in their original format.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Megan is particularly knowledgeable about the challenges of such musical inter-breeding; Her doctoral thesis is entitled: <i>The Harp in Jazz and American Pop Music<\/i>. In addition to the adaptation and improvisation skills she so clearly exhibits in this album, she is also a composer in the more classical sense. Her solo harp work, <i>Fantasy on a Red Wheelbarrow<\/i>,<i> <\/i>was performed at the USA International Harp Competition in 2010.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Megan\u2019s playing bridges the gap between classical and jazz beautifully in this album, with elegance and humor \u2013 we particularly appreciate how she\u2019s turned That Horrible Pedal Passage in the Debussy Dances that we all dread into a cool, laid back riff on the album\u2019s second track, \u201cRevenge of the Harpies\u201d. Touch\u00e9!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Want to buy the album? Look no further than the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpes-camac-boutique.net\/product_info.php?products_id=3652\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camac e-store<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Cover image <b>\u00a9\u00a0<\/b>Pacific Harp Project\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megan Bledsoe Ward continues the venturesome tradition of classical-jazz crossover with the Pacific Harp Project. 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