Jay Hoggard 2-6 (copy 03)

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Vibraphonist / Composer Jay Hoggard’s music has touched thehearts and souls of listeners around Planet Earth for over 40years. Jay has long ranked with the greatest vibraphoneinnovators: he has been highly acclaimed as a master of thevibraphone and marimba, a supportive and engaging bandleader,a comprehensive and compelling composer immersed in theinfinite musical varieties of the African Diaspora, a dedicatededucator, and a respected recording artist.Jay’s music is positive, spiritual, uplifting, and happy. Hemasterfully draws on traditional and contemporary musicalvocabulary to develop new directions for the vibraphone. Jayseamlessly blends jazz and gospel roots with African marimbarhythms. His performance repertoire represents the three B’s ofthe jazz tradition (Blues, Bop, Ballads) with original innovations.Overall, Jay Hoggard has recorded 23 CDs as a leader. Hiscompositions been featured internationally on radio, television,film and streaming. He has been consistently recognized as asignificant composer of the music called jazz. In 2023, JayHoggard released two album’s on the JHVM label: RETROFOCUS and RAISE YOUR SPIRIT CONSCIOUSNESS.RETRO FOCUS is a diverse and dynamic compilation featuring13 of his compositions previously released on five albums fromhis JHVM Label: The Right Place (2003), Swing ‘Em Gates(2007), Soular Power (2008), Solo from Two Sides (2009) andHarlem Hieroglyphs (2016). “Retro Focus is a digitallyremastered, curated playlist focused upon some of my up tempo,straight ahead compositions,” Hoggard says. “Thesecompositions are core elements of my live performancerepertoire, and always receive positive audience response. I amblessed to be able to offer them in this reissue format.” RetroFocus offers a presentation of Jay Hoggard’s solid musicalfoundation. “On this release, I was able to focus uponcompositions which have stayed with me over the past thirtyyears” Hoggard relates. “They’ve grown and developed inperformance and creativity, and are my signature of where I gowhen I'm working in a mainstream jazz setting.”RAISE YOUR SPIRIT CONSCIOUSNESS, features originalcompositions, along with stunning and swinging reimaginations ofcompositions by Wayne Shorter, Duke Ellington, Thad Jones, andStevie Wonder. As Hoggard stated in the liner notes, “The musicin this recording is intended to help you raise your spiritconsciousness. It is grounded in African-ˇderived global rhythms.The goal is to merge the sacred and the secular in the realm ofthanksgiving for our everyday blessings. Let everything that hasbreath make a joyful noise to praise God.”Jay Hoggard is a tenured Professor of Music at his alma mater,Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, where he directs the JazzOrchestra, and has taught and mentored hundreds of youngmusicians since 1991. 

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