GWEN LASTER
GWEN LASTER
VIOLINIST, COMPOSER, TEACHING ARTIST
"Best of Jazz Violinists" - All About Jazz
"Best of Jazz Violinists..."
- ALL ABOUT JAZZ
ABOUT GWEN
Gwen Laster- is an internationally acclaimed musician. A recipient of the Chamber Music America Performance Plus Award, National Endowment for the Arts, Jubilation foundation, Puffin foundation, Arts Mid Hudson, Lila Wallace, Mutual Mentorship for Musicians, United States of Artists. Her influences come from the Motor City's music culture, her parents love of jazz, blues, soul and classical music and her progressive music teachers from Detroit's public schools.
"Overall, Blue Lotus is a journey into unfortunate but familiar territory. It recants a dark history and calls for solutions to social problems that frankly shouldn’t exist. More than the message, the music presents as improvisation but plays out like a composition. Laster’s genius is undeniable and New Muse 4tet only amplifies this fact, making for a meticulously formulated social justice piece distinct from the freedom songs known and loved"
- I Care If You Listen