Honored to have been featured in Prospect magazine as a flute specialist, interviewed to share my insights on Shabaka Hutchings’ latest album release. It’s a truly groundbreaking work! #ProspectMagazine #ShabakaHutchings #Jazz
Here’s a snippet of the article called: ‘Welcome to the age of… the flute?’:
“The instrument’s popularity in 2024 speaks to a desire for something natural in a world full of synths and auto-tune, says flute expert Jessica Quiñones, who has played the instrument for over 30 years. “It’s the antithesis of the electronic. It’s the other musical language, the other voice that is pure and organic. It comes from a place of absolute being, because in order to make a sound on your flute, you have to be present in the breath. So it’s the opposite of technology.”
… “Every culture has its own version of the flute,” Quiñones says. And any flute being played today, whether it is made from silver or wood, is a descendant of the earliest ever musical instrument: a 60,000-year-old Neanderthal flute, made from animal bone. “The flute is this primal, organic instrument that connects us to our ancestors, as cheesy as that sounds.” For the full article, please see:
https://message.prospect-magazine.co.uk/q/11nby0sTsMKSP3ZuWwAIkYV/wv
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