Walter Blanton

Walter Blanton and Dharma: Voyage from the Past

by Jack Bowers
June 1, 2002

Grab your pencils and paper, students; there’ll be a pop quiz later. From Brian Sanders’ liner notes to Voyage from the Past: “Dharma begins with the notion that the relationship between composition and improvisation is circular rather than linear; that each process inspires the other. Dharma furthers our sense that music is conversation: participants [are] free to interject ideas, develop thoughts or move on as they wish to the next topic.” Are you with us so far? Trumpeter Walter Blanton’s ...