New Brunswick Jazz Project To Honor Kristin Field
She showed glimpses of the artist she’s proving to be while at North Hunterdon County High School in Clinton Township. Now Kristin Field, 21, will be honored March 10 by the New Brunswick Jazz Project as an “Emerging Artist” when she performs on alto sax, clarinet and flute while supported by tenor sax, trombone and baritone sax. When she graduates from Rutgers this spring, she says she wants—for her March 29 senior recital—to perform Dave Brubeck’s 1959 “Blue Rondo a la Turk,” John Coltrane’s 1961 “My Favorite Things,” Antonio Carlos Jobim’s 1964 “The Girl From Ipanema” plus two originals, all backed by piano/bass/drums.
Influenced by Cannonball Adderley, Paul Desmond and Johnny Hodges, she’s also worn out her copy of Charlie Parker With Strings. Last June, the musical she composed—Five Nights at Freddy’s—was presented in Metuchen at Farrell Studios. It won the award for “Outstanding Original Production” by the New Jersey Association of Community Theaters. Clearly, she’s ascending to newfound heights.