Louis Cole featured on NPR

USC Thornton Jazz Studies alumnus Louis Cole (’09) was featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered” where he discussed his new orchestral album, nothing. Cole recently performed original choral music for the first time for a 40-person choir in the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles. nothing also taps into new musical territory for Cole, who is primarily known as a drummer. Released on August 9, the album was recorded with the conductor Jules Buckley and the Dutch orchestra Metropole Orkest.

“I still think that the energy of a group and the sound of a group can never be fully emulated… Like, I think there is some magic in there that really does come across still,” Cole said. “And I think there’s also the experience of doing it. Working with a group of people, it’s just like, ‘Wow, I really love doing this. This is fun. I spiritually feel good doing this.’ But the sound of it, too. I think there is some magic that’s actually tangible in there, and whether you notice it right away or not, I do think it is in there, and I think it’s special.”

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Photo courtesy of Louis Cole