Student-run West Salem Jazz Combo takes home first in state contest
Jack Parr doesn’t like to be told what to do. It makes classical music, and following the rhythms someone else wrote, feel like a battle for the West Salem High School musician.
Enter: jazz. As soon as Parr stepped foot into the world of improvisation, he was hooked.
“I’m writing the music as I go. That’s part of why I started composing my own music is because I just don’t like being told what to…
