Visions Jazz Ensemble’s Sam Butler & Garrett Fasig on Their 2025 Album Across the Field
Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series featuring Indiana-based jazz musicians Sam Butler and Garrett Fasig of the Visions Jazz Ensemble. We explore their innovative 2025 album, Across the Field, a groundbreaking project that transforms classic college fight songs into jazz masterpieces.
In the summer of 2023, Garrett and Sam were approached by the Timeless Music Project with an intriguing idea: What if traditional fight songs were reimagined for a jazz ensemble? This concept sparked a creative journey that merged two quintessentially American traditions—university fight…
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