Eau Claire Memorial Jazz 1, Featuring Justin Vernon

Before he was racking up kudos from Lykke Li, Lily Allen, and every music critic’s year-end list, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon was a member of Eau Claire Memorial High School’s jazz band.

Last April, he teamed up with Eau Claire, Wisconsin’s Memorial High Jazz Ensemble I for a set of jazz tracks and two of his own songs: “Lump Sum” and “For Emma.” The recording of the performance A Decade With Duke is out today via Jagjaguwar. All proceeds will be donated directly to Eau Claire Memorial High School’s band and jazz band programs.

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