thanks, blue. heard about this here in JT news first! i think i will definitively try to catch the quartet.
here something on shorter notice
16th Annual Englewood Jazz Festival
Saturday, September 19, 2015
12:00 noon – 6:00pm, Hamilton Park Cultural Center, 513 W. 72nd Street
This program is supported by a grant from the Chicago Community Trust
In the event of rain, the Festival will take place in the field house.
11: 30 to 12:20
Tammy McCann
12:30 to 1:20
Makaya McCraven
1:30 2:15
Young Masters
2:25 3:15
Corey Wilkes
3:25
New Horizons Ensemble
with special guests Kidd Jordan
4:15
Jeff Parker
4:20 to 4:40
Live the Spirit Residency Spirit of Jazz Award
presentation by Senator Don E Trotter
4:45
Live the Spirit Residency Big Band featuring
new compositions by
Adeoke Steve Colson and Ernest Dawkins
in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the
Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM).
and also something else in only about a week at the Museum of Contemporary Art
Roscoe Mitchell
Trios
Sun, Sep 27, 2015
FY16RoscoeMitchell
Sun, Sep 27, 3 and 7:30 pm
Presented as part of The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
As both musician and composer, Mitchell is always the scientist, tirelessly experimenting with musical forms, textures, and instrumentation.
—BBC Music
In the midst of the historic events surrounding the 50th anniversary of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), I would like to highlight my explorations into new artistic territory, as represented by the series of trio projects that will be showcased.
—Roscoe Mitchell
This unprecedented project profiles composer and multi-instrumentalist Roscoe Mitchell in four different trios during two concerts, all within a single day. This one-time all-out event features a powerhouse of inventive musicians drawn from Roscoe’s varied musical adventures who represent a dynamic range of musical styles. Roscoe is composing for the following four trios:
Roscoe Mitchell on woodwinds
Hugh Ragin on trumpets
Tyshawn Sorey on drums, piano, and trombone
Roscoe Mitchell on woodwinds
Craig Taborn on piano and electronics
Kikanju Baku on drums
Roscoe Mitchell on woodwinds
James Fei on woodwinds and electronics
William Winant on percussion
Roscoe Mitchell on woodwinds
Jaribu Shahid on bass
Tani Tabbal on drums
The first two groups are featured in the afternoon concert and the second two in the evening concert. In addition to the two featured trios per concert, Roscoe is composing for extended combinations so that all nine musicians appear in each concert—providing the extraordinary compositional palette of two pianos, four percussion, four horns, two electronics, and bass.
This Roscoe Mitchell project is presented as part of The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now—a large-scale exhibition with related concerts and talks that explore great black music and the spirit of experimentation from 1965 to the present. The project is rooted in jazz but is about a broader subset of art and culture.
In addition to the Trios concerts, Roscoe Mitchell is showing paintings, a range of his invented instruments, and a stage installation of the Art Ensemble of Chicago. He is also represented by archival photographs and referenced in artworks by others, like Rashid Johnson’s large mixed-media sculpture Roscoe’s Target (2014). Mitchell is leading workshops, as well as a public talk with music writer, producer, and curator John Corbett (See MCA Talks)