Byard Lancaster in D.C.

[bertrand]

Sorry about the late notice. I will be there.

Bertrand.

TRANSPARENT PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS...

FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2005

BYARD LANCASTER’S UNIT

Byard Lancaster – multiple reeds, multiple flutes, trumpet

Edward Crockett - bass

Bert Harris – bass

Harold E. Smith – drums, didgeridoo, shells, conga

@ Sangha

(301-891-3214 for directions and general information)

7014 Westmoreland Avenue, Takoma Park, MD

(Just three blocks east of the Takoma Metro Station

@ the corner of Carroll & Westmoreland)

10:00 PM - $10

“Jazz makes people think. I’ve been playing jazz since 1949 and the

music still sounds revolutionary to me. I’m on a mission to deliver a

pure message of music, like Coltrane said, ‘A Love Supreme’”.

(Byard Lancaster – January 2001)

Transparent Productions is pleased to announce the Friday, April 29th

performance of legendary multi-instrumentalist Byard Lancaster’s Unit.

Multiple instrumentalist, leader, and composer Byard Lancaster has been

intimately involved with music since a small child, playing piano until

age five, when his mother bestowed him with his first saxophone. Born in

Philadelphia in 1942 where he continues to live, he went to Shaw, a

traditional black university, before attending the Berklee School of Music,

part of a class of second wave free jazz standouts that included guitarist

Sonny Sharrock, pianist Dave Burrell, and trumpeter Ted Daniel.

Lancaster’s

personal music mantra “From A Love Supreme to The Sex Machine” is

evident in his varied musical associations, from performing and recording

with Albert Ayler as early as 1966, releasing his debut recording, “It’s Not

Up

To Us” in 1967, journeying to Paris’ famed Actuel Festival

with drummer Sunny Murray in 1969, to 80’s and 90’s contributions to the

harmolodic and funk based ensembles of drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson

and bassist Bill Laswell. Through it all, Lancaster has remained a people’s

musician, performing free on the corners and boulevards of Philly, as he

considers “street musicians part of the cultural fabric” and “that we need

their artistic expression”.

Joining Lancaster in the Unit’s unique dual bass plus drums ensemble are

fellow

Philly musicians Edward Crockett and Bert Harris on basses, and

Harold E. Smith on drums, didgeridoo, shells, and conga.

For more about Byard Lancaster, go to:

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=17125

[bertrand]

Anyone tempted?

Bertrand.

[Chalupa]

One of his albums sold for $305.00 on Ebay today.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...ssPageName=WDVW

[ajf67]

Viewed this too late or I would have definitely checked it out.