A Lark Ascending Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 (edited) Part performance, part venue and part art installation, a collection of structures in New Orleans are bringing the avant garde to the city of jazz. Celebrated jazzman William Parker plucks his bass in a grove on an abandoned golf course in New Orleans’s City Park. The 11-strong ensemble he leads makes a strange kind of music.... http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/06/new-orleans-music-box-jazz-art-shanty-town Edited April 7, 2015 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 I think the avant-garde done been in the city of jazz for a fair bit of a while now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnblitweiler Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Louis Armstrong was surely avant garde in New Orleans before he came to Chicago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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