Henry Grimes at Bard College 2-25-06

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SATURDAY, FEB. 25, 'O6 at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY: HENRY GRIMES workshop in Bard Hall, 4 p.m, free; HENRY GRIMES Quartet featuring MARILYN CRISPELL, TANI TABBAL, and special guest ROSWELL RUDD, Olin Hall, 8 p.m., $15 ($1O for elders and students, free for Bard people with ID), information 845-876-7666, 845-758-7456, http://www.bard.edu/jazzatbard/series10, directions http://www.bard.edu/about/location, jazzatbard@bard.edu.

For further information: http://www.HenryGrimes.com, MusicMargaret@earthlink.net.

Roswell Rudd

Special guest ROSWELL RUDD, trombonist, composer, bandleader, arranger (who just turned 70!), is proud to come out of the tradition of Jack Teagarden, Kid Ory, J.J. Johnson, and Joseph Nanton. Known for his work with groundbreaking groups and musicians such as Herbie Nichols, the New York Art Quartet, Cecil Taylor, Archie Shepp, Carla Bley, and Steve Lacy, his trailblazing on the trombone has influenced an entire generation of trombonists, who hear his extroverted gut-bucket stylings as the modern incarnation of the New Orleans style, along with an equal passionate lyricism in the tradition of American folk songs and ballads. Roswell Rudd has received international recognition as a performer and for his compositions and arrangements, ranging from large-scale music dramas to instrumental jazz suites. His jazz operas "Blues for Planet Earth" and "Gold Rush" have achieved cult status since they were played in the 1960’s. In 2OOO, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in composition; in 'O3, 'O4, and 'O5 he was voted Trombonist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association. Meanwhile, for a period of three decades, Roswell Rudd assisted Alan Lomax with his world song-style project, and the wealth of information on the music of this planet inspired Roswell to collaborate beyond the periphery of Western music. One result is MALIcool (Universal/Sunnyside), recorded in Bamako, Mali in 2OO1 with both Malian and American musicians; another is his most recent collaboration, Roswell Rudd and the Mongolian Buryat Band, released on Sunnyside in the fall of 2OO5. In 2OO4 he brought his Trombone Shout Band into the fourth Festival in the Desert in Essakane, Timbuctou, Mali. He co-leads an ensemble with Archie Shepp and tours with MALIcool, the Mongolian Buryat Band, and the Trombone Shout Band. Roswell Rudd is one of the giants, and his playing power and larger-than-life individuality are welcomed and honored everywhere.

"Roswell is the most original and accomplished trombonist in the jazz world today, as well as a very important composer, arranger, teacher, and musicologist." -- Steve Lacy

For further information: http://www.RoswellRudd.com.

Marilyn Crispell

The great pianist MARILYN CRISPELL started piano lessons at seven at the

Peabody Music School in Baltimore and later studied piano and composition at

the New England Conservatory in Boston. After a break for marriage and medical work, she returned to the music world six years later, attended Karl Berger’s Creative Music Studio, and studied jazz harmony with Charlie Banacos in Boston. She met Anthony Braxton at the Studio and toured Europe with his Creative Music Orchestra in 1978, recording on his “Composition 98” album in 1981. Ms. Crispell began playing solo and leading groups in the ‘8O’s and made several albums on the Music & Arts and Leo labels, working with Tim Berne, Andrew Cyrille, Anthony Davis, Reggie Workman, and others. She continued recording throughout the ‘9O’s, yielding a number of fine albums with Fred Anderson, Anthony Braxton, Mark Dresser, George Graewe, Gerry Hemingway, Paul Motian, Gary Peacock, Irene Schweizer, Reggie Workman, and more, as well as several solo recordings; in all, she has made nearly a hundred recordings under her own name and as a member of groups led by others. The recipient of fellowship grants from the New York State Foundation for the Arts and a composition commission from the Mary Flagler Cary Trust, Ms. Crispell has taught improvisation workshops and has given lecture-demonstrations at universities and cultural institutions throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe. She has played in many festivals worldwide, including Vision Festival ‘O4 in the Henry Grimes trio, which also featured master percussionist Andrew Cyrille.

“As far as I’m concerned, after Cecil Taylor, she’s the strongest pianist that I know of. She’s technically a virtuoso, she can read materials that I don’t think many pianists of her generation can comfortably take care of, she has the kind of facility that’s really awesome, she’s a real musician on the piano, she has a very keen intellect, and she can also respond quickly in the moment.”

-- Anthony Braxton.

Further information: http://www.MarilynCrispell.com.

Tani Tabbal

TANI TABBAL plays trap drums, North and West African percussion, tabla, and multi-percussion. In Chicago at age 5, he began playing & exploring drums, and by age 14 he was a professional, playing and performing with Oscar Brown, Jr. At 17, Tani had already played with Phil Cohran and was about to head out on tour with Sun Ra and his Arkestra. Tani Tabbal became known for his fluidity with odd and mixed meters, and his comprehensive knowledge of the tradition, combining with his passion for the avant-garde and pushing the jazz medium, as well as his astonishing ability to blend world rhythms, are all qualities that have brought him concerts, tours, and recordings with Muhal Richard Abrams, Geri Allen, Anthony Braxton, James Carter, Andrew Cyrille, Richard Davis, Oliver Lake, Roscoe Mitchell, David Murray, Pharoah Sanders, Henry Threadgill, and Cassandra Wilson, among others. Tani Tabbal has recorded on Atlantic, Black Saint, Blue Note, DIW, Saturn, Verve, and more.

"I have had the honor and privilege to work with Mr. Tabbal for the last thirty years. Tani Tabbal is among the greatest living percussionists today."

-- Roscoe Mitchell

Further information: http://www.tanitabbal.com.

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Jazz at Bard, 845-758-7456, jazzatbard@bard.edu;

Bard Jazz Club, 914-329-7248, corleone62@aol.com;

Bard College Public Relations, 845-758-7512, darrow@bard.edu;

http://www.bard.edu/jazzatbard/series10.