Lazaro Vega Posted August 10, 2012 Report Posted August 10, 2012 Artist information or other inquiries please contact kch@kerrytown.com or call 734-769-2999. • JAZZ • Wednesday October 3 at 8 pm Trio X Joe McPhee, brass/reeds Dominic Duval, bass Jay Rosen, drums • JAZZ • Saturday October 6 at 7 & 9 pm National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master of 2012: Sheila Jordan with the Dobbins-Krahnke-Weed Trio Sheila Jordan, vocals Tad Weed, piano Kurt Krahnke, bass Sean Dobbins, drums • JAZZ • Saturday October 27 at 8 pm Mark Elf Jazz Guitar • EDGEFEST • Wednesday October 31—Saturday November 3 16th ANNUAL EDGEFEST WORLDLY MEASURES 2012 Edgefest Line Up Wadada Leo Smith: Ten Freedom Summers Rudresh Mahanthapa’s Indo Pak Coalition Jason Kao Wang’s Edge Quartet Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet Taylor Ho Bynum, cornet Jim Hobbs, alto saxophone Bill Lowe, bass Mary Halvorson, guitar Ken Filiano, bass Tomas Fujiwara, drums Mary Redhouse Marty Erlich: Fables featuring Marty Ehrlich, clarinets/flute/saxophones Hankus Netsky, piano/accordion Marcus Rojas, tuba Ben Allison Band Ben Allison, bass Steve Cardenas, guitar Brandon Seabrook, banjo Allison Miller, drums Fred Van Hove, piano Ed Sarath: Timescape (guest artist tba) Ab Baars-Ig Henneman Duo Ab Baars, tenor saxophone/clarinet/shakuhachi Ig Henneman, viola More to be announcedTHE 16th ANNUAL EDGEFEST (October 31 - Nov 3, 2012) will explore new music created by today’s American improvisers and composers who now, more than ever, are reaching back to multiple artistic roots, reflecting a growing awareness of the cultural complexity of contemporary American society. The accumulations of different origins, ethnic and cultural backgrounds, filtered by contemporary, uniquely American experiences, have produced a cornucopia of new music; a blending of improvisational-avant jazz with the composers’ own—often multiple--artistic/cultural roots. In the tradition of Edgefest the roster includes international musicians as well as performers and ensembles from our home community of Southeast Michigan and showcases some of the most celebrated and creative multi-instrumentalists on the scene today. September, October and Edgefest Calendar 415 North Fourth Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48104 • 734-769-299 • kerrytownconcerthouse.com 19 As in past years, Edgefest reaches out beyond the concert hall with Fringe at the Edge performances, public discussions, workshops and school residencies. The community is invited to attend all educational and Fringe events free of charge. Discover FRINGE at the EDGE As part of the 10th anniversary of Edgefest in 2006, KCH created a series of free public performance events which took place during the days and early evenings in restaurants, cafés and galleries in downtown Ann Arbor, featuring some of the areas most accomplished creative musicians. The Fringe project, now a festival staple, has been very successful in moving creative and imaginative music making out of the conventional concert hall venue and into public spaces such as bars, restaurants and markets. This year, the Fringe series will surprise, delight, and educate an audience that might not otherwise have ventured into the concert hall setting of Edgefest. Details of the Fringe events will be announced soon. Past venues have included Argiero’s Restaurant, the sh’AUT space in Braun Court, and Sweetwaters Café in Kerrytown. LINE UP DETAIL (Show times and order of appearance to be announced) Wednesday Oct. 31 Dutch pianist Fred Van Hove Jason Hwang's Edge Quartet Ab Baars - Ig Henneman Duo Jason Kao Hwang’s Edge Quartet Jason Kao Hwang (composer, violin/ viola) has created works ranging from jazz, classical, “new” and world music. The album Stories Before Within (2008, Innova) featuring his jazz quartet EDGE, was chosen as one ofthe Top Ten CDs of 2008 by Coda Magazine. Commitment, The Complete Recordings, 1981-1983, from a collective quartet that was Mr. Hwang’s first band, was voted as “2010 Reissued Recording of the Year” by All About Jazz / New York. Hwang has also received support from US Artists International, the American Music Center, Meet the Composer/New Residencies, the National Endowment for the Arts, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and others. Spontaneous River, Mr. Hwang’s orchestra of string improvisers, performed in the Vision Festival XIV and released the recording of in early 2011. Mr. Hwang has collaborated with Reggie Workman, William Parker, Anthony Braxton, Vladamir Tarasov, Henry Threadgill and many others. Thursday Nov. 1 Rudresh Mahanthapa’s Indo Pak Coalition Ben Allison Band Edge Quartet with Deanna Relyea and Piotr Michalowski--new work by Jason Hwang on poetry by selected award winning NYC poets. September, October and Edgefest Calendar 415 North Fourth Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48104 • 734-769-299 • kerrytownconcerthouse.com 20 Rudresh Mahanthapa’s Indo Pak Coalition Consistently heralded by critics as one of the most original composers in his field, altoist Rudresh Mahanthappa's prolific contributions to contemporary jazz have earned him a Guggenheim Fellowship, commissions to create new work from the likes of the Rockefeller Foundation MAP Fund, Chamber Music America and the American Composers Forum, and a win in the 2011 Downbeat international Critics Poll. His rare ability to synthesize South Indian music concepts with a seemingly boundless range of unexpected influences frequently characterizes him as one of the most important artists in the music today -- a distinction the Jazz Journalists Association recently echoed by naming him Alto Saxophonist of the Year three consecutive times from 2009-2011. Since the 2009 release of the album Apti, the tabla and guitar-studded Indo-Pak Coalition has provided a more playful take on Mahanthappa's symbiosis between the music of his ancestors and the jazz he grew up listening to in Colorado. Friday Nov. 2 Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet Ed Sarath's Timescape Wadada Leo Smith Quartet Saturday Nov. 3 Edgefest Parade at 12PM Mary Redhouse Wadada Leo Smith Quartet University of Michigan Jazz ensemble led by Wadada Leo Smith Marty Ehrlich's Fables Wadada Leo Smith Trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist, composer and improviser, Wadada Leo Smith has been an active leader in creative contemporary music for over forty years. Ten Freedom Summers is a large work inspired by the activity of the civil rights movement from The Niagara falls congress in 1905 and 1948, when President Harry S. Truman signed the Executive Order 9981 and up to Dr. Martin Luther King's Memphis speech in 1968. For more information, please visit the artist's website. Mr. Smith currently has three ensembles: Golden Quartet, Silver Orchestra, and Organic. His compositions have also been performed by other contemporary music ensembles: AACM-Orchestra, Kronos Quartet, Da Capo Chamber Player, New Century Players, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Contemporary Chamber Players (University of Chicago), S.E.M. Ensemble, Southwest Chamber Music, Del Sol String Quartet, New York New Music Ensemble, ne(x)tworks, and California E.A.R. Unit. Mr. Smith's music for multi-ensembles has been performed since 1969. "Tabligh" for double-ensemble was performed by Golden Quartet and Classical Persian ensemble at Merkin Concert Hall (2006) and by Golden Quartet and Suleyman Erguner's Classical Turkish ensemble at Akbank Music Festival in Istanbul (2007). His largest work "Odwira" for 12 multiensembles (52 instrumentalists) was performed at California Institute of the Arts (March 1995). His Noh piece "Heart Reflections" was performed in Merkin Concert Hall, NY (November 1996). _____________________________________________________________________________________ September, October and Edgefest Calendar 415 North Fourth Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48104 • 734-769-299 • kerrytownconcerthouse.com Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted August 11, 2012 Report Posted August 11, 2012 Trying to figure out if we can get to see/hear Wadada's performances. Damn! Quote
colinmce Posted August 11, 2012 Report Posted August 11, 2012 Shit that's a good festival. How does something like that get going in Ann Arbor of all places? Quote
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