Willie Oteri and Wd-41 at Jazz OUTside Series at Kenny Dorham's Backyard

Kicking off this years season of Beyond Jazz, Free Jazz, Improvisation and more. Every 4th Thursday of the month at the beautiful outdoor venue Kenny Dorham's Backyard in East Austin.

When: Thrusday April 23 doors at 7 show at 7:30
Where: 1106 E 11th St, Austin, TX 78702
Who: word/jazz lowstars. WD-41 (Dave Laczko and Willie Oteri) open free jam to follow.
Cost: A $5 donation is suggested to help DiverseArts continue it’s work promoting local arts and artists.
Children have free admission.

Contact: Harold McMillan [email protected]

B.Y.O.B (cans and plastic only). Soft drinks and snacks available for purchase. Food trailers on the grounds. ...

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Kicking off this years season of Beyond Jazz, Free Jazz, Improvisation and more. Every 4th Thursday of the month at the beautiful outdoor venue Kenny Dorham's Backyard in East Austin.

When: Thrusday April 23 doors at 7 show at 7:30
Where: 1106 E 11th St, Austin, TX 78702
Who: word/jazz lowstars. WD-41 (Dave Laczko and Willie Oteri) open free jam to follow.
Cost: A $5 donation is suggested to help DiverseArts continue it’s work promoting local arts and artists.
Children have free admission.

Contact: Harold McMillan [email protected]

B.Y.O.B (cans and plastic only). Soft drinks and snacks available for purchase. Food trailers on the grounds.


word/jazz lowstars
Anchored by a rhythm section of gifted improvisers—Doug Marcis on drums, Chris Vestra on guitar, Harold McMillan on bass— and gifted soloists (Cami Rocha on saxophones) who keep the exploration moving with riff-based groove-noise, Harold McMillan’s word/jazz lowstars includes local spoken word stand-outs Ivanho, Thom the World Poet, Ricardo Acevedo, and others. Past featured performers include Valerie Bridgeman Davis, raulsalinas, Zell Miller, Daniel Davis Clayton, Poet on Watch, Sharon Bridgeforth, Chandra Washington and numerous other world-class Austin-based poets, writers, and players.

WD-41
Willie Oteri and Dave Laczko are at the forefront of the local Beyond Jazz scene and have toured Italy and Germany since their first release WD-41 in 2009. A treack from their second release Temi Per Cinema is currently in the Top 25 downloads of the last 30 days at All About Jazz. They are presently working on a new release. "The artists transmit a dark and ethereal set of circumstances, while having some notable fun during the process. It's a synthetic soundscape of aural colors that prods the mind's eye—stranger than fiction, some might say." -Glenn Astarita, All About Jazz.
For more information see: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Willie-Oteri/150104544498?fref=ts

We hope you will join us. B.Y.O.B (cans and plastic only). Bring your own lawn chairs and blankets. A $5 donation is suggested to help DiverseArts continue it’s work promoting local arts and artists. Children have free admission.

Austin Cultral Arts Division.

DiverseArts Culture Works is funded and supported in part by the City of Austin through the Economic Growth & Redevelopment Services Office/Cultural Arts Division believing an investment in the Arts is an investment in Austin’s future. Visit Austin at NowPlayingAustin.com.

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