Dave Burrell at Efw Solo Piano Festival at St. Andrew & St. Luke Church

"Burrell has enjoyed a career renaissance over the past decade. To hear him today is to experience a singular sound that reaches back from the hard-edged attack of his free playing to ragtime and stride."

— Jazz Times


Elysium Furnace Works is thrilled to present the acclaimed virtuoso Dave Burrell as our first pianist for the EFW Solo Piano Festival. Mr. Burrell came to prominence as an influential innovator in New York’s free jazz scene in the 1960's, subsequently playing alongside such trailblazing musicians as saxophonists Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, Marion Brown and David Murray. In addition to more than forty albums under his own leadership, he has recorded over eighty albums as a sideman, as well as having composed multiple operas, in addition to many other multidisciplinary collaborative works. Mr. Burrell's accomplishments and profile as a revered figure internationally are truly without parallel in any music. ...

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"Burrell has enjoyed a career renaissance over the past decade. To hear him today is to experience a singular sound that reaches back from the hard-edged attack of his free playing to ragtime and stride."

— Jazz Times


Elysium Furnace Works is thrilled to present the acclaimed virtuoso Dave Burrell as our first pianist for the EFW Solo Piano Festival. Mr. Burrell came to prominence as an influential innovator in New York’s free jazz scene in the 1960's, subsequently playing alongside such trailblazing musicians as saxophonists Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, Marion Brown and David Murray. In addition to more than forty albums under his own leadership, he has recorded over eighty albums as a sideman, as well as having composed multiple operas, in addition to many other multidisciplinary collaborative works. Mr. Burrell's accomplishments and profile as a revered figure internationally are truly without parallel in any music.

The artists following Mr. Burrell for the EFW Solo Piano Festival will include:

March 8: Kris Davis — The extraordinary, prodigiously gifted pianist, educator, label owner and singular creative force returns to Beacon for a performance rich with her noted technical dexterity and phenomenal, nonpareil invention. Advance tickets are on sale at https://krisdavis.eventbrite.com;

March 15: Alexis Marcelo — From his work with Yusef Lateef, JD Parran and original Can vocalist Malcolm Mooney to his collaborations with GZA of Wu-Tang Clan and Abiodun Oyewole of the Last Poets; from the Bronx to The Metropolitan Opera, performing as part of the Met's critically accalimed restaging of the opera X — The Life and Times of Malcolm X in 2023; the fierce up-and-coming keyboardist Marcelo will showcase his exceptional breadth and improvisational daring. Advance tickets are on sale at https://marcelo.eventbrite.com;

March 22: Eri Yamamoto — The lamentably under-recognized Japanese pianist Yamamoto has been an veteran eminence of the NYC Downtown scene and a longtime educator; her singular, rapturous artistry is sure to mesmerize, inspire and (we hope) gain many new fans in her first Beacon performance. Advance tickets are on sale at https://yamamoto.eventbrite.com;

March 29: Jamie Saft — The renowned Rasta polymath and former Hudson Valley titan returns to Beacon to close out our solo piano festival on a blazing high note, drawing upon decades of exceptional work with artists ranging from Iggy Pop to John Zorn and countless artists in between, when not leading his own remarkably diverse, ecstatic projects. Advance tickets are on sale at https://jamiesaft.eventbrite.com.

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