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The Saturn People's Sound Collective at Burlington Discover Jazz Festival at Flynn Center for The Performing Arts
Courtesy of Abbie Tykocki | Posted on April 26, 2013
Where
Flynn Center for The Performing Arts
Burlington Discover Jazz Festival
153 Main Street
Burlington, VT
Map
802.652.4500
When
Tue, June 4, 2013
8PM
Save the date
Musicians
Robinson Morse
bassAbout
also, Evan Crandell,Zach Tonnissen,Luke LaPlant,Hilary Goldblatt,Caleb Elder,Indigo Ruth-Davis,Nelson Caldwell,Dan Silverman.
If Sun Ra, Steve Reich, and Sonic Youth met on the Silk Road, you might hear something that approximates The Saturn People’s Sound Collective. A 20-person band under the direction of Vermont’s Brian Boyes, the group combines jazz, minimalism, post-rock long-form melodic sensibilities, and global music. With instrumentation that includes five reeds, four trombones, three trumpets/flugelhorns, three cellos, a violin, guitar, bass, modified drum kit, and loads of Indian, South American, and Middle Eastern percussion, witness the cosmic power of the collective and embark on a strange celestial journey. After all, as Sun Ra proved, “Space is the place.”...