Bad Touch at Howland Cultural Center

“Bad Touch is a young group facing the usual embarrassment of riches. It's looking at 60 or so years of style and temperament in American jazz: soft, fast, loud, slow, in tempo, out of tempo, free, composed, cluttered, sparse, swinging and non. And it has chosen all of them.” -- Ben Ratliff, New York Times

Continuing into May, the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon, NY presents a monthly series, “Change of the Century – New Jazz for the 21st”, featuring some of the most exciting figures in contemporary music. Organized by local musician, writer and multimedia artist James Keepnews, “Change of the Century” intends to debunk any notion of jazz being an “old,” much less “dead” music. In this new century, artists spanning many generations continue to re-examine and re-invigorate jazz, continually weaving in new influences, formulating new challenges and establishing new standards. Any music that so thoroughly embraces the immediacy of improvisation is by definition a perpetually new music. Come hear the shock of new each month at “Change of the Century”....

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“Bad Touch is a young group facing the usual embarrassment of riches. It's looking at 60 or so years of style and temperament in American jazz: soft, fast, loud, slow, in tempo, out of tempo, free, composed, cluttered, sparse, swinging and non. And it has chosen all of them.” -- Ben Ratliff, New York Times

Continuing into May, the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon, NY presents a monthly series, “Change of the Century – New Jazz for the 21st”, featuring some of the most exciting figures in contemporary music. Organized by local musician, writer and multimedia artist James Keepnews, “Change of the Century” intends to debunk any notion of jazz being an “old,” much less “dead” music. In this new century, artists spanning many generations continue to re-examine and re-invigorate jazz, continually weaving in new influences, formulating new challenges and establishing new standards. Any music that so thoroughly embraces the immediacy of improvisation is by definition a perpetually new music. Come hear the shock of new each month at “Change of the Century”.

On Friday, May 31, “Change of the Century” presents the NYC collective quartet, Bad Touch, featuring alto saxophonist Loren Stillman, guitarist Nate Radley, organist Gary Versace, and drummer Ted Poor. The group performs original compositions by each band member, each a work of remarkable textural variety and daring The performance begins at 8 PM. Admission for each concert in the series is $15, and $10 for students and seniors. Tickets will be available at the door each concert evening only. A Facebook group for the concert series has been created and can be viewed at: www.facebook.com/groups/changeofthecentury. The Howland Cultural Center is located at 477 Main St in Beacon, NY and their telephone number is (845) 831-4988.

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