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Courtesy of Yulanda Denoon | Posted on November 1, 2010
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Columbia University: 301 Philosophy Hall
116th & Broadway
New York, NY
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Wed, December 1, 2010
7:30 pm
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Roy Nathanson is a composer, saxophonist, songwriter, poet, actor, and teacher. He is the leader and principal composer of the Jazz Passengers, a band that for the past 23 years has played the major festivals, toured Europe, and developed a remarkable repertoire of original music. The Passengers are also noted for the remarkable array of singers who have worked with them: Elvis Costello, Jimmy Scott, Jeff Buckley, and Deborah Harry, who is now a full-time member of the band. As a musician, Nathanson has played with Charles Earland, The Lounge Lizards, Steve Lacy, Marc Ribot, and The Shirelles; he and pianist Anthony Coleman also perform and record as a duo...