Eric Dolphy: Freedom Of Sound at John L. Tishman Auditorium

An adventurous celebration of jazz icon Eric Dolphy featuring More than 30 of today’s most compelling artists: NEA Jazz Master Reggie Workman, Nicole Mitchell, Don Byron, Eugene Chadbourne, James Brandon Lewis, Amir ElSaffar, Patricia Brennan, Darius Jones, Angelica Sanchez…See link for complete listing. Some will create new works from unfinished Dolphy scores. Others will explore Dolphy’s little-known jam sessions with Cecil Taylor. (True thing!) Bass-clarinet and string quartets. Geri Allen’s epic “Celebration Suite for Eric Dolphy”—performed only once, 35 years ago. Dance legend Dianne McIntyre...

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An adventurous celebration of jazz icon Eric Dolphy featuring More than 30 of today’s most compelling artists: NEA Jazz Master Reggie Workman, Nicole Mitchell, Don Byron, Eugene Chadbourne, James Brandon Lewis, Amir ElSaffar, Patricia Brennan, Darius Jones, Angelica Sanchez…See link for complete listing. Some will create new works from unfinished Dolphy scores. Others will explore Dolphy’s little-known jam sessions with Cecil Taylor. (True thing!) Bass-clarinet and string quartets. Geri Allen’s epic “Celebration Suite for Eric Dolphy”—performed only once, 35 years ago. Dance legend Dianne McIntyre. New School ensemble. And flutist/composer Dr. James Newton leading a symposium on Dolphy’s life and music and a listening session. If you have even a mote of interest in the music of Eric Dolphy, and what he might have done had he not died so young, this is where you need to be. Tell your friends.

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