Charles Gayle Memorial 2024 at Roulette Intermedium

In addition to an evening which will attempt to reflect the breadth of creativity that is the Great Charles Gayle, We will also present an excerpt from a new Charles Gayle biopic by MoonLasso and Arts for Art.

Charles Gayle’s music was steeped in the entire history of African music which he brought into the present tense. His Free music did not replace the great African or African American music that came before. It is a part of the whole. The music reflected the church, the streets, the liberation movement, and the experience as an African Human Being in America.

An intense and uncompromised artist, Charles Gayle made music that was spirit filled. Spirit was always at the center of his music. ...

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In addition to an evening which will attempt to reflect the breadth of creativity that is the Great Charles Gayle, We will also present an excerpt from a new Charles Gayle biopic by MoonLasso and Arts for Art.

Charles Gayle’s music was steeped in the entire history of African music which he brought into the present tense. His Free music did not replace the great African or African American music that came before. It is a part of the whole. The music reflected the church, the streets, the liberation movement, and the experience as an African Human Being in America.

An intense and uncompromised artist, Charles Gayle made music that was spirit filled. Spirit was always at the center of his music.

Admission: FREE
CHARLES GAYLE MEMORIAL · Monday October 28, 2024
6:45 As people walk in the music of Charles Gayle
7:05 Opening by Ekwambu Gayle (Charles Gayle’s son)
7:10 BASS CHOIR (William Parker, Michael Bisio, Christopher Dean Sullivan with Sax by Joe McPhee)
7:30 Michael Wimberly speaks on Charles Gayle
7:35 Michael TA Thompson – drums / Jason Kao Hwang - violin / Mixashawn - sax /Ken Filano - bass
8:00 2nd video clip by Dwayne and Ebba Jahn “Instruments My Father Played”
8:05 DRUM Choir (TA Thompson, Michael Wimberly, Jay Rosen, with Cooper-Moore on percussion and hoe harp)
8:20 Michael Gayle - piano
8:30 CHARLES GAYLE Biopic by MoonLasso
8:50 Matthew Shipp playing hymns w/dance by Miriam Parker, Patricia Nicholson
9:05 Michael Wimberly / Michael Bisio / Dave Sewelson
9:15 Yuko Otomo reads excerpt from Steve Dalachinsky poetry book on Charles Gayle
9:20 Bible Passage sung by, Kyoko, Kitamura, Ellen Christi, Lisa Sokolov, Andrea Wolper / Michael Wimberly - piano
9:45 Michael TA Thompson– Reflections on conversations with Charles Gayle
9:50 Isaiah Collier – sax / William Parker – bass / Dave Burrell - piano
10:10 William Parker’s extended PocketWatch : Featuring: / Michael Foster / Isaiah Collier / Alfredo Colon / Aakash Mittal / Devin Waldman / Rob Brown/ Dave Sewelson / Diego Hedez / Masahiko Kono / Steve Swell / William Parker / Kyoko Kitamura / Ellen Christi / Patricia Nicholson / Hans Young Binter / Juan Pablo Carletti /

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