Efw Presents: Duology ( Ted Daniel / Michael Marcus ) + Warren Smith at VBI Theatre at Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center

All About Jazz has said the following about these esteemed veteran musicians:

"Michael Marcus and Ted Daniel have long been distinctive improvisers. Both have made a mark not only on the free jazz scene, but also with mainstream bands. Whatever the setting, they have found the space to add their own impulses to enrich the music. And so, of the many duos that have popped up in the world of jazz, this one makes a marked impression...(the duo format) actually expands the possibilities of interaction between Marcus and Daniel. Once the starkness of the musical setting is accepted, what has been created can be appreciated as quite remarkable."...

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All About Jazz has said the following about these esteemed veteran musicians:

"Michael Marcus and Ted Daniel have long been distinctive improvisers. Both have made a mark not only on the free jazz scene, but also with mainstream bands. Whatever the setting, they have found the space to add their own impulses to enrich the music. And so, of the many duos that have popped up in the world of jazz, this one makes a marked impression...(the duo format) actually expands the possibilities of interaction between Marcus and Daniel. Once the starkness of the musical setting is accepted, what has been created can be appreciated as quite remarkable."

"Drummer, percussionist and composer Warren Smith has arguably had one of the most varied careers of any improvising drummer, working with artists as diverse as Sam Rivers, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, Bill Cole and Harry Partch. Though originally trained in modern classical percussion, jazz and improvised music became paramount after moving to New York in the late '50s. With Max Roach, he started the important percussion ensemble M'Boom Re: Percussion and Smith also opened one of the first and longest-running performance lofts, Studio WIS, in 1967."

Elysium Furnace Works continues its epic 2025 season with a veteran Hudson Valley musician, trumpeter Ted Daniel, joined by clarinetist Michael Marcus in their long-running project, Duology. For this concert, Duology is expands to a trio when they are joined by the illustrious, nonagenarian percussionist Warren Smith, performing on drums and vibraphone.

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