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Theo Bleckmann Elegy at Fulkerson Recital Hall
Courtesy of Brown Paper Tickets | Posted on January 20, 2017
Where
Fulkerson Recital Hall
Humboldt State University
Arcata, CA
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When
Fri, February 10, 2017
8:00 pm
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About
Read a dozen reviews of Theo Bleckmann and youll spot some recurring themes: meticulous technique, astounding range, precise pitch, unearthly yet elementally human timbre. But the label most commonly applied to his vocalizing may be uncategorizable. Bleckmann has recorded art songs, bar songs, and an award-winning album of Kate Bush songs. Hes sung Charles Ives with indie-jazz group Kneebody. The composers of the Bang on a Can collective write for him regularly. For fifteen years, he was a core member of the Meredith Monk ensemble. Jazz writer David Hajdu finds him as playfully experimental as Albert Ayler or Ornette Coleman, and DownBeat named him male vocalist of the year in 2014. Now hes touring in support of his first album for the legendary ECM label, with a band that includes longtime allies Monder and Hollenbeck....