CREATIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL: CREATIVE ORCHESTRAS w/ Muhal Richard Abrams & Butch Morris-REDCAT-Los Angeles-Feb 2/3
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With Muhal Richard Abrams, Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris, Adam Rudolph
and Organic Percussion, and Horace Tapscott's Pan-Afrikan Peoples
Arkestra
REDCAT, Los Angeles, February 2nd and 3rd at 8:30 p.m.
http://redcat.org/season/0607/mus/creative.php
This year's edition of the festival, curated by Wadada Leo Smith, is
devoted to a sustained exploration of creative music for orchestras
and large ensembles. The two-night program offers rare Los Angeles
performances by Muhal Richard Abrams and Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris --
two of the most distinguished luminaries of creative music. Abrams is
a legendary pianist, composer, improviser, co-founder of the hugely
influential Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians
(AACM), and president of the New York Chapter of the AACM, while
Morris is an Alpert Award-winning innovator who has redefined the
roles of composer, conductor, arranger and performer in a system of
structured improvisation he calls Conduction®. The festival also
includes a performance by Adam Rudolph and the acclaimed Organic
Percussion ensemble and a special tribute to the late Horace Tapscott,
founder of the seminal Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra ("The Ark"), which
will perform directed by Michael Sessions.
Fri Feb 2 | 8:30 pm
Muhal Richard Abrams
"You know you're in the presence of a master." Time Out New York
Muhal Richard Abrams:
http://aacmchicago.org/members/muhal_richard_abrams_bio.html
Adam Rudolph and Organic Percussion
"A startling and involving development in roots music -- a blend of
gentle sustained dissonance, heaven-crashing rhythm jams, and
individual improvisations." L.A. Weekly
Adam Rudolph and Organic Percussion: http://www.metarecords.com/
adam.html
Sat Feb 3 | 8:30 pm
Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris
"Morris' work takes up a life of its own... Its emotional range is
almost limitless." The New York Times
Butch Morris: www.conduction.us/
The Music of Horace Tapscott
"A signal figure both in the history of Los Angeles' cultural
landscape and the story of improvised music." The Wire
Horace Tapscott: http://www.posi-tone.com/tapscott/
Funded in part by a generous grants from The Herb Alpert Foundation
and The Phaedrus Foundation.
REDCAT (the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater) is located at the
corner of W. 2nd St. and S. Hope St., inside the Walt Disney Concert
Hall complex. Evening performances are scheduled for February 2nd and
3rd at 8:30 p.m. Ticket prices range from $18-$14, with discounts
available. Seating is general admission. Tickets may be purchased at
the REDCAT box office-located at the corner of 2nd and Hope Streets,
by calling 213.237.2800, or at <http://www.redcat.org>. Please plan on
arriving at least 30 minutes before curtain time. Seating at REDCAT is
unreserved, and late seating is not guaranteed. Parking is available
in the Walt Disney Concert Hall parking garage. Enter from 2nd St. and
proceed to level P3 for direct access to REDCAT. The evening event
rate is $8 after 5 p.m. Before 5 p.m., the maximum daytime rate is $17.