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Sat, 09/19/09
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(349 days ago)
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From: 08:00 PM
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To: 09:00 PM
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Location: An die Musik Live
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410.385.2638
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Carl Grubbs
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The Carl Grubbs Quintet with special guest Odean Pope
Carl Grubbs - Saxophones
Odean Pope - Tenor Saxophone
Todd Marcus - Bass Clarinet
Elmer Gibson - Piano
Michael Formanek - Bass
Eric Allen - Drums
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm -- Pre-concert Talk with Francis Davis
8 pm - 9 pm -- 1st set
9:30 pm - 10:30 pm -- 2nd set
Tickets: $20/$18 seniors & students per set
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
FRANCIS DAVIS - http://www.pewarts.org/94/Davis/index.html
2009 Grammy Award Recipient for Album Notes: "Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition," Francis Davis, album notes writer (Miles Davis) (Columbia/Legacy Recordings)
Davis's writing career began to take form in the scripts he wrote for a Philadelphia public-radio show (which he also produced and hosted) that specialized in playing out-of-print jazz. When his scripts evolved into more sophisticated jazz criticism, he started submitting them for publication and became a staff writer at a small New Jersey newspaper. Since his first article for The Atlantic, "The Loss of Count Basie" (August 1984), he has authored four books: In the Moment (1986), Outcats (1990), The History of the Blues: The Roots, the Music, the People From Charley Patton to Robert Cray (1995), and Bebop and Nothingness: Jazz and Pop at the End of the Century (1996).
Davis writes for a variety of publications, including The Village Voice, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Stereo Review. A 1994 Pew Fellow in the Arts, he teaches a course in jazz, blues, and folklore at the University of Pennsylvania. Along with international publication Davis has been widely recognized with awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1992, and a Pew Fellowship the following year. He is a multiple recipient of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award, and was nominated for a Grammy Award in for his liner notes to Jazz Piano for the Smithsonian Collection of Recordings.
CARL GRUBBS - www.carlgrubbsjazz.com
Carl G. Grubbs – Baker Artist Award Winner, 2009
Carl Gordon Grubbs, alto, soprano and tenor saxophonist – composer, is a native of Philadelphia. Carl’s father Earl Grubbs played blues piano and his Mother played gospel piano. His mother often told the story of how after attending a concert, they developed an intense desire to see their sons Carl and Earl play instruments and perform concerts. In the beginning Earl played saxophone and Carl played piano. Later they purchased an alto saxophone for Earl and a clarinet for Carl and enrolled them at a local music store for private instruction. His parents also hired a musician that provided tutelage on music harmony and theory. The brothers also received early extensive training from John Coltrane, who was married to his cousin, Naima. Through his family, Carl was close to many of the history-making jazz musicians of the 1950’s and 1960’s.
Carl’s career can best be described as one of diversity: composer, performer, teacher, leader, recording artist and presenter. With his brother, Earl, he formed The Visitors, a quintet that recorded four albums for the Muse record company in the early 1970’s. After moving to Baltimore he was awarded a grant from the NEA, Harborplace Merchants Association and the Rouse Company to present concerts at Baltimore’s
Inner Harbor and workshops for local artists at Southern High School... Notable jazz musicians such as Pharaoh Sanders, Monty Waters, Ken McIntyre and Earl Grubbs performed in concert in the Light Street Pavilion. These artists also facilitated workshops in jazz improvisation for local artists. Carl’s second NEA grant provided funding for concert performances of the DC Jazz Workshop Orchestra which he directed under the auspices of D.C. Space, a nonprofit presenting organization.
Carl co-founded with Bob Gray, Saxophonist, the Maryland Center for Creative Music, a nonprofit presenting organization. This organization presented Julius Hemphill, Jaki Bayard and Marcus Belgrave in concert at the Baltimore Museum of Art. The Maryland Center for Creative Music also presented local artists in concert at the Walters Art Gallery and held a jazz festival in downtown Baltimore which featured Ethel Ennis, vocalist and Malachai Thompson, Trumpeter.
Carl Grubbs is a former member of the Julius Hemphill Saxophone Sextet. This group toured the United States and Europe performing two productions: Hemphill’s Long Tongues: A Saxophone Opera, and Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Production: Last Supper at Uncle Tom’s Cabin: The Promised Land. Mr. Grubbs was a guest soloist at the Philadelphia performance of Reggie Workman’s project, African Brass, a tribute to John Coltrane. The Carl Grubbs Quintet performs in major cities in the United States. They have also performed in Bogotá’ and Medellin, Columbia, South America, and most recently completed a successful eight city tour of Brazil.
One of Carl’s most recent projects is the Coltrane Dialogues, a program of music and dialogue. This project is a tribute to John Coltrane. The Carl Grubbs Quintet has performed the music of Coltrane at the Guelph Jazz Festival, venues in the Boston area, University of Pennsylvania and Baltimore, Maryland. The Carl Grubbs/Lafayette Gilchrist Ensemble has recently completed the Maryland Traditions Project which focuses on the music of Eubie Blake, Chick Webb, Billie Holiday, Albert Dailey and Carl Grubbs.The project culminated with a live CD recording at An Die Musik Live in Baltimore City. This project was funded by the Maryland State Arts Council and the Maryland Historical Trust. The project documented the contributions of Marylanders to the art form of Jazz.
Carl Grubbs is the co-founder of Contemporary Arts Inc., a nonprofit arts organization. The organization’s programs Summer Activity Extraordinaire (SAX): Music and Dance Camp and Summer Arts Academy: Music & Dance (Howard County) provides music and dance education to youth ages 4 – 17 in Baltimore area. The SAX camp program is held on the campus of Loyola College in Maryland.
Carl Grubbs is a member of the MSAC Arts in Education – Artist roster. In addition he has twice been the recipient of the MSAC Traditions award as a jazz master, working with apprentices David Lowe and Lafayette Gilchrist to pass on the traditions of improvised jazz music. He was selected by MSAC as a showcase artist during the recent PAE Conference in Baltimore.
Currently Carl Grubbs is Artist-in Residence at St. Paul School in Brooklandville, MD. He is Jazz Band Director at the Ward Center and conducts private instrumental lessons. He also conducts the Middle School Jazz Band at Friends School in Baltimore, MD. and directs an afterschool music program at the Bernard Harris Elementary School in Baltimore City.
Discography
Brother Soul, CIMP label, May 2006
Stepping Around The Giant, CIMP label (2003)
Reflections, B&C Productions (2002)
Live at the BMA: Inner Harbor Suite, B&C Productions, (1994)
Live at The New Haven Lounge, B&C Productions, (1993)
Julius Hemphill, Fat Man and The Hard Blues, Black Saint, 1991
Odean Pope, Two Dreams, CIMP label 2004
Broto Roy Live, Total Immersion, Buzkashi, 2001
The Visitors (Carl and Earl Grubbs) NEPTUNE, MOTHERLAND, IN MY YOUTH AND REBIRTH,Muse Records, 1972-74
ELMER GIBSON - http://www.myspace.com/elmergibson
In 1960 Elmer formed his own tri and began working in small clubs in the Philadelphia area. During the fourteen-year period that followed, he experimented with various instrumental combinations for which he wrote and arranged numerous works. When not performing with his own group he worked with local and nationally known artists, many of whom he met at “jam sessions” which were common in those days. The most notable of these musicians were Dakota Staton, Al Grey, Frank Foster, Kenny Durham, Cat Anderson, Sonny Fortune, Gary Bartz, and Shirley Scott. Elmer Gibson can be heard on Carl Grubbs’ CD’s, Live at the New Haven Lounge, Live at the BMA: Inner Harbor Suite and Reflections.
ERIC ALLEN
Professional recording Artist.
Drummer. Keyboardist, Guitarist, Voice, Instructor
Extensive travel throughout the world performing music.
Performed in some of the most noted Jazz Clubs in the world.
Extensive and diversified experience traveling the world as a jazz musician. As such, I have had the opportunity to play with some of the most skilled artists in the business, Lionel Hampton, Illinois Jacquet, Jon Hendricks and Wallace Roney. I have played in cities such as New York, London, Rome, Milan, Tokyo, Zurich and Paris. Drum Instructor.
Career Highlights:
European US tours performing with Illinois Jacquet Big Band at the BERLIN JAZZ FESTIVAL.
European and US tours performing with Jon Hendricks and Friends.
CD recordings with Wallace Roney including “SETHS AIR”, “MYSTERIOSO”, “PROTOTYPE” and his latest recording “JAZZ”.
Drum instructor, New Sewell Music Conservatory, Boy’s and Girl’s Club of Greater Washington, D.C.
Education:
Duke Ellington HS for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC
Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
MICHAEL FORMANEK - http://www.amibotheringyou.com
Michael Formanek’s singular approach to the acoustic bass has led to an impressive range of musical associations. During his thirty-plus year career, he has played and/or recorded with Elvis Costello, Tim Berne, Uri Caine, Freddie Hubbard, Stan Getz, Marty Ehrlich, Chet Baker, Tony Williams, Gerry Mulligan, Bob Mintzer, Fred Hersch, Dave Liebman, Joe Henderson, Mark Isham, Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabackin Big Band, Mingus Big Band, Terumasa Hino, Cedar Walton, Attila Zoller, George Coleman, Jane Ira Bloom, Bob Moses, Gunther Schuller, Peter Erskine, Joe and Matt Maneri, Gary Thomas, Harold Danko, Dave Burrell, and many others.
Composition also plays a significant role in Formanek’s overall musical profile, and four albums of his original music, Wide Open Spaces, Extended Animation, Low Profile and Nature Of The Beast have been released to critical acclaim on the Enja label. Am I Bothering You, a recording of solo bass performances made for Tim Berne’s Screwgun label, has firmly established itself as an important contribution to that genre. Formanek produced or co-produced all of these recordings and among the featured musicians are Greg Osby, Tim Berne, Mark Feldman, Dave Douglas, Marvin “Smitty” Smith, Ku-umba Frank Lacy, Marty Ehrlich, Wayne Krantz, and Jim Black. Formanek received Chamber Music America's New Works: Creation and Presentation Grant for 2000-2001 to compose a new piece for the Tim Berne/Michael Formanek Duo, which was recently performed in Philadelphia as part of the Chamber Music America Encore program for 2007. Formanek was commissioned to compose an original piece for the 150th anniversary of the Peabody Conservatory. The piece, The Open Book for Jazz Soloists with Orchestra, was premiered at Peabody in February of 2007, and featured members of the Peabody Jazz Orchestra and the full Peabody Concert Orchestra under the direction of Hajime Teri Murai.
Current projects include Tim Berne’s bloodcount, together with saxophonists Tim Berne and Chris Speed, and drummer Jim Black, which has reunited after a ten-year hiatus, and 3081, a Baltimore based quartet featuring trumpeter Dave Ballou, saxophone and clarinetist, John Dierker, and percussionist Will Redman, and a new quartet with Tim Berne, pianist Craig Taborn, and Gerald Cleaver on drums.
TODD MARCUS - http://www.toddmarcusjazz.com
Bass clarinetist and composer Todd Marcus is one of the few jazz artists worldwide to focus exclusively on use of the bass clarinet as a primary soloing instrument.
Jazz Times contributing journalist David Adler writes, “Marcus…brings a saxophonic rigor to the bass clarinet while also generating enough sonic power to front a nine-piece ensemble…With his melodic imagination and technical aptitude on an unorthodox horn, Marcus has something truly new and personal to offer.” He actively leads small ensembles such as the Todd Marcus Quartet, Trio, and Duo as well and his nonet, The Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra, which features his compositions and arrangements for six horns, piano, bass, and drums.
Self taught in jazz theory and composition, Marcus’ compositions draw largely on straight-ahead jazz and classical influences but over recent years have also increasingly explored the Middle-Eastern sounds from his Egyptian-American heritage. His work includes international performances, clinics, and radio play and he has worked with other jazz artists such as Larry Willis, Orrin Evans, and Joel Frahm, Mike Formanek, and Gary Thomas. Marcus was also a featured guest at the 1st World Bass Clarinet Convention in Rotterdam, Holland where his work was recognized for both his compositions and unique solo voice.
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