Obo Addy

September 19, 2009

One of the key originators of the seminal musical movement now known as "Worldbeat," Obo Addy is a prominent member of the first generation of African musicians to bring their traditional and popular music to Europe and America. An original and respected composer whose music reaches far beyond the boundaries of his land of birth, Addy has a twenty-year presence on the international performing arts scene and has become known for his ability to celebrate past traditions while expanding to embrace new ideas and foreign influences through his music.

David Ornette Cherry

September 19, 2009

Son of the late avant-garde trumpeter Don Cherry, David Ornette Cherry writes, arranges and improvises invigoratingly fresh and thick, sweet textured music from sunrise to sunset. In 2003, he received the ASCAP- Chamber Music America Award for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music. The melodies that arise from Cherry’s jazz, classical, African, world music background, and from playing with some of the great jazz artists of our times, speak about our human experiences through the language of sound. A skilled player of the piano, melodica and dousn' gounn, Cherry sees himself drawing from the past to build a passageway to jazz of the future.

 

Quadraphonnes

November 21, 2009 

 

 

  The Quadraphonnes saxophone quartet brings to the ear a tantalizing sound filled with funk grooves and soaring solos.These 4 women sometimes 6 with bass and drums, bring to the stage a powerful and rare show with musical arrangementsranging from Tower of Power to Eric Dolphy. Not your averge band! The Quadraphonnes, based in Portland Oregon, perfform in many styles. Often their shows are a blend of traditional and modern Jazz, with arrangements of rock/pop/funk songs, and a splash of Classical saxophone quartet music.