The award winning concert series CREATIVE DIFFERENCES returns with its Fall season next week. The series opens with two exclusive US performances by the tenor sax giant David Murray.
WED 1 OCTOBER
DAVID MURRAY BLACK SAINT QUARTET
David Murray - tenor saxophone & bass clarinet
Lafayette Gilchrist - piano
Jaribu Shahid - double bass
Malik Washington - drums
This is an exclusive appearance by this powerhouse group. The concert will sell out..advance reservations advised! David Murray, tenor saxophone and bass clarinet player: has recorded over 130 albums between 1975 and 2008. His latest album, Sacred Ground, features Cassandra Wilson and the Black Saint Quartet, and harks back to the landmark recordings made by the artist for the seminal Jazz label in the 80's.
8 & 10pm. $30/$25 students & seniors
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SAT 4 OCTOBER
JUDI SILVANO ENSEMBLE
JudI Silvano - voice
George Garzone - tenor saxophone
Michael Formanek - double bass
Gerry Hemingway - drums,percussion
A sublime all star collective! .An alchemist of music and movement, Silvano's career as a choreographer and dancer led her straight to NYC's downtown music scene where her improvisational spirit could run free. It also steered her toward what would become a long-term collaboration with saxophonist Joe Lovano that began in 1980 and continues to this day.
8pm & 9.30pm $20/18 students & seniors w.ID.$30 for both concerts--------------------------------------------------------------------
SAT 11 OCTOBER
STEVE LANTNER TRIO
Steve Lantner - piano
Joe Morris - double bass
Luther Gray - drums
NY based pianist Steve Lantner brings his acclaimed trio for a Baltimore debut
A genuinely original voice on the piano .That these three musicians have succeeded in producing something as highly personal and individual as this confirms the health of the music . ~ Duncan Heining, Jazzwise Magazine
8pm $15 all seats--------------------------------------------------------------------
SAT 18 OCTOBER
WAYNE HORVITZ & SWEETER THAN THE DAY
Wayne Horvitz - piano
Timothy Young - guitar,
Keith Lowe - contrabass
Eric Eagle - drums
This Seattle based group features Wayne Horvitz, one of the heroes of the original NY downtown scene. His compositions are deeply beautiful,melodic and highly original. a great showcase for Horvitz's beautiful compositions, his really strange, angular chord progressions. -- NPR's Weekend Edition
8pm & 9.30pm $20/18 seniors & students w.ID--------------------------------------------------------------------
SAT 25 OCTOBER
STEVE LEHMAN
Music for solo saxophone and live electronics
Named a Rising Star on the alto saxophone in 2006, 2007, and 2008 by the Downbeat Magazine International Critics Poll, Lehman is a saxophonist and composer whose work resides on the frontiers of contemporary music. He has been recognized as one of today's truly original creative voices..
8pm $13/10 students & seniors w.ID--------------------------------------------------------------------
THURS 30 & FRI 31 OCTOBER
JOHN HAMMOND
John Hammond - guitar,harmonica,vocals
From coffeehouses to concert halls, festivals and beyond, John Hammond has spent forty years entertaining blues, folk and rock audiences around the world, performing intense solo-acoustic blues. A Grammy Award winner and four time nominee, Hammond is also a multiple W.C. Handy award winner who has shared the stage and/or recorded with many of the masters, including Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker and Howlin' Wolf. Book early for this one! 8pm Thursday / 8.30pm Friday $35/$30 students & seniors w.ID--------------------------------------------------------------------
SAT 1 NOV - DOUBLE BILL!
TRIO BRAAM/DEJOODE/VATCHER
Michiel Braam - piano
Wilbert de Joode - double bass
Michael Vatcher - drums,percussion.
Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher comprises three of the Dutch jazz scenes most idiosyncratic musicians, for whom freedom and adventure are essential values. They all play an absolutely equal role in the music, which can go in any which way, depending on decisions made on the spot. The long musical friendship (since 1989) results in intuitive playing of the highest order.
ALL CODA w. TIM BERNE
Dave Ballou - trumpet
Tim Berne - alto saxophone
John Dierker - reeds
Michael Formanek - double bass
Marc Miller - guitar
Will Redman - drums
This is truly a meeting of minds (although the state of those minds is yet to be determined).
These superb Baltimore improvisers - and a lone New Yorker- bring the honk, squeal,bash, and yes, the quiet and lovely too.
8pm $20/18 seniors & students w.ID--------------------------------------------------------------------
SAT 15 NOV
JAMIE BAUM SEPTET
Jamie Baum flutes
Ralph Alessi trumpet
Doug Yates alto/sax/bass clarinet
Chris Komer french horn,
Aaron Goldberg - piano
Johannes Weidenmueller bass
Jeff Hirshfield drums
The Jamie Baum Septet performs original jazz compositions and arrangements . The Septet was formed in 1999 and has had mostly the same band members since its inception.
While known as a seasoned jazz player, Baum's experiences with classical music and graduate work in composition has led her to look at ways in which those practices could expand the traditional jazz format.
8pm & 9.30pm $20/18 seniors & students w.ID. $30 for both concerts.--------------------------------------------------------------------
SAT 6 DEC
BILLY BANG QUARTET
Billy Bang - violin
Andrew Bemkey - piano
Todd Nicholson - double bass
Newman Taylor Baker - drums
The violin is hardly the first instrument that comes to mind when you think about jazz, but that's never daunted Billy Bang, one of the instrument's most adventurous exponents. Over the past 26 years Bang's hard-edged tone, soulful sense of traditional swing and evcatively expressive style has wowed critics and music lovers world wide.
8pm & 9.30pm $20/18 seniors & students wID. $30 for both concerts
For tickets and further information:
please call 410 385 2638
AN DIE MUSIK LIVE
409 N.CHARLES ST
BALTIMORE MD 21201
Tel 410 385 2638
WED 1 OCTOBER
DAVID MURRAY BLACK SAINT QUARTET
David Murray - tenor saxophone & bass clarinet
Lafayette Gilchrist - piano
Jaribu Shahid - double bass
Malik Washington - drums
This is an exclusive appearance by this powerhouse group. The concert will sell out..advance reservations advised! David Murray, tenor saxophone and bass clarinet player: has recorded over 130 albums between 1975 and 2008. His latest album, Sacred Ground, features Cassandra Wilson and the Black Saint Quartet, and harks back to the landmark recordings made by the artist for the seminal Jazz label in the 80's.
8 & 10pm. $30/$25 students & seniors
SAT 4 OCTOBER
JUDI SILVANO ENSEMBLE
JudI Silvano - voice
George Garzone - tenor saxophone
Michael Formanek - double bass
Gerry Hemingway - drums,percussion
A sublime all star collective! .An alchemist of music and movement, Silvano's career as a choreographer and dancer led her straight to NYC's downtown music scene where her improvisational spirit could run free. It also steered her toward what would become a long-term collaboration with saxophonist Joe Lovano that began in 1980 and continues to this day.
8pm & 9.30pm $20/18 students & seniors w.ID.$30 for both concerts
SAT 11 OCTOBER
STEVE LANTNER TRIO
Steve Lantner - piano
Joe Morris - double bass
Luther Gray - drums
NY based pianist Steve Lantner brings his acclaimed trio for a Baltimore debut
A genuinely original voice on the piano .That these three musicians have succeeded in producing something as highly personal and individual as this confirms the health of the music . ~ Duncan Heining, Jazzwise Magazine
8pm $15 all seats
SAT 18 OCTOBER
WAYNE HORVITZ & SWEETER THAN THE DAY
Wayne Horvitz - piano
Timothy Young - guitar,
Keith Lowe - contrabass
Eric Eagle - drums
This Seattle based group features Wayne Horvitz, one of the heroes of the original NY downtown scene. His compositions are deeply beautiful,melodic and highly original. a great showcase for Horvitz's beautiful compositions, his really strange, angular chord progressions. -- NPR's Weekend Edition
8pm & 9.30pm $20/18 seniors & students w.ID
SAT 25 OCTOBER
STEVE LEHMAN
Music for solo saxophone and live electronics
Named a Rising Star on the alto saxophone in 2006, 2007, and 2008 by the Downbeat Magazine International Critics Poll, Lehman is a saxophonist and composer whose work resides on the frontiers of contemporary music. He has been recognized as one of today's truly original creative voices..
8pm $13/10 students & seniors w.ID
THURS 30 & FRI 31 OCTOBER
JOHN HAMMOND
John Hammond - guitar,harmonica,vocals
From coffeehouses to concert halls, festivals and beyond, John Hammond has spent forty years entertaining blues, folk and rock audiences around the world, performing intense solo-acoustic blues. A Grammy Award winner and four time nominee, Hammond is also a multiple W.C. Handy award winner who has shared the stage and/or recorded with many of the masters, including Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker and Howlin' Wolf. Book early for this one! 8pm Thursday / 8.30pm Friday $35/$30 students & seniors w.ID
SAT 1 NOV - DOUBLE BILL!
TRIO BRAAM/DEJOODE/VATCHER
Michiel Braam - piano
Wilbert de Joode - double bass
Michael Vatcher - drums,percussion.
Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher comprises three of the Dutch jazz scenes most idiosyncratic musicians, for whom freedom and adventure are essential values. They all play an absolutely equal role in the music, which can go in any which way, depending on decisions made on the spot. The long musical friendship (since 1989) results in intuitive playing of the highest order.
ALL CODA w. TIM BERNE
Dave Ballou - trumpet
Tim Berne - alto saxophone
John Dierker - reeds
Michael Formanek - double bass
Marc Miller - guitar
Will Redman - drums
This is truly a meeting of minds (although the state of those minds is yet to be determined).
These superb Baltimore improvisers - and a lone New Yorker- bring the honk, squeal,bash, and yes, the quiet and lovely too.
8pm $20/18 seniors & students w.ID
SAT 15 NOV
JAMIE BAUM SEPTET
Jamie Baum flutes
Ralph Alessi trumpet
Doug Yates alto/sax/bass clarinet
Chris Komer french horn,
Aaron Goldberg - piano
Johannes Weidenmueller bass
Jeff Hirshfield drums
The Jamie Baum Septet performs original jazz compositions and arrangements . The Septet was formed in 1999 and has had mostly the same band members since its inception.
While known as a seasoned jazz player, Baum's experiences with classical music and graduate work in composition has led her to look at ways in which those practices could expand the traditional jazz format.
8pm & 9.30pm $20/18 seniors & students w.ID. $30 for both concerts.
SAT 6 DEC
BILLY BANG QUARTET
Billy Bang - violin
Andrew Bemkey - piano
Todd Nicholson - double bass
Newman Taylor Baker - drums
The violin is hardly the first instrument that comes to mind when you think about jazz, but that's never daunted Billy Bang, one of the instrument's most adventurous exponents. Over the past 26 years Bang's hard-edged tone, soulful sense of traditional swing and evcatively expressive style has wowed critics and music lovers world wide.
8pm & 9.30pm $20/18 seniors & students wID. $30 for both concerts
For tickets and further information:
please call 410 385 2638
AN DIE MUSIK LIVE
409 N.CHARLES ST
BALTIMORE MD 21201
Tel 410 385 2638
For more information contact All About Jazz.
