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Grimes Times!! Grimes Times!! Sept. & Oct., 'O5
Sat., 9/17/O5: Henry Grimes & William Parker, the Stone, northwest corner of Ave. C & 2nd St., New York City, 8 & 1O p.m., www.thestonenyc.com (no phone).
Tues., 9/2O: Muhal Richard Abrams/ Billy Bang/ Amiri & Amina Baraka/ Roy Campbell, Jr./ Ted Daniel/ Bill Dixon/ Dave Douglas/ Hamid Drake/ Alvin Fielder/ Henry Grimes/ Jazz Passengers w/ Elvis Costello & Deborah Harry/ Edward “Kidd" Jordan/ Clyde Kerr/ Oliver Lake/ William Parker & the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra/ Matthew Shipp/ Reggie Workman/ Yo La Tengo w/ Other Dimensions in Music/ John Zorn, & lots more, Angel Orensanz Center, 172 Norfolk St. (betw. Ave's A & B 1/2 block south of Houston St.), New York City, 5:3O p.m.-midnight, benefit for New Orleans musicians, 212-78O-O175, www.orensanz.org, www.visionfestival.org, [email protected], [email protected].
Wed. & Thurs., 9/21 & 22: Joe Lovano w/ Steve Kuhn, Henry Grimes, & Andrew Cyrille, John Coltrane birthday celebration, Birdland, 315 W. 44th St. betw. 8th & 9th Ave's, New York City, 9 & 11 p.m., 581-3O8O, www.birdlandjazz.com/schedule.html. NOTE: This continues Sept. 23rd & 24th with Lonnie Plaxico, since Henry has to go to...
... Chicago!
* Henry Grimes (solo), Empty Bottle, Chicago, 9/23; * Fred Anderson w/ Henry Grimes & Avreeayl Ra, the Velvet Lounge, Chicago, 9/24; * Henry Grimes (solo!), Woodland Pattern Center, Milwaukee, 9/25; * Henry Grimes master class at Stella, Darmstadt, Germany, 9/3O;
COMING UP IN OCTOBER:
* Henry Grimes Trio w/ David Murray & Hamid Drake (Sunny Murray on the 7th), Germany-Spain-France, 1O/1-7; * Marc Ribot's Spiritual Unity Quartet w/ Roy Campbell, Jr., Michael Thompson, & featuring Henry Grimes, Jazz Festival Frankfurt (Germany), 1O/8; * Henry Grimes Trio w/ Marilyn Crispell & Andrew Cyrille, Akbank Jazz Festival, Istanbul (Turkey), 1O/12, and Porto (Portugal), 1O/14; * Henry Grimes & Bill Dixon, + Bill Dixon & Henry Grimes, Don Cherry festival, the Stone, New York City, 1O/16; * Henry Grimes Trio w/ Andrew Lamb & Newman Taylor Baker, Edgefest, Ann Arbor (Michigan), 1O/22, and HotHouse, Chicago, 1O/23; * Henry Grimes Trio w/ Andrew Lamb & Avreeayl Ra, Grinnell College, Iowa, 1O/25, and Velvet Lounge, Chicago, 1O/26, and then Lexington (KY) & Indianapolis [to be confirmed]...
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From the late '5O's to the late '6O's, Henry Grimes was bassist of choice for an enormous range of great musicians, including Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Haynes, Lee Konitz, Steve Lacy, Charles Mingus (yes, Charles Mingus), Gerry Mulligan, Sunny Murray, Sonny Rollins, Roswell Rudd, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, Cecil Taylor, McCoy Tyner, and many more. Then, after more than 3O years away from the music, without a bass to play...
“Henry Grimes is a very special gift to this scene. He plays with so much dedication and gentleness in his music... wonderful to hear." -- Patricia Nicholson Parker, Vision Festival Producer, 'O4
“Tonally resplendent bass-playing ... perpetual-motion lines too fast, fleet and harmonically free-ranging to be easily notated. Grimes emerges a poet of his instrument." -- Howard Reich, “Chicago Tribune," 3/O5
“A rare virtuoso without ostentation, an ideal ensemble player of counter-melodies and aggressive rhythms, with a big, true sound... a triumphant return for Grimes and a promise of brilliant music to come." -- John Litweiler, “Chicago Sun-Times," 3/O5
“I was kind of unprepared for how amazing the show would be, having not ever seen Henry and being admittedly skeptical of the story behind his somewhat recent comeback. But he was incredible... one of the best shows of the year for me -- electrifying. -- Matthew Lurie, “Time Out Chicago," 6/O5.
You can also read about Henry Grimes in “Downbeat" (7/O5) and “JazzTimes" (8/O5), and of course at http://www.HenryGrimes.com!
These days, Henry Grimes is touring and making great music all over Europe, the U.S., and Canada, mostly leading his own groups, with (among others) Marshall Allen, Fred Anderson, Roy Campbell, Jr., Marilyn Crispell, Ted Curson, Andrew Cyrille, Dave Douglas, Hamid Drake, Edward “Kidd" Jordan, Andrew Lamb, Sabir Mateen, Bennie Maupin, Jemeel Moondoc, David Murray, William Parker, Marc Ribot...
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For bookings, interviews, press seats, high-resolution photos, CD's, further information:
Margaret Davis Henry Grimes's partner (and manager), http://www.HenryGrimes.com, [email protected], Voicemail 212-841-O899.
Tues., 9/2O: Muhal Richard Abrams/ Billy Bang/ Amiri & Amina Baraka/ Roy Campbell, Jr./ Ted Daniel/ Bill Dixon/ Dave Douglas/ Hamid Drake/ Alvin Fielder/ Henry Grimes/ Jazz Passengers w/ Elvis Costello & Deborah Harry/ Edward “Kidd" Jordan/ Clyde Kerr/ Oliver Lake/ William Parker & the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra/ Matthew Shipp/ Reggie Workman/ Yo La Tengo w/ Other Dimensions in Music/ John Zorn, & lots more, Angel Orensanz Center, 172 Norfolk St. (betw. Ave's A & B 1/2 block south of Houston St.), New York City, 5:3O p.m.-midnight, benefit for New Orleans musicians, 212-78O-O175, www.orensanz.org, www.visionfestival.org, [email protected], [email protected].
Wed. & Thurs., 9/21 & 22: Joe Lovano w/ Steve Kuhn, Henry Grimes, & Andrew Cyrille, John Coltrane birthday celebration, Birdland, 315 W. 44th St. betw. 8th & 9th Ave's, New York City, 9 & 11 p.m., 581-3O8O, www.birdlandjazz.com/schedule.html. NOTE: This continues Sept. 23rd & 24th with Lonnie Plaxico, since Henry has to go to...
... Chicago!
* Henry Grimes (solo), Empty Bottle, Chicago, 9/23; * Fred Anderson w/ Henry Grimes & Avreeayl Ra, the Velvet Lounge, Chicago, 9/24; * Henry Grimes (solo!), Woodland Pattern Center, Milwaukee, 9/25; * Henry Grimes master class at Stella, Darmstadt, Germany, 9/3O;
COMING UP IN OCTOBER:
* Henry Grimes Trio w/ David Murray & Hamid Drake (Sunny Murray on the 7th), Germany-Spain-France, 1O/1-7; * Marc Ribot's Spiritual Unity Quartet w/ Roy Campbell, Jr., Michael Thompson, & featuring Henry Grimes, Jazz Festival Frankfurt (Germany), 1O/8; * Henry Grimes Trio w/ Marilyn Crispell & Andrew Cyrille, Akbank Jazz Festival, Istanbul (Turkey), 1O/12, and Porto (Portugal), 1O/14; * Henry Grimes & Bill Dixon, + Bill Dixon & Henry Grimes, Don Cherry festival, the Stone, New York City, 1O/16; * Henry Grimes Trio w/ Andrew Lamb & Newman Taylor Baker, Edgefest, Ann Arbor (Michigan), 1O/22, and HotHouse, Chicago, 1O/23; * Henry Grimes Trio w/ Andrew Lamb & Avreeayl Ra, Grinnell College, Iowa, 1O/25, and Velvet Lounge, Chicago, 1O/26, and then Lexington (KY) & Indianapolis [to be confirmed]...
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From the late '5O's to the late '6O's, Henry Grimes was bassist of choice for an enormous range of great musicians, including Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Haynes, Lee Konitz, Steve Lacy, Charles Mingus (yes, Charles Mingus), Gerry Mulligan, Sunny Murray, Sonny Rollins, Roswell Rudd, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, Cecil Taylor, McCoy Tyner, and many more. Then, after more than 3O years away from the music, without a bass to play...
“Henry Grimes is a very special gift to this scene. He plays with so much dedication and gentleness in his music... wonderful to hear." -- Patricia Nicholson Parker, Vision Festival Producer, 'O4
“Tonally resplendent bass-playing ... perpetual-motion lines too fast, fleet and harmonically free-ranging to be easily notated. Grimes emerges a poet of his instrument." -- Howard Reich, “Chicago Tribune," 3/O5
“A rare virtuoso without ostentation, an ideal ensemble player of counter-melodies and aggressive rhythms, with a big, true sound... a triumphant return for Grimes and a promise of brilliant music to come." -- John Litweiler, “Chicago Sun-Times," 3/O5
“I was kind of unprepared for how amazing the show would be, having not ever seen Henry and being admittedly skeptical of the story behind his somewhat recent comeback. But he was incredible... one of the best shows of the year for me -- electrifying. -- Matthew Lurie, “Time Out Chicago," 6/O5.
You can also read about Henry Grimes in “Downbeat" (7/O5) and “JazzTimes" (8/O5), and of course at http://www.HenryGrimes.com!
These days, Henry Grimes is touring and making great music all over Europe, the U.S., and Canada, mostly leading his own groups, with (among others) Marshall Allen, Fred Anderson, Roy Campbell, Jr., Marilyn Crispell, Ted Curson, Andrew Cyrille, Dave Douglas, Hamid Drake, Edward “Kidd" Jordan, Andrew Lamb, Sabir Mateen, Bennie Maupin, Jemeel Moondoc, David Murray, William Parker, Marc Ribot...
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For bookings, interviews, press seats, high-resolution photos, CD's, further information:
Margaret Davis Henry Grimes's partner (and manager), http://www.HenryGrimes.com, [email protected], Voicemail 212-841-O899.
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