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Upcoming Live Jazz in West Michigan as reported by Blue Lake Public Radio, WBLV FM 90.3 / WBLU FM 88.9
Sunday, September 17, 3 p.m., straight-ahead jazz guitarist Mark Whitfield, who is also studied in classical and flamenco musical forms. At Williams Auditorium, Ferris State University, Big Rapids. Tickets sold at the door beginning at 2 p.m. Information, 231-591-3626.
Friday, September 22, 8 p.m., Detroit jazz guitarist A. Spencer Barefield presents a concert of his critically acclaimed music with trumpet jazz master Marcus Belgrave, bassist Marion Hayden and drummer Tani Tabbal at The Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, 41 Sheldon Blvd. SE, Grand Rapids. Tickets are $12, $10 for UICA members and students. Call 616-454-7000, ext. 16.
Thursday, October 5, 9 p.m. Chicago trumpeter Malachi Thompson with his Freebop Quartet at The Bob, 20 Monroe Avenue NW, Grand Rapids. Free. Call 616-356-2000.
Friday, October 6, 7:30 p.m., pianist Bill Charlap and his trio begin the new season of Classic Jazz in a Classic Setting at The St. Cecilia Music Society, 24 Ransom Ave. NE, Grand Rapids. Call 616-459-2224 for ticket information.
Saturday, October 7, 8 p.m., The Quagmire Trio featuring Korean-American Jin Hi Kim on komungo, a 4th century Korean zither, with Oliver Lake, alto saxophone, and William Parker, bass. At The Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts Theatre, 41 Sheldon Blvd. SE, Grand Rapids. Tickets are $12, $10 for UICA members and students. Call 616-454-7000, ext. 16. (more..)
Kim received the 2000-2001 American Composers Orchestra Composer Fellowship resulting in “Eternal Rock," a composition for komungo and orchestra to be premiered at Carnegie Hall on March 18, 2001.
With an international reputation as a komungo virtuoso, Kim is building a body of compositions to feature the instrument. A strong composer who's work combines the energy of Buddhist-influenced Korean court music and Shamanistic Korean folk music, Kim's pioneering compositions have been performed by the Kronos Quartet, the Chamber Orchestra of Lincoln Center and the Xenakis Ensemble.
She's also improvised on record with Derek Bailey, Henry Kaiser and Eugene Chadbourn, finding an audience for her improvised music in Berlin, especially. Her improvisatory music has been featured during past New York Vision Festivals. Quagmire has performed for 4 years though are unrecorded.
Oliver Lake is a founding member of the World Saxophone Quartet, and the Village Voice has called bassist William Parker “The most consistently brilliant free jazz bassist of all time".
Jin Hi Kim will present a multi-media lecture demonstration on Korean music at Aquinas College before Quagmire's concert at the UICA. “Jin Hi Kim's Living Tones" is a multi-media lecture-demonstration of Korean music and Kim 's musical principals. At Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, Friday, October 6th at 12:30 p.m. in the Art and Music Center Rehearsal Hall. Free.
Thursday, October 26, 9:30 p.m., The Ron Jones Quartet with Louisville's fieriest alto saxophonist on jazz standards and originals at Aquinas College 's Moose Caf
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