From LA’s REDCAT:
September 25
Theo Bleckmann
Todd Sickafoose and Tiny Resistors
Co-presented by the Angel City Jazz Festival
The annual can’t-miss jazz festival joins REDCAT to present electrifying solo vocal music from Theo Bleckmann, a jazz singer and composer of prodigious gifts and eclectic tastes. Sharing the bill is bassist-composer Todd Sickafoose and his band Tiny Resistors whose buoyant, groove-laden jazz is played with the muscle and whimsy of an indie-rock orchestra.
http://www.redcat.org/event/theo-bleckmannOctober 2
Tribute to Roscoe Mitchell
Co-presented by the Angel City Jazz Festival
Roscoe Mitchell—composer, reed and woodwind master, and one of the most revered exponents of creative musicmaking—marks his 71st birthday with a special performance by his new trio, with fellow winds player James Fei and percussionist William Winant; and a performance of “People in Sorrow” by an all-star ensemble headed by Alex Cline.
http://www.redcat.org/event/tribute-roscoe-mitchellOctober 28–30
Wadada Leo Smith: Ten Freedom Summers
Performed by the Golden Quartet and Southwest Chamber Music, Jeff von der Schmidt, conductor
World premiere commission by Southwest Chamber Music
A large-scale suite played over the course of three concerts, this major new opus by creative music luminary Wadada Leo Smith draws upon, and interprets, key events in the history of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement from 1954 through 1964.
http://www.redcat.org/event/ten-freedom-summersNovember 5
SCREAM Festival 2011: Sounding Images
Co-presented with the Southern California Resource for Electro-Acoustic Music
Electro-acoustic music merges seamlessly with electronically generated or enhanced imagery in this screening of 11 international works—a program that attests to the ongoing maturation of electronic “inter-arts” that transcends disciplines, genres and geographies.
http://www.redcat.org/event/scream-festival-2011November 18
Mike Keneally: The Universe Will Provide
Former “stunt guitarist” and keyboard virtuoso in Frank Zappa’s final touring band, Mike Keneally gives the U.S. debut of The Universe Will Provide, a composition for guitar, electric piano, and a 52-piece CalArts orchestra.
http://www.redcat.org/event/mike-keneally
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