Tuesday, September 20, 8p
Performance, featuring Robert Beatty (Lexington, KY) & Luke Stewart (DC)
Marshall Trammell
Chief Investigator at Music Research Strategies
Bay Area-based interdisciplinary artist + percussionist, Marshall Trammell founded Music Research Strategies (MRS) as a platform for ethnographic investigation, culturally situated design, political education and social engagement. Through his varied work an advocate, analyst, researcher, or community organizer, in California, he utilizes research justice tools in his interdisciplinary arts practice.He was an Electronic Arts fellow at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY (2004-2006), studying under Ron Eglash, Pauline Oliveros and Tomie Hahn. Mr. Trammell performs in specific projects and with the electro-acoustic duo Black Spirituals, featuring Zachary James Watkins. His performance and recording resume includes John Tchicai, India Cooke, Roscoe Mitchell, Genny Lim, John Jang, Dohee Lee and Francis Wong. He is the new Music Instructor for Urban Promise Academy in the Fruitvale District of Oakland, CA.
Suggested Donation $10
RHIZOME DC
6950 Maple Street NW
Located in downtown Takoma Park in DC
Thursday, September 22 @ 7:30pm
The Few, featuring Ken Vandermark
Presented by the Maplehouse Collective
Ken Vandermark (born September 22, 1964) is an American jazz composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist. A fixture on the Chicago-area music scene since the 1990s, Vandermark has earned wide critical praise for his playing and his multilayered compositions, which typically balance intricate orchestration with passionate improvisation. He has led or been a member of many groups, has collaborated with many other musicians, and was awarded a 1999 MacArthur Fellowship. He plays tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, and baritone saxophone.
The Few brings together three of the most dynamic string players from the latest generation of Chicago’s storied improvised music community – Macie Stewart (violin / voice), Charlie Kirchen (bass), Steve Marquette (guitar) – forming an improvising, acoustic trio that seamlessly blends their wide ranging influences into a singular whole.
Suggested Donation $10
RHIZOME DC
6950 Maple Street NW
Located in downtown Takoma Park in DC
Friday, September 23 @ 7pm
12th Annual John Coltrane Birthday Celebration
Presented by UBC (United Black Community)
12th Annual “A Love Supreme” Musical, Poetic Birthday Tribute to “Ohnedaruth” John Coltrane, presented by the United Black Community, a local non-profit coalition of community-based Pan-Afrikan organizations and institutions.
Ancestral Ensembles, a three-part performance:
– Solo Bass Interpretation of Coltrane’s “Peace on Earth”
– Ancestral Duo, Divine Sonic Healing
– Organix Trio, Trancendent
Featuring:
Jamal Moore – Reeds, Percussion
Luke Stewart – Bass, Percussion
Aaron Martin Jr. – Alto Saxophone
Jeron White – Bass
Warren Crudup, III – Drums
Other Performances by:
Nasar Abadey Quartet
Free & Ayana Gregory
Ka’Ba and Abeeku
Presentations by:
Nubia Kai
Zatiti Ema
Sabrina Johnson
Doc Powell and Obasi
Saturday, September 24 @ 9pm
Jean-Paul Bourelly Trio
Jean-Paul Bourelly – Guitar
Luke Stewart – Bass
Nasar Abadey – Drums
Jean-Paul Bourelly’s musical output spans a diverse array of variations of funky otherness — often fiery solo exchanges, harmonic textures, and sound constellations, characterized by a spontaneous flow of rhythmic energy. Jean-Paul Bourelly is an innovative and experimental guitarist composer who excels at blending and bending various musical styles into cohesive expression. His music is informed by the migrant community of Haiti and the southern culture of Chicago’s south side where he grew up.
Admission is FREE
Blagden Alley
926 N street NW (rear)
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