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ALLEN LOWE OCTET FEATURING MARC RIBOT: BLUES AND THE EMPIRICAL TRUTH
SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020. 8:00 PM
Saxophonist Allen Lowe premieres his new and original work with guitarist Marc Ribot. A recognized and praised music scholar, writing numerous historical books about the evolving musical world, Lowe’s research urges readers to reexamine what they know about jazz, the blues, and pop music. Blues and Empirical Truth aims to do the same thing. With its foundation rooted in Lowe’s historical and instrumental work composed in the last 25 years, this performance examines the deep blue American songs forms through a century of American improvisational music from New Orleans to Free Jazz. Drawing from his expertise in early American and African American song forms, Lowe expands on the canonical gospel, jazz, and blues theoretical formats through the lens of improvisations, based on both chord and open forms.

WILLIAM PARKER: TRAIL OF TEARS CONTINUUM 1492–2020
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2020. 8:00 PM
SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2020. 8:00 PM
The Trail Of Tears Continuum 1492–2020 is a tone poem that reflects the history, pain, and hope inspired by The Trail Of Tears—the forcible relocation of 100,00o indigenous people, including members of the Cherokee and Choctaw nations, forced from their lands that resulted in the death of over five thousand people. This performance, written and created by William Parker, uses original music, poetry, dance, and video to tell this story. Moving seamlessly from one style of music to another, Parker uses the concept of Universal Tonality jazz, opera, folk, all blended as one.

ROBERT AIKI AUBREY LOWE, TODD BARTON, AND RACHELLE RAHMÉ
SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 2020. 8:00 PM
In the first time collaboration between innovative sound artists Todd Barton, Rachelle Rahmé, and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, the trio will tonally sculpt a hypnotic sci-fi dreamscape. The evening will begin with a solo improvisation by Todd Barton, followed by a duo of Todd and Rachelle Rahmé, who will be doing a reading from her science fiction novella, Superveillance, published earlier this year by art edition press Aventures Ltd. This duo will be followed by a solo improvisation from Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe for voice and modular synthesizer. The finale will be a trio improvisation between Barton, Rahmé, and Lowe.

STRING ORCHESTRA OF BROOKLYN: AFTERIMAGE
MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2020. 8:00 PM
On January 13, the String Orchestra of Brooklyn celebrates the release of their first studio album, afterimage, with a performance of Chris Cerrone’s High Windows and Jacob Cooper’s Stabat Mater Dolorosa. The orchestra will be joined by the Argus Quartet and a number of other guests.