Midwest meets Mideast
Saturday, January 10, 2009 8:00 pm
“Omer Avital is one of the leading composers of his generation”
-Downbeat
"[Cohan is] a potentially distinctive voice in jazz"
-The Chicago Tribune
Kaufman Center’s Chamber Jazz series opens with an adventurous synthesis of Midwest and Mideast that spans the globe. Israeli bassist Omer Avital’s Ensemble will offer a sharply different perspective—a jazz synthesis drawing on elements as diverse as the Jewish/Arabic music of Spain and the European classical tradition. He will be premiering Song of a Land, a Middle Eastern Afro-Jewish musical suite. Chicago-based pianist Ryan Cohan and his band will present a selection of his strikingly original compositions steeped in swing entitled One Sky: Tone Poems For Humanity.
- Ryan Cohan — piano, composer
- Bob Sheppard — saxophones, flute
- Geof Bradfield — saxophones, bass clarinet
- Tito Carrillo — trumpet, flugelhorn
- Lorin Cohen — acoustic bass
- Kobie Watkins — drums
Single tickets: $30 (members $20)
This concert has been partially underwritten by Chamber Music America.
EVENT ABBREVIATIONS:
AGRH = Ann Goodman Recital Hall,
KC = Kaufman Center,
LMS = Lucy Moses School
MCH = Merkin Concert Hall,
SMS = Special Music School,
YAP = Young Artist Program