Special
Night of Music at MIT: Concert Friday, April 22 Exploring
Improsition—the melding of improvisation and compositionMIT Festival
Jazz Ensemble; Frederick Harris, Jr., Music Director. Special guests:
EVIYAN (Iva Bittová, Gyan Riley, and Evan Ziporyn) 8:00 PM, MIT Kresge
Auditorium, Cambridge, MA.
Exploring Improsition—the melding of improvisation and composition
This very special concert promises to be one
of MIT’s musical highlights of the season. MIT’s flagship jazz ensemble
merges with one of today's most fascinating improvisatory trios.
April 22, 2016 at 8:00 PM, MIT Kresge Auditorium, Cambridge MA 02139.
Ticket Information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/festival-jazz-ensemble-exploring-improsition-tickets-24099520314
Ticket Information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/festival-jazz-ensemble-exploring-improsition-tickets-24099520314
MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble. Frederick Harris,
Jr., Music Director. Special guests: EVIYAN (Iva Bittová, Gyan Riley,
and Evan Ziporyn).
Ricky Richardson, ’12, and members of the MIT Vocal Jazz Ensemble are also featured.
Ricky Richardson, ’12, and members of the MIT Vocal Jazz Ensemble are also featured.
World premiere arrangements of EVIYAN
compositions by Jamshied Sharifi, 83’, and world premiere arrangements
of compositions by Kurt Rosenwinkle and Leslie Bricusse by Richard
Oates, ’18, and Garrett Parrish, ’17. Also music of Thad Jones, Bob
Mintzer, Cole Porter, and Hermeto Pascoal (in honor of his 80th
birthday).
The MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble’s recent
recording on Sunnyside Records was chosen in January 2016 as one of Down
Beat Magazine’s “Best Albums of 2015,” one of only six “Five-Star
Masterpieces,” alongside recordings by Tony Bennett and Vijay Iyer.
EVIYAN is Iva Bittova, Gyan Riley & Evan
Ziporyn - 3 unique composer/performers merging into a singular sound, a
blend of world roots, post-minimalism, and jazz. These eclectic,
genre-crossing musicians, join forces to create a soundtrack for the
21st century global village - simple, organic and direct, a music of
intensity and lyricism, earthy impact and instrumental virtuosity.
Legendary vocalist/violinist Iva Bittova draws
on the sounds of her native Moravia, and her lineage in the rich
traditions of Slovakia and the Roma people. Clarinetist Evan Ziporyn
has toured the globe for over 30 years in search of new musical
possibilities, studying with Balinese gamelan masters and collaborating
with astonishing musicians from around the world including India, China,
and Senegal. His 25-year involvement with New York's Bang on a Can
brought him into close collaboration with many of the world's most
cutting edge musicians and composers. Guitarist Gyan Riley brings the
virtuosity of two venerable traditions - western classical guitar and
the rigors of Hindustani music - together with the harmonic deftness of
jazz and the grit of rock-and-roll.
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