 Jazz at the Maverick
Saturday, September 2, 2017 8 pm
Karl Berger and the Creative Music Studio™ - IN THE SPIRIT OF DON CHERRY
General Admission $25
Reserved Seating $45
Students $5
Jazz
at the Maverick presents the CMS Improvisers Octet, exploring themes
from some of Don Cherry’s visionary recordings as well as pieces by
other composers that follow his lead into “world fusion.” The
ensemble’s “In the Spirit of Don Cherry” performance will use pieces
from these materials as launching pads for improvised interpretations
that weave together jazz, world music and contemporary music.
The
ensemble features musicians who played with Cherry including Karl
Berger (piano, vibes, leader), Bob Stewart (tuba), Steven Bernstein
(trumpet), Peter Apfelbaum (reeds, percussion), Graham Haynes
(cornet), Ingrid Sertso (vocals); along with Adam Lane (bass) and Tani
Tabbal (drums).
About Don Cherry
Noted
for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman, which began
in the late 1950s, Don Cherry became a pioneer of world-fusion music in
the 1960s. During this period, he incorporated various ethnic styles
into his playing and composing. Cherry, who died in 1995, was essential
to the creation and development of the Creative Music Studio™. He
inspired many of its methodologies, taught many CMS workshops and
founded his legendary group, Codona, at CMS. A suite of his is included
in CMS Archive Project Selections Vol. 2, released last year.
About The Creative Music Studio™ and Karl Berger
CMS
engages musicians and listeners from all backgrounds and traditions,
deepening and transforming their personal experience, understanding, and
expression of music as a universal language. Over its 45 year history,
hundreds of artists from all over the world representing nearly every
style or genre of music have taught and performed at CMS. CMS was
founded in 1973 by artistic director Karl Berger, composer, arranger,
conductor, pianist, and vibraphonist, along with Ornette Coleman and
Ingrid Sertso. The six-time winner of the Downbeat Critics Poll and
recipient of numerous other awards in the US and Europe, Karl holds a
PhD in music esthetics and has been a professor of composition and an
artist-in-residence at universities, schools, and festivals worldwide.
He has recorded and performed with Don Cherry, Lee Konitz, John
McLaughlin, Gunther Schuller, Dave Brubeck, Dave Holland, Ed Blackwell,
Pharoah Sanders, and many others.
About Maverick Concerts
Maverick Concerts, Inc.,
is a 501c3 not-for-profit organization. Concerts are made possible in
part with an award from the National Endowment for the Arts; funds from
the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, with the support
of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; the Maverick
Concerts Endowment Fund; Friends of Maverick; the towns of Woodstock and
Hurley; local businesses; individual donors; and other public and
private foundations. The Yamaha Disklavier C7X grand piano, the official
piano of Maverick Concerts, appears through the generosity of Yamaha
Artist Services. The Maverick Concert Hall is listed on the New York
State and National Registers of Historic Places as a multi-starred
attraction. The hall and grounds have also received an award for
Excellence in Historic Preservation from the Preservation League of New
York State.
For further information visit www.maverickconcerts.org or contact Kitt Potter, Executive Director at kitt.potter@maverickconcerts.org or 845.679.8217.
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