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Henry Threadgill Double-Up, Tribute to Lawrence d. "butch" Morris at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Courtesy of Marshall Lamm | Posted on January 6, 2015
Where
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA
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When
Thu, February 5, 2015
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Henry Threadgill
woodwindsAbout
Guggenheim Fellow Henry Threadgill headlines on Opening Night (Thursday, 2/5/15 8pm) at the YBCA Theater. Threadgill is one of the musicians who came out of Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Music, and who is still active and considered to be one of the most original jazz composers of his generation. His music transcends styles and genres, and embraces the world of music in its entirety, from ragtime to circus marches to classical to bop, free jazz and beyond. He appears with his large Henry Threadgill Double-Up ensemble, featuring stellar musicians from New York's current jazz scene including renowned pianists MacArthur Fellow Jason Moran and David Virelles, alto saxophonists Curtis Macdonald and Roman Filiu, drummer Craig Weinrib, tuba player Jose Davila, and cellist Christopher Hoffman...