JAZZ COMPOSERS' ALLIANCE
ORCHESTRA
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| On Sunday, April 13, at
7:30 pm, at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in
Watertown, the Jazz Composers Alliance will feature
composer/saxophonist Oliver Lake in a program of
creative music for the 18-piece JCA Orchestra. Also on
the bill will be music by Jim Hobbs, Darrell Katz, Bob
Pilkington and Norm Zocher. The Arsenal Center for the
Arts is located at 321 Arsenal Street in Watertown; full
directions and advance tickets are available at
www.arsenalarts.org . Admission is $20/$10 for seniors &
students. In addition to the performance there were will
be an exhibit of Lake's artwork at the Arsenal center,
from April 6-13. "It's all about choices," states modern Renaissance man Oliver Lake to explain his expansive artistic vision. Lake is an accomplished poet, painter and performance artist. But it's his extraordinary talents as composer, saxophonist, flautist and bandleader that have brought him world-renown. Over 35 years ago, he helped found, with poets Ajule and Malinke, and musicians Julius Hemphill and Floyd La Flore, the Black Artists Group (BAG), the legendary multi-disciplined and innovative St. Louis collective. In 1977, with Hemphill, Hamiet Bluiett and David Murray, he co-founded the internationally acclaimed World Saxophone Quartet, one of the world's premier improvisational groups. Lake continues with WSQ, leads several of his own groups, collaborates with others, and is in much demand as a composer, working with a range of performers from the Brooklyn Philharmonic to Bjork. The Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra has been a fixture on Boston's creative music scene since it's first performance in December of 1985. Combining dedicated musicianship, innovative programming and fresh compositional ideas, their concerts are musically diverse and exciting events. After several years of intensive recording, the Orchestra has released four new CDs since 2003, including the critically acclaimed In, Thru and Out, (Cadence), The Death of Simone Weil, (Innova) and Celebration of the Spirit. (C.I.M.P.), all of which feature the widely varied writing of the JCA resident composers. The Same Thing will be released this spring on Cadence Jazz Records. Drawing on influences that span the history of jazz and encompass the world's musical traditions, Hobbs, Katz, Pilkington and Zocher bring together a huge palette of sounds, structures and conceptions to make the JCA Orchestra's concerts unique experiences. Many of the band's featured soloists are bandleaders and composers in their own right, and are some of New England's most creative musicians, including Hiro Honshuku (flute), Jim Hobbs (alto sax), Phil Scarff (tenor sax), Mike Peipman (tpt), David Harris (tbn), Pablo Bencid (drums) and Rebecca Shrimpton (voice). For tickets, call Arsenal Arts at (617) 923-8487 or visit their website at http://www.arsenalarts.org The Arsenal Center for the arts has plenty of free parking, and is on the #70 and 70a bus routes, which run from Central Square, Cambridge. For more information about Oliver Lake, visit http://oliverlake.net/index.html For further information on the Jazz Composers Alliance, email info@jazzcomposersalliance.org or visit www.jazzcomposersalliance.org
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| Updated March 21, 2008 |
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