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| TYPE: | Campus |
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| TITLE: | Celebrating Cal Massey with Fred Ho & the Afro Asian Music Ensemble |
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| DESCRIPTION: | Trumpeter Cal Massey (c. 1928-1972) was a gifted composer whose works were recorded by such renowned performers
as John Coltrane, Freddie Hubbard, and Archie Shepp. He was also a fi xture on the Brooklyn jazz scene from the
1950s until his death. This concert features a rare performance of Massey’s Black Liberation Suite. Fred Ho is a baritone
saxophonist, composer, bandleader, social activist, and recently the author of Wicked Theory, Naked Practice: A Fred Ho
Reader (Minnesota, 2009). Salim Washington is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and faculty member at Brooklyn
College. His latest book, written with Farah Jasmine Griffi n, is Clawing at the Limits of Cool: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and
the Greatest Jazz Collaboration Ever (Thomas Dunne, 2008).
Department: The H. Wiley Hitchcock Institute for Studies in American Music. |
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| DATE: | Thursday, April22, 2010 | ||
| TIME: | 7:00pm | ||
| LOCATION: | Gershwin Theater | ||
| CONTACT: | 718-951-5655, ISAM@brooklyn.cuny.edu | ||
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| PRICE: | $ | ||
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