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Henry Grimes Four Night Concert Series with Chicago Modern Orchestra Project September 1st-4th
Henry Grimes Four Night Concert Series with Chicago Modern Orchestra Project September 1st-4th
Date Posted: August 23 2011
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Henry Grimes (acoustic bass, violin, poetry) is playing with Renee Baker (Artistic Director) and the Chicago Modern Orchestra Project. Musicians include Renee' Baker/ Greg Blackburn/ David Boykin (Sept. 3rd only)/ Elizabeth Diaz/ Ben Lamar Gay/ Todd Matthews/ Bruce Nelson/ William Porter / Karl Seigfried, and surprises for a four night residency in various Chicago locations September 1st-4th.
* Thursday, Sept. 1st, 9 p.m: Henry Grimes, special guest with members of the Chicago Modern Orchestra Project (as listed above), Renee' Baker, Artistic Director, at Brown Rice, 4432 North KedzieAve. about a half-block north of Montrose, close to the Kedzie station on the CTA Brown line, Chicago [6O625], 312-543-7O27
* Friday, Sept. 2nd, 8 p.m: Henry Grimes, special guest with Renee' Baker and members of the Chicago Modern Orchestra Project, at DeFibrillator, 1136 North Milwaukee Ave. near the Division Blue Line El stop, Chicago [6O642], 773-485-6284
* Saturday, Sept. 3rd, 1O p.m: Henry Grimes, special guest with David Boykin, Renee’ Baker, and members of the Chicago Modern Orchestra Project, part of the Hereafterfest, at Heaven Gallery, 155O North Milwaukee Ave. betw. Damen Ave. and North Ave., Wicker Park section of Chicago [6O622], 773-342-4597
* Sunday, Sept. 4th, 3 p.m. [not part of the residency and not a public appearance]: Henry Grimes, guest on radio broadcast hosted by Lofton Emenari, WHPK-FM, 88.5, University of Chicago, 773-7O2-8289
* Sunday, Sept. 4th, 8 p.m: Henry Grimes, special guest with members of the Mantra Blue Free Orchestra, at Brown Rice, 4432 North KedzieAve. about a half-block north of Montrose, close to the Kedzie station on the CTA Brown line, Chicago [6O625], 312-543-7O27
ALL TICKETS: $1O (this low ticket price made possible thanks to generous funding and support of the Chicago Modern Jazz Orchestra).
n the late '5Os and throughout the '6Os, after receiving his music education at the Mastbaum School in Philadelphia and at the Juilliard School in New York City, HENRY GRIMES played acoustic bass with many master jazz musicians of that era, including Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Haynes, Steve Lacy, Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan, Sonny Rollins, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, Cecil Taylor, McCoy Tyner, and many more. Sadly, a trip to the West Coast to work with Al Jarreau and Jon Hendricks went awry, leaving Henry in downtown Los Angeles at the end of the '6Os with a broken bass he couldn't pay to repair, so he sold it for a small sum and faded away from the music world. He was discovered there by a Georgia social worker and fan in 2OO2 and was given a bass by William Parker, and after only a few weeks of ferocious woodshedding, Henry emerged from his little room to begin playing concerts around Los Angeles, and made a triumphant return to New York City in May, 'O3 to play in the Vision Festival. Since then, Henry Grimes has played nearly 45O concerts (including many festivals), touring throughout the U.S., Canada, and 23 countries in Europe and the Far East, playing and recording with many of this decade's music heroes, such as Rashied Ali, Marshall Allen, Fred Anderson, Marilyn Crispell, Andrew Cyrille, Bill Dixon, Dave Douglas, Edward "Kidd" Jordan, Roscoe Mitchell, David Murray, Zim Ngqawana, William Parker, Marc Ribot, Wadada Leo Smith, and again, Cecil Taylor. Henry made his professional debut on a second instrument (the violin) at the age of 7O, has seen the publication of the first volume of his poetry, "Signs Along the Road," and creates illustrations to accompany his new recordings and publications. He has received many honors in recent years, including four Meet the Composer grants and a grant from the Acadia Foundation. He has also held a number of recent residencies and offered workshops and master classes on major campuses, including Berklee College of Music, Buffalo Academy, CalArts, Hamilton College of Performing Arts, Humber College, Mills College, New England Conservatory, the University of Gloucestershire at Cheltenham, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and several more. Henry can be heard on 85 recordings, including a dozen recent ones, on various labels (Atlantic, Ayler Records, Blue Note, Columbia, ESP-Disk, ILK Music, Impulse!, JazzNewYork Productions, Pi Recordings, Porter Records, Prestige, Riverside, Verve, etc.). He has been a permanent resident of New York City since 2OO3.
Composer / conductor / violinist / violist RENEE’ BAKER has been at the extreme forefront of creative/ avant-garde music while developing the unique ensemble called the Chicago Modern Orchestra Project since 1991. Utilizing some of the finest musicians who cross the classical world, as well as jazz greats, she has crafted a group of the best traditionalists and blended them with dedicated improvisers, a true gender-bending experience. Her skills as conductor and musician coordinator have been utilized by some of the finest musical organizations in Chicago. Ms. Baker is also Artistic Director of the Chicago Sinfonietta Chamber Ensemble, as well as the Mantra Blue Free Orchestra. As an improviser, Renee' has performed and recorded with Mwata Bowden, the David Boykin Expanse, the Chicago Jazz Orchestra, the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, Orbert Davis, the Great Black Music Ensemble, George Lewis, Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Strings, and Karl E. H. Seigfried’s New Quartet and Galaxy String Quartet. She is a member of the AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians). In recent years, Renée has premiered original compositions with the Chicago Sinfonietta, The Joffrey Ballet Chamber Series, the PianoForte Salon Series, and the Umbria Jazz Festival (Italy). Future collaborations will include the Chicago Architecture Foundation, MCA (the Museum of Contrmporary Art), and South Shore Cultural Center, among others. Renée is Principal Violist of the internationally-renowned Chicago Sinfonietta, working with the orchestra since its founding in 1987. She has been a participant in many international music festivals, including the Classical Music Festival and Aspen Music Festival (Austria) and the Philomusica di Chicago (France). She has performed extensively throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe. Her debut at the prestigious Ravinia Festival was as viola soloist for “Don Quixote” (Strauss), in which she partnered with John Sharp, Principal Cellist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She has performed numerous solo recitals at venues such as the Chicago Cultural Center, and she has been a featured performer with many chamber music ensembles, including her own FAQtet, an ensemble that primarily performs classic repertoire by African-American composers. Ms. Baker is also a published poet and a painter / conceptual artist of found objects, with pieces in private collections throughout the U.S. The Chicago Modern Orchestra Project represents her debut as conductor and composer-in-residence of this new music ensemble.
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