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| Joe Chambers "Moving Pictures Orchestra" at the ATLAS Performing Arts Center Wed., June 13, 2012  Joe Chambers has been described as one of the great drummers to come out of the '60s - a master of dynamics, percussive color and polyrhythmic density. Also a master of all mallet instruments, piano and a composer, he has performed with most of the modern jazz giants, including Freddie Hubbard, Eric Dolphy, Donald Byrd, Charles Mingus, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie and the Max Roach M'Boom Ensemble. Chambers has recorded close to 300 albums as a sideman and 10 as a leader. Joe Chambers, the composer, has scored soundtracks for several Spike Lee films and it is his composing and arranging talents which are spotlighted in his most recent album. The skillful arrangements and his imaginative use of orchestral color certainly places Joe Chambers as one of the most creative and versatile men in jazz today. The stellar ensemble, recorded live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola features top New York jazz and studio musicians such as Craig Handy, David Weiss, Conrad Herwig, Xavier Davis and others. With the Moving Pictures Orchestra, Joe Chambers displays a passion for jazz that reaches far beyond the confines of the studio or bandstand, beyond genre and characterization, beyond even the music and extends into the culture itself.Joe Chambers "Moving Pictures" Orchestra Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 8pm ATLAS Performing Arts Center 1333 H Street NE Washington DC 20002 Joe Chambers drum set, vibraphone Brent Birckhead alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute Sarah Hughes - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute Brian Settles - tenor saxophone Elijah Jamal Balbed - tenor saxophone Brad Linde -baritone saxophone Mike "Bags" Davis - lead trumpet Donvonte McCoy - trumpet Brad Clements - trumpet Chris Walker - trumpet Greg Boyer - trombone Corey Wallace - trombone Ryan McGeorge - trombone Chris Buckley - bass trombone Dan Roberts - piano Tom Baldwin - bass Tony Martucci - drum set, percussion Jessica Boykin-Settles - vocals PERFORMING MUSIC FROM HIS NEW SAVANT CD Joe Chambers Moving Pictures Orchestra SAVANT RECORDS SCD 2120 With Craig Handy, David Weiss, Conrad Herwig, Steve Berrios, Xavier Davis, Dwayne Burno, Nicole Guiland, Steve Davis and others Street Date April 24, 2012 TRACKS: Moving Pictures Suite: Movements 1-4 • Lonesome Lover • Power to the People • Tu-Way-Pock-E-Way • Theme from "M Squad" • Mendacity write your comments about the article :: © 2012 Jazz News :: home page |