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| AACM New York City Chapter, Inc. Presents: Marty Ehrlich & Thurman Barker AACM Presents September 12, 2014 8:00PM Marty Ehrlich's Trio Exaltation Featuring: MARTY EHRLICH (Saxophone, Clarinet, and Flute) JOHN HEBERT (Bass) MATT WILSON (Drums) And The Thurman Barker Ensemble Featuring: THURMAN BARKER (Drums, Marimba, & Percussion) PATIENCE HIGGINS (Tenor and Soprano Saxophone, and Clarinet) LONNIE GASPERINI - Hammond B3 Organ NOAH BARKER (Piano and Percussion) GWEN LASTER (Violin) CONCERT HELD AT: Community Church of New York 40 East 35th Street, New York, NY 10016 (Between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue) Performers Bio: THURMAN BARKER Master percussionist Thurman Barker has been a member of the AACM since it's inception. He began his professional career at the age of sixteen playing for blues singer Mighty Joe Young and has performed as backup drummer for Billy Eckstein, Marvin Gaye, Bette Midler and Vicki Carr. Thurman has recorded with Cecil Taylor, Muhal Richard Abrams, Amina Claudine Myers, Anthony Braxton, Roscoe Mitchell, Sam Rivers, Billy Bang, Joseph Jarman and Henry Threadgill. In 1994 Thurman's work "Dialogue" which was commissioned by the World Music Institute was premiered at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City. The Woodstock Chamber Orchestra premiered two pieces of Mr. Barker's: "Expansions" in May, 1999 and "Time Factor" in October, 2000. Mr. Barker has produced two recordings on his own record label, Uptee productions. "The Way I Hear It" was released in January of 1999 and his first album "Voyage" was reissued in CD format in November, 1999. In the fall of 1999 Thurman was given the honor of being the guest lecturer at the Smolny Institute in St. Petersburg, Russia. Since 1993 he has served as Associate Professor of Jazz Studies at Bard College in Annandale -on-Hudson, New York. MARTY EHRLICH Marty Ehrlich is celebrating thirty-five years in the nexus of creative music centered in New York City. He began his musical career in St. Louis, Missouri, while in high school, performing and recording with the Human Arts Ensemble. He graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music with honors in 1977, where his teachers included George Russell, Jaki Byard, Joseph Allard, and Gunther Schuller. Since that time, he has made twenty-five recordings of his compositions for ensembles ranging in size from duo to jazz orchestra. These groups include his Emergency Peace Ensemble, Traveler's Tales Group, Rites Quartet, and the Marty Ehrlich Sextet. In 2013 New World Records released "A Trumpet in the Morning", a Jazz orchestra recording of 5 long form compositions by Ehrlich. As a multi-instrumentalist passionate about improvisation and interpretation, he has performed with a who's who of contemporary composers, including Muhal Richard Abrams, Ray Anderson, Steven Bernstein, Anthony Braxton, John Carter, Andrew Cyrille, Jack DeJohnette, Anthony Davis, Mark Dresser, Peter Erskine, Michael Formanek, Don Grolnick, Chico Hamilton, Julius Hemphill, Andrew Hill, Wayne Horvitz, Robin Holcomb, Leroy Jenkins, Myra Melford, James Newton, Bobby Previte, David Schiff, Wadada Leo Smith, and John Zorn. He appears on more than 100 recordings with these and other composers. Ehrlich has performed with the Chicago Symphony, the BBC Symphony, the New York City Opera, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Chamber Music Northwest, and other classical ensembles. He has worked with the Jose Limón and Bill T. Jones dance companies, among others. He is currently presenting a concert program for twelve musicians entitled "Julius Hemphill: A Composer Portrait." His honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship in Composition, the Peter Ivers Visiting Artist Residency at Harvard University, composition grants from Chamber Music America, the NEA, and NYFA, "Clarinetist of the Year" from the Jazz Journalist Association, and a Distinguished Alumni award from NEC. He is currently Associate Professor of Jazz and Contemporary Music at Hampshire College. www.martyehrlich.com write your comments about the article :: © 2014 Jazz News :: home page |