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SUMMARY:Roland Barber Quintet
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the Roland Barber Quintet in the Green Room.\n\n\n\n\nDoors open at 7pm | Show starts at 7:30pm\nTickets: $18 in advance | $23 at the door \nThis tour is made possible with the support of Jazz Road\, a national initiative of South Arts\, which is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. \n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\nRoland Barber\, based in Nashville\, Tennessee\, has achieved a powerful\, soulful and spirited artistry as a jazz performer\, so much so the legendary Curtis Fuller (John Coltrane’s only trombonist) exclaimed upon hearing him\, “Now THAT’s what jazz trombone is all about!” Roland’s style is a synthesis of exciting elements – a fusion held together by a compelling sense of “voice” that reaches audiences on many levels. Roland employs a warm\, personal tone that is lyrical and full\, reminiscent of trombone masters J.J. Johnson and Al Grey – and displays with a melodicism well informed by many traditions from the blues and gospel wail of the South to the bebop founded in New York City\, from the swagger of New Orleans to the flavor and verve of Afro-Cuban traditions. \nRoland is also known for his masterful plunger-mute playing – a gem in the music of jazz that goes back to Tricky Sam Nanton of Duke Ellington’s orchestra and a study that has been passed down the generations\, most directly to Roland through mentors Steve Turre and Al Grey. Roland has performed with titans of jazz music as well as young lions\, including Stefon Harris\, Sean Jones\, Clark Terry\, Branford Marsalis\, Houston Person\, Jeff “Tain” Watts\, Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center\, the Duke Ellington Orchestra\, the Chico O’Farill Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra\, Lainie Cooke and the Grammy-winning New Orleans Jazz Ensemble. \nRoland Barber has performed in venues the world over\, from Manhattan to Estonia\, including Carnegie Hall\, Birdland\, the Blue Note\, the Smithsonian\, Lincoln Center\, the Kennedy Center\, and Madison Square Garden. Beyond the jazz realm\, Roland has performed with a “who’s who” of the music scene\, including the Wooten Brothers\, Slavic Soul Party\, Lauryn Hill\, the Nashville Symphony\, Lady A\, Chaka Khan\, Aretha Franklin\, Lauren Daigle\, Taj Mahal\, Keb’ Mo\, the Wood Brothers\, Ron Isley\, La India\, Roberto Blades\, Take 6\, Ladysmith Black Mambazo\, Kirk Whalum\, the NBC Saturday Night Live Band and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/roland-barber-quintet/
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SUMMARY:Folk All Y'all presents David Wilcox
DESCRIPTION:Folk All Y’all presents singer/songwriter David Wilcox. \nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: Minimum ticket price is $30 but you can name-your-own price above that if you’re feeling it. 100% of ticket revenue goes to Folk All Y’all artists. \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nMore than three decades into his career\, singer/songwriter David Wilcox continues to push himself\, just as he always has. Wilcox\, by so many measures\, is a quintessential folk singer\, telling stories full of heart\, humor\, and hope\, substance\, searching\, and style. His lyrical insight is matched by a smooth baritone voice\, virtuosic guitar chops\, and creative open tunings\, giving him a range and tenderness rare in folk music. His innate sense of adventure and authenticity is why critics and colleagues\, alike\, have always praised not just his artistry\, but his humanity\, as well. \nDavid was the first artist Folk All Y’all reached out to host\, way back in 2014. After that first (more-than-)sold-out show\, David’s come back and played six more. We’re thrilled to welcome David Wilcox back to The Green Room at Crosstown Arts inside Crosstown Concourse\, a space that has inspired him for years. \n\n\nMinimum ticket price is $30 but you can name-your-own price above that if you’re feeling it. 100% of ticket revenue goes to our artists (you can see where any fees go in the check-out breakdown). Yep\, all of it. Folk All Y’all is volunteer-run and subscriber-supported. Shows are presented in partnership with Crosstown Arts at The Green Room in Crosstown Concourse. \nThe Green Room currently requires proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test from the previous 48 hours to attend shows. Masks are recommended. Your purchase indicates acceptance of this policy and any updates that may be required for community health. Tickets are transferable but non-refundable unless the show is postponed or canceled. \nAbout The Green Room: Operated by Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room is committed to providing the best possible environment for the two most important components of a musical performance: the artists’ work and the audience’s listening experience. \nAbout Folk All Y’all: Intimate\, attentive performances by exceptional singer-songwriters\, proudly presented in Memphis\, Folk All Y’all is a public listening room series dedicated to providing artists and audiences with unforgettable music experiences.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/folk-all-yall-presents-david-wilcox/
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SUMMARY:Postponed: Hood 2 Hood Recitals at Crosstown Arts
DESCRIPTION:This event has been postponed. New date to be announced soon! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHenry Booker\, also known as Sir Henry\, is a versatile musician who performs across the Mid-South with several bands. Henry started the Hood 2 Hood Recitals to promote nonviolence\, peace\, and positivity in urban neighborhoods in Memphis and beyond by playing classical music and R&B hits after he was in a tragic incident that nearly ended his life. The Hood 2 Hood Recitals began with Henry setting up his keyboard in public neighborhood locations so that music could be brought out into the community\, for the community. Learn more about Henry Booker’s Hood 2 Hood Recitals: https://dailymemphian.com/article/26003/henry-booker-shooting-survivor \nHe can be heard performing with his band MainStreet Band on Beale Street\, at weddings\, and at other special events. MainStreet Band has performed all over the Southeast\, with performances in Georgia\, Alabama\, Arkansas\, Mississippi\, Louisiana\, Florida\, Texas and all across Tennessee.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/hood-2-hood-recitals-at-crosstown-arts/
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SUMMARY:GOLDINGS/BERNSTEIN/STEWART Organ Trio
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents GOLDINGS/BERNSTEIN/STEWART in the Green Room\, featuring Larry Goldings\, Peter Bernstein\, and Bill Stewart.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nTickets: $25 advance | $30 at the door (plus fees)\nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm \n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\nCrosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event. Please be prepared to present your vaccination card or a negative Covid test taken within 72 hours at check-in. Masks are required. \n\n\n“The trio of Larry Goldings\, Peter Bernstein\, and Bill Stewart is the best organ trio of the last decade.” \n– The New York Times\n\n\n“Goldings belongs to that elite and small group of ‘great piano players” \n– Pat Metheny\n\n\n“Peter Bernstein is the most impressive guitarist I’ve heard. He plays the best of them all for swing\, logic\, feel and taste\, and has paid attention to the past as well as the future.” \n– Jim Hall\n\n\n“An authentic organ trio with all the size and scope of Mount Everest\, and twice the cool” \n– Jazz Times\n\n\n“[Bill Stewart’s] true speciality is making a good band sound inexplicably better” \n– The New York Times\n\n\n\nGOLDINGS/BERNSTEIN/STEWART \nIn the mid 1990s\, The New York Times described Larry Goldings\, Peter Bernstein\, and Bill Stewart as “the best organ trio of the last decade.” The trio\, which has now been together for over 30 years\, has been recognized for charting new ground\, with its synergistic playing\, and thoughtful music. They have over a dozen recordings\, all of which display their distinctive sound\, whether exploring the depths of jazz standards\, or playing their own original compositions. \nOf their newest offering\, Toy Tunes (Pirouet)\, Downbeat said\, “The whole album subtly subverts organ-trio cliches\, offering not chicken-shack party stomps but instead some hip after-hours atmospherics…4 stars” \nLarry Goldings \nWith his signature Hammond organ style and versatility on many keyboards\, Boston native Larry Goldings (b. 1968) has traversed not only the wide spectrum of jazz where he is perhaps best known\, but also the worlds of funk\, pop\, and electronic music. High in demand as a sideman\, Goldings’ sound can be heard on scores of albums by artists in a variety of musical genres. \nOver the years\, Goldings has been closely associated with John Scofield\, Michael Brecker\, Jim Hall\, Maceo Parker\, Madeleine Peyroux\, Pat Metheny\, and pop artists James Taylor and John Mayer. In 2007\, Goldings\, Jack DeJohnette and John Scofield\, received a Grammy nomination in the category of Best Jazz Instrumental Album Individual or Group for their album\, Trio Beyond – Saudades (ECM). \nGoldings also is active as a composer\, arranger\, and producer. His compositions have been recorded by Michael Brecker\, Jim Hall\, John Scofield\, Jack DeJohnette\, Sia\, Vulfpeck\, Lea Michele\, Bob Dorough\, Jane Monheit\, Gaby Moreno\, Curtis Stigers\, and Toots Thielemans. Goldings’ music also has been featured in television shows and motion pictures\, including\, The Office\, Proof\, Funny People\, and Neighbors. He scored his first feature film\, Dealin’ With Idiots in 2013\, directed by Jeff Garlin\, and is currently the composer for the upcoming Netflix mini-series\, Madam CJ Walker\, starring Octavia Spencer. \nPeter Bernstein \nJazz guitarist Peter Bernstein (b. 1967\, New York City) has been a part of the jazz scene in New York and abroad since 1989. During that time he has participated in over 200 recordings and numerous festival\, concert and club performances with musicians from all generations. As a leader\, Peter has released 12 albums and a DVD\, Live at Smoke. \nHe got his first break while attending the New School when he met the legendary guitarist Jim Hall. Hall asked Peter to participate in his Invitational Concert as part of the 1990 JVC Jazz Festival. The event featured such guitarists as John Scofield and Pat Metheny and was released as “Live at Town Hall Vol. 2” by Music Masters. Hall noted that Peter “…has paid attention to the past as well as the future. He is the most impressive guitarist I’ve heard. He plays the best of them all for swing\, logic\, feel and taste.” Also in 1990\, Peter Bernstein was discovered by alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson and took part in the first of four recordings with him. He was a regular member of his group throughout the 1990s. “Some people just have it.” Donaldson said. “…most of the time you have to teach someone what to do\, but Peter knows it all.” Peter has also enjoyed long musical associations with legendary drummer Jimmy Cobb (Cobb’s Mob)\, as well as organist Larry Goldings and drummer Bill Stewart as a member of their highly acclaimed trio. The New York Times called them “the best organ trio of the last decade”. Together they recorded a dozen of records\, all of which display their distinctive sound\, whether exploring the depths of jazz standards or playing their original compositions. From 1995 through 1997\, Peter was a member of Joshua Redman’s band and played on Redman’s Freedom in the Groove CD. He played with Diana Krall’s quartet from 1999 through 2001 and with Dr. Lonnie Smith\, the legendary organist who made his debut on the George Benson Cookbook albums. He has also recorded five CDs with organist Melvin Rhyne\, known for his association with Wes Montgomery. In addition\, Peter has appeared in groups led by Sonny Rollins\, Bobby Hutcherson\, George Coleman\, David Fathead Newman\, Etta Jones and Nicholas Payton. \nCurrent Projects include a solo record\, “Solo Guitar – Live at Smalls” in 2013\, the albums “Let Loose” w/ Gerald Clayton\, Doug Weiss\, and Bill Stewart in 2016 and “Signs LIVE!”\, featuring pianist Brad Mehldau\, bassist Christian McBride and drummer Gregory Hutchinson\, in 2017\, both released on Smoke Session Records as well as the highly acclaimed organ trio with organist Larry Goldings and drummer Bill Stewart with whom he has released numerous albums and toured world wide for almost 30 years. The most recent releases are “Ramshackle Serenade” (2014) and “Toy Tunes” (2018)\, both on Pirouet records. \nBill Stewart \nOriginally from Des Moines\, Iowa\, drummer/composer Bill Stewart (b. 1966) made his name as the rhythmic force behind guitarist John Scofield since 1990 and still collaborating with him regularly since 1990. He is now one of the most sought after jazz drummers in the world. \nStewart’s playing is distinguished by its melodic focus\, and its polyrhythmic\, or layered\, character. Although his drumming bears the influence of various melodic and swinging drummers who preceded him\, Stewart’s voice is clearly his own\, and has influenced a younger generation of drummers. \nStewart has toured extensively with John Scofield\, Pat Metheny\, Maceo Parker\, Kevin Hays\, Joe Lovano\, Joshua Redman\, Charlie Haden\, Steve Wilson\, Marc Copland\, Bill Carrothers\, Nicholas Payton\, Joe Henderson and many others in addition to leading his own band on tours in Europe and at the Village Vanguard in New York City. \nAn excellent composer in his own right\, Stewart has made several records as a leader that predominantly feature his own music\, bearing the same thoughtfulness\, humor\, and impeccable taste that one hears in his playing. He has recorded 6 cds as a leader. Stewart’s Blue Note recording “Snide Remarks” was selected as one of the top 10 cds of 1997 by The New York Times\, and his latest is Band Menu (2018\, self released on cdbabyitunes/amazon)\, a trio with Walter Smith III and Larry Grenadier.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/goldings-bernstein-stewart/
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: Samara Joy featuring Pasquale Grasso
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Samara Joy featuring Pasquale Grasso in the Green Room.\n\n\nTuesday\, April 5\, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $20 advance | $25 at the door (plus fees) \n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\nCrosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event. Please be prepared to present your vaccination card or a negative Covid test taken within 72 hours at check-in. Masks are required. \nWith a voice as smooth as velvet\, SAMARA JOY’s star seems to rise with each performance. Following her winning the 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition\, she is currently recording her debut recording\, which will feature Samara backed by the Pasquale Grasso Trio. \nThis rising star still resides in the place of her birth\, the Castle Hill section of the Bronx\, New York. Growing up\, music was a pervasive presence\, due to the inspiration of her paternal grandparents\, Elder Goldwire and Ruth McLendon\, who led the well-known Philadelphia-based gospel group\, The Savettes. Her father toured with the renowned Gospel artist Andrae Crouch\, and her home was filled with the sounds of not only her father’s songs and songwriting process\, but the inspiration of many Gospel and R&B artists\, including Stevie Wonder\, Lalah Hathaway\, George Duke\, Musiq Soulchild\, Kim Burrell\, Commissioned\, and many others. \n“Although I didn’t grow up singing in church\,” explains Samara\, “I constantly heard my family singing inspirational music together\, which instilled in me an appreciation for my musical lineage. My earliest memory of performing is singing a Jordin Sparks song for my fifth grade graduation. Then\, through musicals in middle school\, I loved exploring the range of my voice and applying the different colors to fit the characters I played. Finally\, during high school\, I joined the choir at my church\, eventually becoming a worship leader\, singing three services a week for nearly two years.” \nSamara’s first exposure to jazz was while attending Fordham High School for the Arts\, where she performed regularly with the jazz band\, eventually winning Best Vocalist at JALC’s Essentially Ellington competition. However\, jazz wasn’t really her focus until the time came to choose a college. Wanting to attend a state school close to home\, she picked SUNY Purchase\, gaining acceptance into their acclaimed jazz program\, with a faculty that includes many jazz masters (including Pasquale Grasso and drummer Kenny Washington\, who both appear on her debut recording.) \n“My friends were all into jazz and started sharing their favorite recordings with me to check out. The turning point was when I heard both Sarah Vaughan’s version of ‘Lover Man’ and Tadd Dameron’s recordings featuring trumpeter Fats Navarro. I was hooked.” \nFrom this point\, she began to pursue her jazz studies with an intense passion\, eventually being named the Ella Fitzgerald Scholar and entering and winning the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. \nNot yet 21 years old\, Samara has already performed in many of the great jazz venues in NYC\, including Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola\, The Blue Note\, and Mezzrow\, in addition to working with jazz greats such as Christian McBride\, Pasquale Grasso\, Jon Faddis\, Kirk Lightsey\, Cyrus Chestnut\, and NEA Jazz Master Dr. Barry Harris. \nAs she begins work on her debut recording (to be released in the spring of 2021)\, Samara Joy looks forward to sharing her passionate love for jazz as a uniting force and as a catalyst for change in the years to come.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/samara-joy-featuring-pasquale-grasso/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Marcella Simien
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents a night of eclectic sounds from the Swamp Soul Queen Marcella Simien\, featuring the Lovers band and special guests.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: $10 advance | $15 day of show\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nCrosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event. Please be prepared to present your vaccination card or a negative Covid test taken within 72 hours at check-in. Masks are required. \nMarcella Simien was born into one of the first Creole families to settle St. Landry Parish. Daughter of two-time GRAMMY™ Award-winning Zydeco luminary Terrance Simien\, Marcella was practically born on-stage and grew up immersed in sound and performance. Visits to the family home from legends such as David Hidalgo of Los Lobos or Taj Mahal\, who once sang her “Happy Birthday\,” were not uncommon. \nSimien holds a degree from Memphis College of Art\, which is what originally brought her to Memphis\, Tennessee. Feeling a kindred connection to the city’s rich history and bustling community of working musicians\, she began planting the seeds of her South Louisiana heritage in the Bluff City. She has since forged her own pathways in the local\, national\, and international music scenes\, following her heart as an artist while wielding the torch of a Creole dynasty. \nSimien founded and serves as bandleader in Marcella & Her Lovers—a hybrid of classic Memphis soul with the freewheeling swagger of New Orleans funk. Featuring an ensemble cast of Memphis musicians\, Simien emerges as an undeniably powerful frontwoman. Her lyrics explore themes of love\, loss\, and healing\, and her vocal work embodies feminine strength. With each angelic holler and pump of the Creole accordion\, she reinvents the mold of Memphis music while giving a wink and a nod to her ancestors. \nConfident\, composed\, and courageous\, Simien is a bona fide artist in her own right with musical wisdom beyond her years. As legendary record producer and owner of Royal Studios Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell puts it\, “Marcella is one of the most soulful artists I’ve heard since the glory days of Memphis soul music. Her sound and stage presence are constant reminders that soul music is still alive and well.” \nSimien’s selected career milestones and accolades to date include: “Meet Me In Memphis”—a one-on-one interview feature produced by Southern Living & IKEA USA that has reached over 1.5 million views on Facebook; the honor of being one of only 500 artists in America nominated for a $50\,000 USA Artists Fellowship; a feature on the nationally-syndicated radio program Beale Street Caravan; a feature in the Memphis Flyer’s “20 Under 30” cover issue; performing twice on the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise alongside such greats as Marcia Ball\, Allen Toussaint\, and Irma Thomas; and lending guest vocals to her father Terrance Simien’s album Dockside Sessions\, which won a 2014 GRAMMY™ for Best Regional Roots Album of the Year. \nIn addition to Marcella & Her Lovers\, Simien performs with Gumbo\, Grits & Gravy\, Marcella & Les Vagues\, Magnolias\, and Terrance Simien’s Krewe De Monifique. Recently\, Simien made her New York City debut at Joe’s Pub and her London debut as a duo with Mark Black of Sweet on drums. She signed with a new management team\, Yonas Media\, in June of 2020.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/marcella-simien/
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SUMMARY:“Taking Over”: Women in the Music Industry
DESCRIPTION:Doors at 7pm | Show at 7:30pm\nTickets: $10 advance | $15 day of the show \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n  \nMorgan Massey\, a graduating senior from the University of Memphis Music Business program\, is presenting Taking Over: Women in the Music Industry. The event is a benefit concert for A Step Ahead Foundation and will be held on April 1st at The Green Room in Crosstown Arts. The show will serve to empower and encourage young women who are navigating a male dominated industry. Taking Over features four incredible female performers and a fully female crew. The event will include exclusive shirts for sale to raise funds for donations. Come close out Women’s History Month by supporting these ambitious and passionate young women! \nAlexis Jade \nAlexis Jade\, simply put\, is an old soul with a new sound. Her relationship with music was cultivated right on the front porch in Rosemark\, TN\, sitting next to her grandmother as they sang nostalgic songs such as “You are My Sunshine” and “How Much is That Doggy in the Window?” Raised in a house full of music from the 70s\, 80s\, and 90s\, music was an integral part of Jade’s childhood\, and she began writing songs at a very young age. This past fall\, Alexis Jade signed on to Blue Tom Records at the University of Memphis. Under Blue Tom Records\, Jade will be releasing her first solo single\, “Return to Sender.” Out to pave a new path for women in country music\, Jade has her sights set on bringing a new sound to the time-old tales of heartbreak and loss. \nTrinity Adair \nTrinity Adair Miller is a Junior Music Business major at the University of Memphis. Trinity was born in a small town in Illinois and grew up in Nashville. Her parents\, Everett and Annetta Miller\, have always supported her dreams in pursuing music and have pushed her to become the artist she is today. Trinity has an original single titled “If Only” and will be performing that today. Trinity would like to shout out Morgan for the opportunity to be able to showcase her talent and for considering her to perform tonight. She is so honored to be performing alongside other talented female artists and is excited to continue her journey as an artist and student. \nSarah Spain \nSarah Spain is a Memphis singer-songwriter and student at the University of Memphis studying creative writing. Sarah has participated in many vocal ensembles and has her own solo career. She works as a vocal instructor at the Memphis School of Rock. On top of these endeavors\, she has a small business called Strange Moon Mystics where she makes eclectic jewelry by hand. Taking Over is honored to have her as a part of our line-up. \nToni Mack \nMemphis-based singer/songwriter\, Toni Mack\, has been honing her skills in music for the past several years. Pulling inspiration from her own personal experience as well as those around her\, she has been able to produce a sound that is not often heard in her hometown\, Alternative Soul. Her music consists of soft vocals intertwined with melodic guitar chords. She is currently still attending college\, working hard to perfect her craft. She pulls influence from artists like Lianne La Havas\, Corrine Bailey Rae\, Esperanza Spalding\, and many more talented musicians. She hopes to inspire others to find themselves and to be able to relate to her music. Allowing it to be the spirit guide through it all.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/taking-over-women-in-the-music-industry/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arts Resident Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts Spring 2022 resident artists Lucy Wang\, Kate Roberts\, John Rash\, Gunter Guapp\, and Jasmine Marie will present artist talks. \nFree and open to the public. Masks are encouraged at this event. \n\nLucy Wang is an award-winning published and produced writer\, mentor\, and performer. Her plays have been performed throughout the U.S. and abroad. Her poetry and prose have appeared in literary and trade magazines. After Wang sold a half-hour TV comedy pilot\, feminist icon Gloria Steinem urged her to do stand-up\, which was so exhilarating that Wang developed and performed two one-woman shows to sold-out audiences. Her manuscripts are archived at the Huntington Library and CEMA collections at UC Santa Barbara. \nLucy’s work is largely dedicated to fighting for social justice\, creating more inclusive roles\, and inciting laughter. \n“I am a founding member of Honor Roll!\, an action advocacy group of women+ playwrights over 40 as well as our women+ over 40 allies\, that fights for more inclusion\, more visibility in theater. One of the ways I champion change is through comedy. Comedy is revolutionary. I can’t force you to think something is funny. Laughter is involuntary. We all know what canned laughter sounds like. Real laughter has the power to connect us\, open our hearts\, and change our minds. I never met anyone who said\, please\, stop\, no more laughter. That’s why I love to share stories that tackle complex issues with joy and laughter — it will improve our health and understanding of each other. Live\, love\, laugh.” \n\nKate Roberts is an artist and educator working in Memphis\, TN. Her practice is a mediation on time and its role in the decay of memories\, objects\, and the spaces they exist within. Inspiration is drawn from historical objects\, the architecture around her\, or events and choices that shaped a site. Primarily working with clay in its unfired state\, Roberts questions the permanence of these objects and sites. The results are installations that explore the connection between the vulnerabilities of the nature of clay in its many forms from dust\, to wet slip\, to unfired and the mortality of people\, objects\, and places. The moments of fragmentation found in-between act as metaphors for change\, impermanence\, and devices for reinterpretation. Distorted and ghostly\, the sculptures and installations result in a fleeting\, fragile reminder of the consequences of nature\, time\, and circumstance. \n“I grew up in the Southern part of the United States. The landscape is lush and bountiful and at times can be hauntingly visceral. This is due to the areas’ humidity. It causes the pace to be slow … nearly stagnant. Time does not move in a linear fashion\, but is suspended. As southerners we live in suspension between myth and truth\, between appearance and reality\, between life and death\, and between the past and present. In my work I try to find that similar moment in-between.” \n\nJohn Rash is an artist and documentarian working in lens-based media across the mediums of photography\, video\, audio\, and installation. John’s work is primarily centered on representations of outsider identities\, counterculture communities\, and alternative lifestyles with a commitment to accountability and promotion of social and racial justice. These stories and images utilize the traditions and innovations of documentary fieldwork and are retold through experimental methods of visual storytelling that highlight the human condition. \n“All documentaries are collaborative portraits framed and assembled by a subjective narrative. No story is too small and every person has at least one worth hearing.” \n\nGunter Guapp is a composer and music teacher based in Memphis\, TN\, whose work combines interests in noise composition and genre music. His recent work utilizes folk melodies\, chaotic textures\, and improvisation to explore themes of interpersonal connection and accessibility. Recent premieres include collaborations with Hypercube\, the Julius Quartet\, Four Corners Ensemble\, and Ensemble PHACE to present new pieces in Chicago\, Dallas\, New York\, and Vienna. \n“At its best\, I think concert music should be physically engaging and allow performers to immediately connect to listeners and invite audiences into performance spaces” \n\nJasmine Marie (she/her) is a queer Black multidisciplinary artist born and based in Memphis. Her work centers stories of Black southern heritage\, spirituality\, and black femme identity\, most often through afro-surrealist/futuristic imagery. She is half of NuJas\, a multidisciplinary art house centering black women and queer folks. \n“I think overall I want to make work that holds black folks close and moves us to imagine how love and community free us. Even in pieces that aren’t intentionally futuristic\, I want us to feel bigger. Like we are part of something that transcends time and challenges our understanding of our place in the world.”
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arts-resident-artist-talk-15/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Maeve Gilchrist
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Edinburgh-born harpist and composer Maeve Gilchrist in The Green Room. \nTICKETS: $20 plus fees\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nCrosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event. Please be prepared to present your vaccination card or a negative Covid test taken within 72 hours at check-in. Masks are required. \nDescribed by one critic as “a phenomenal harp player who can make her instrument ring with unparalleled purity”\, Maeve Gilchrist has taken the Celtic (lever) harp to new levels of performance and visibility. \nBorn and raised in Edinburgh\, Scotland\, and currently based in Brooklyn\, New York\, Maeve‘s innovative approach to her instrument stretches its harmonic limits and improvisational possibilities. She is as at home as a soloist with an internationally renowned orchestra as she is playing with a traditional Irish folk group or using electronic augmentation in a more contemporary\, improvisatory setting. \nShe tours internationally as a band leader as well as maintaining a number of collaborations including the progressive folk quartet\, DuoDuo (featuring percussive dancer Nic Gareiss\, cellist Natalie Haas and Yann Falquet of Quebecois super-group Genticorum)\, a more electronics based project with Viktor Krauss and as a member of the Irish Music Network-commissioned Edges of Light quartet: a multidisciplinary group featuring the piper David Power\, dancer Colin Dunne and the fiddler Tola Custy. Maeve is also a member of the prestigious Silkroad Ensemble. She has appeared at such major music events as Celtic Connections in Glasgow\, Tanglewood Jazz Festival\, the World Harp Congress in Amsterdam and the historic opening of the Scottish Parliament. She has played with such luminaries as Yo-Yo Ma\, Es- peranza Spalding\, Tony Trishka\, Ambrose Akinmusire\, Darol Anger and Kathy Mattea. \nMaeve has released five albums to date\, including her most recent recording\, Vignette\, on Adventure Records\, with bassist Viktor Krausse while\, on her own label\, her solo Ostinato Project is a beguiling ex-ploration of the possibilities of her instrument. In 2018 Maeve was a featured soloist on the Dreamworks blockbuster movie soundtrack\, How to tame your dragon: The hidden world. \nMaeve was the first lever harpist to be employed as an instructor by her alma mater\, Berklee College of Music in Boston\, where she taught for five years before switching to being a visiting artist in 2018. She has written several instructional books published by Hal Leonard Music. She is also an in-demand composer and arranger\, with past commissions including a ground-breaking concerto for lever harp and symphony orchestra co-written with North Carolina-based composer Luke Benton and most recently a new piece for harp and string quartet premiered at the Edinburgh International Harp festival last spring. Maeve is the co-artistic director of the new Celtic Roots and Branches Festival launching in Rockport MA this summer and the assistant music director of WGBH’s Christmas Celtic Sojourn.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/maeve-gilchrist/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:The PRVLG
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents musical twin duo The PRVLG in the Green Room. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door (plus fees) \n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\nCrosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event. Please be prepared to present your vaccination card or a negative Covid test taken within 72 hours at check-in. Masks are required. \nThe duo\, consisting of twin brothers Christian and Christopher Underwood\, grew up surrounded by music. The brothers developed a very unique musical connection\, which is on full display in their live performances. As bass and drum players\, the pair have the ability to lock in a powerful rhythm and bass foundation\, effortlessly making up for each other’s shortcomings and complementing one another’s strengths. \nGrowing up in a musical family and listening to their father – a guitarist – play classics by the likes of Jimi Hendrix\, The Isley Brothers\, and Earth Wind & Fire\, it was only natural for them to begin writing together at the age of 16 and continue to develop their writing talent from then. Since officially forming in early 2017\, the duo named themselves The PRVLG\, chosen due to the privilege they experienced by growing up playing music together and connecting with others through the universal language. \nIt ain’t trap but it’ll have you hooked \nGroove and feel so infectious got the whole world shook \nPlay it on a date and you’re bound to get to home base \nThe way it make you feel one could call it a soul mate \nIt’s From the south\, and Like a glass of sweet tea\, perfect for any occasion\, just as previous revolutions \nIt’ll sweep the nation \nHow about a quick flip.. \nFor absolutely any occasion\, it is perfect\, \nlike a wine aged for 100 years\, the wait is worth it \nA breath of fresh air\, right from a Maple tree\, with the melody of a hummingbird singing so sweet \nIt’ll having you feeling free\, free as strangers Skinny dipping \nLyrics meticulously seasoned\, like grandma’s casserole so savory it’s finger-licking \nLeaving you nourished and satisfied \nBut salivating for more \nLike the last song being played before the encore
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-prvlg/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:jaimie branch: FLY or DIE
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents trumpeter jaimie branch’s FLY or DIE in the Green Room. \nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 day of show\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nCrosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event. Please be prepared to present your vaccination card or a negative Covid test taken within 72 hours at check-in. Masks are required. \nThere is a moment near the top of jaimie branch’s FLY or DIE LIVE\, the new album recorded by the trumpeter’s quartet in Zurich\, Switzerland\, on January 23rd\, 2020\, which feels like it bears the weight of both that specific pocket of time\, and a prophecy for all that was soon to come. branch and her Fly or Die crew — cellist Lester St. Louis\, double bassist Jason Ajemian\, and drummer/percussionist/mbira player Chad Taylor — had just kicked off the concert at Moods\, with the opening tracks off their then-new studio album FLY or DIE II: Bird Dogs of Paradise\, the second of which\, “Prayer for Amerikkka” is among the best political songs written during the Tr*mp Era\, and when the moment in question pops off. \nThe multi-part “Prayer” begins as a goth-blues stomp\, its moaning ghosts flying around the room. A week into a European tour and after three months of constant live performance\, Fly or Die is at home in this new song’s contours\, messing with its internal machinery while guiding its meaning. By now\, “Prayer” had gained a tough spoken-word intro\, bringing the context as it slowly gearshifts the intensity: “It’s a song about America\,” off-the-cuffs branch while the band seethes behind her\, “but it’s about a whole lotta places — ‘cause it’s not just America where shit’s fucked up…” Then arrives the climax\, at once site-specific and far-reaching: “…and it’s not always time to be neutral\, do you know what I mean?” The gathered Swiss crowd knows\, understands\, and responds vocally\, as Taylor’s backbeats cue branch to bring the trumpet to her lips\, and let out a high- pitched wail. Her horn doesn’t know what’s about to happen to our world\, and yet\, somehow\, it does — with only the catastrophic details needing to be worked out. For the next 12 minutes\, “Prayer” careens through its twists of wide-eyed racism and family separation\, Ajemian and Taylor driving branch’s punk-jazz Morricone horn line. “This is a warning\, honey…” cries the song\, and over the ensuing 70 minutes\, the band echoes its sentiment\, filled with glee and terror.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/jaimie-branch-fly-or-die/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:CRAIG TABORN Solo Piano
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents jazz pianist Craig Taborn performing solo in the Green Room.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nDoors open at 7pm | Show starts at 7:30pm\nTickets: $20 in advance | $25 at the door (plus fees) \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n*Proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test required at check-in for this event. \nBorn in Minneapolis\, Minnesota\, Craig Taborn has been performing piano and electronic music in the jazz\, improvisational\, and creative music scene for over twenty five years. He has experience composing for and performing in a wide variety of situations including jazz\, new music\, electronic\, rock\, noise and avant garde contexts. Taborn has played and recorded with many luminaries in the fields of jazz\, improvised\, new music and electronic music including Roscoe Mitchell\, Wadada Leo Smith\, Lester Bowie\, Dave Holland\, Tim Berne\, John Zorn\, Evan Parker\, Steve Coleman\, David Torn\, Chris Potter\, William Parker\, Vijay Iyer\, Kris Davis\, Nicole Mitchell\, Susie Ibarra\, Ikue Mori\, Carl Craig\, Dave Douglas\, Meat Beat Manifesto\, Dan Weiss\, Chris Lightcap\, Gerald Cleaver\, and Rudresh Manhathappa. \nTaborn is currently occupied creating and performing music for solo piano performance (Shadow Plays / Avenging Angel)\, piano trio (Craig Taborn Trio)\, an electronic project (Junk Magic)\, the Daylight Ghosts Quartet\, a piano/drums/electronics duo with Dave King (Heroic Enthusiasts) and a new trio with Tomeka Reid and Ches Smith as well as piano duo collaborations with Vijay Iyer (The Transient Poems)\, Kris Davis (Octopus) and Cory Smythe. He is also a member of the instrumental electronic art-pop group Golden Valley is Now and performs frequently on solo electronics. Craig lives in Brooklyn.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/craig-taborn-solo-piano/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:BlueTom Live
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts and BlueTom Records present BlueTom Live on Sunday\, March 20.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors open at 7pm | Show starts at 7:30pm\nTickets: $10 general admission (FREE for University of Memphis students and faculty with university ID) \n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\n*Crosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test for this event. \nBlueTom Records\, the student-run record label at the University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music\, is proud to present BlueTom Live on March 20. Join BlueTom at The Green Room at Crosstown Arts as they feature five artists from the label performing R&B\, Pop\, and Hip-Hop. \nArtists Performing include the following: \nJosh Dedrick – Josh Dedrick is a pop singer/songwriter from Memphis\, TN. \nRochel – Rochel is Hip-Hop/R&B artist from Memphis\, TN. \nLaDarryl – LaDarryl is Hip-Hop artist from Memphis\, TN. \nDoors open at 7 PM and the show starts at 7:30 PM with a special performance by DJ Bryce Todd.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/bluetom-live-3/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts and BlueTom Records present BlueTom Live on Sunday\, March 20.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors open at 7pm | Show starts at 7:30pm\nTickets: $10 general admission (FREE for University of Memphis students and faculty with university ID) \n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\n*Crosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test for this event. \nBlueTom Records\, the student-run record label at the University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music\, is proud to present BlueTom Live on March 20. Join BlueTom at The Green Room at Crosstown Arts as they feature five artists from the label performing R&B\, Pop\, and Hip-Hop. \nArtists Performing include the following: \nJosh Dedrick – Josh Dedrick is a pop singer/songwriter from Memphis\, TN. \nRochel – Rochel is Hip-Hop/R&B artist from Memphis\, TN. \nLaDarryl – LaDarryl is Hip-Hop artist from Memphis\, TN. \nDoors open at 7 PM and the show starts at 7:30 PM with a special performance by DJ Bryce Todd.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/14225/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Pierre Bensusan
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents French-Algerian acoustic guitar virtuoso\, vocalist and composer Pierre Bensusan in the Green Room.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors open at 7pm | Show starts at 7:30pm\nTickets: $20 in advance | $25 at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n*Proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test required at check-in for this event. \nFrench-Algerian acoustic guitar virtuoso\, vocalist and composer Pierre Bensusan\, surnamed “Mister DADGAD”\, has taken his unique sound to all corners of the globe. \nWinner of the Independent Music Award for his triple live album “Encore”\, voted Best World Music Guitarist by Guitar Player Magazine reader’s Poll\, winner of the Rose d’Or at the Montreux Festival for his debut album\, Pierre is recognized as one of the greatest guitar players of the 21st century. \nBorn in Oran\, French-Algeria\, in 1957\, when France was decolonizing its Empire\, Pierre Bensusan’s family moved to Paris when he was 4. He began formal studies on piano at the age of 7 and at 11 taught himself guitar. Influenced in those early days by the folk revival blooming in Britain\, France and North America\, Bensusan began first to explore his own diverse musical heritage and then moved to the horizons beyond. He signed his first recording contract at 17\, and one year later his first album\, “Près de Paris”\, won the Grand Prix du Disque upon his debut at the Montreux Festival in Switzerland. \nDescribed by the L.A. Times as “one of the most unique and brilliant acoustic guitar veterans in the world music scene today”\, Pierre’s name became synonymous with contemporary acoustic guitar genius\, long before the terms New Age or World Music were invented. He has literally created a style of playing with the ability to make a single guitar sound like an entire band as he brings the audience on a mesmerizing musical journey. And yet\, Bensusan is more than what any musician or music lover expects from a guitarist. He is a composer as well as a bilingual and original and improvisational vocalist\, with his own scat technique. \nImmortalised by the tune “Bensusan” written in tribute by the late Michael Hedges\, and referenced as an important inspiration to many other great musicians\, Pierre Bensusan is a one-of-a-kind artist whose music transcends genre and time\, with an uninhibited sense of musical freedom and expression\, a sense of something both playful and serious\, otherworldly yet right here right now. His “manner” of playing defies classification – crossing world\, classical\, jazz\, traditional\, folk\, pop and more. None can be isolated as simply “World Music”\, “Celtic”\, “Arabic” or “French”; rather\, they represent Pierre’s genuine vocabulary and the best part of our world in its current state\, a world sharing itself. Not to be missed!
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/pierre-bensusan/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Back to the Light: Songs & Stories hosted by J.D. Reager
DESCRIPTION:Join J.D. Reager for “Back to the Light: Songs & Stories”\, featuring performances and conversations with special guests HEELS\, Cory Branan\, Alicja Trout\, Graham Burks\, Michaela & Will Forrest\, and Jeff Hulett. \nThe Green Room\nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door (plus fees)\nDoors open at 7pm | Show starts at 7:30pm \nPurchase Tickets Here \n\n*Crosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event. Please be prepared to present your vaccination card or a negative Covid test taken within 72 hours at check-in. \nJ.D. REAGER \nMemphis musician/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist J.D. Reager is a veteran of several TN-based touring and recording acts\, including Glossary\, Pezz\, Two Way Radio\, Snowglobe and The Passport Again. He has opened for heroes and appeared on MTV and released two critically acclaimed solo records\, but is in no way famous. In 2020 he launched a podcast\, network and label called Back to the Light\, and he has since finished a new solo album of his own (due later in 2022)\, and produced a new album for Memphis underground icons The Subteens.  \nHEELS \nHEELS is the combined effort of Joshua McLane and Brennan Whalen. A two-piece band from Memphis\, TN. They started as a stripped down acoustic outfit in 2015. Over the course of the last few years they have evolved into a fast paced electric punk outfit with a more heavy and melodic sound. Equal parts ragers and conversationalists\, HEELS writes pop songs for a dying planet. \nCORY BRANAN \nOver the last two decades Cory Branan has released five albums to much critical acclaim from NPR\, Pitchfork and Rolling Stone among others\, who called him\, “A country boy with a punk-rock heart.” He has toured extensively\, appearing on stages from Letterman and the Ryman to your town’s shittiest punk bar.  \nBranan’s songs have been covered by such artists as Frank Turner and Dashboard Confessional. He has also collaborated with the likes of Jason Isbell\, Laura Jane Grace (Against Me!)\, and Craig Finn (The Hold Steady)\, who have been included as featured guests on previous records. Branan has even been mentioned in the Lucero song\, “Tears Don’t Matter Much” with the lyrics\, “Cory Branan’s got an evil streak\, and a way with words that’ll bring you to your knees.” \nALICJA TROUT \nAlicja Trout is a Memphis-based rock guitarist\, singer and songwriter. She is best known for her work with the synth-heavy Lost Sounds\, which she started with Jay Reatard. Her current band\, the River City Tanlines\, were named an essential Memphis band by Spin Magazine in December 2007. Trout also owns and operates Contaminated Records\, her own independent record label.  \nGRAHAM BURKS \nGraham Burks is a multi-instrumentalist and producer who has toured and played with Pezz\, Sweet Knives\, Magic Kids\, Jeremy Scott\, Small Room\, Perfect Vessels\, Infinity Stairs\, Recoil\, and more. Graham released a new album with his solo project Loose Opinions in 2021.  \nMICHAELA & WILL FORREST \nMichaela and Will are a husband and wife duo from Memphis. As a duo\, they specialize in covering Southern soul and Blues. Their full band\, Rosey\, can be found on Spotify and Bandcamp at yesorrosey.bandcamp.com. \nJEFF HULETT \nMemphis musician Jeff Hulett started playing drums at 16 years old. Around 21 he knew he wanted to be a songwriter and band leader. Today\, Jeff plays in several Memphis bands\, including Snowglobe and Me & Leah\, as well as leading his own band. His music is eclectic\, simple\, and always a tad surprising.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/back-to-the-light-songs-stories-hosted-by-j-d-reager/
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SUMMARY:Kittel & Co.
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents acoustic stringed-instrument collective Kittel & Co. in The Green Room. \nTICKETS: $20 advance | $22 at the door\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nCrosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event. Please be prepared to present your vaccination card or a negative Covid test taken within 72 hours at check-in. Masks are required. \nKittel & Co. is one of the premier American acoustic bands performing today. Led by GRAMMY-nominated composer Jeremy Kittel\, described by WGBH as “one of the most exceptional violinists and fiddlers of his generation…” The stringed-instrument collective features a cast of musically kindred spirits — mandolinist Josh Pinkham\, guitarist Quinn Bachand\, bassist Ethan Jodziewicz\, and hammer-dulcimerist Simon Chrisman — each recognized as an innovator on their instrument. \nAfter appearances at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival\, their debut album Whorls charted in the top 10 on the Classical Billboard charts before making its way to the #1 spot on the Bluegrass chart. Earmilk called Whorls a “devastatingly beautiful album … a stunning melting pot of classical and folk music\, featuring some of the greatest musicians in the genre. According to Bluegrass Situation\, Kittel & Co. has “accomplished a feat of new acoustic\, string band-rooted chamber music … whimsical\, alluring\, and magnificent.” \nA Kittel & Co. show is a warmly ambitious romp through genre-bending originals and interpretations. Times UK wrote that Kittel & Co. “takes the string band tradition to marvelously rarefied levels of collective virtuosity. Playing a repertoire from bluegrass to Bach to a strathspey and reel set\, they sounded thrillingly spontaneous.” \nIn addition to Kittel & Co.’s accolades\, Jeremy Kittel received a Grammy nomination in 2019 for “Best Instrumental Composition” alongside icons John Williams and Terence Blanchard. Kittel is also known for arranging and recording work with Yo-Yo Ma\, My Morning Jacket\, Fleet Foxes\, Aoife O’Donovan\, and more. Kittel states that the diversity of artists he works with informs the music he writes for Kittel & Co.\, and that Kittel & Co.’s mission is simply to be “one of the most thrilling\, immersive experiences of what acoustic music can be.”
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/kittel-co/
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SUMMARY:Aaron Parks
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents jazz pianist Aaron Parks in a special solo performance in the Green Room. \nTickets: $20 in advance | $25 day of the show (limited number of $10 student tickets available) plus fees\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nCrosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event. Please be prepared to present your vaccination card or a negative Covid test taken within 72 hours at check-in. Masks are required. \nPianist Aaron Parks released his Blue Note debut “Invisible Cinema” at the age of 25 following three Blue Note releases with trumpeter Terence Blanchard. The BBC declared it “one of the great albums of 2008.” JazzTimes hailed him as “a new visionary.” The San Jose Mercury News named his “Alive in Japan” release as their 2013 Top Jazz Album of the year. \nHe has released two albums on ECM including a solo piano recording and a trio record featuring Billy Hart and Ben Street. Parks has performed and recorded with Kurt Rosenwinkel\, Dhafer Youssef\, Terri Lyne Carrington\, Ambrose Akinmusire\, Gretchen Parlato\, Kendrick Scott\, and Marcus Miller among others. He is also a founding member of James Farm with Joshua Redman\, Matt Penman and Eric Harland. His latest project “Aaron Parks Little Big\,” hailed by PopMatters as “what jazz can be in the new century\,” released their debut in late 2018; the follow-up “Little Big II: Dreams of a Mechanical Man” was released in May 2020 to critical acclaim. Most recently\, Aaron was one of six composers selected to participate in Sundance Institute’s prestigious Film Music and Sound Design Lab for 2020. He lives in Beacon\, NY.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/aaron-parks/
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SUMMARY:Cézanne Quartet with Jonathan Tsay
DESCRIPTION:Dallas-based Cézanne Quartet and pianist Jonathan Tsay perform works by Brahms\, Clara and Robert Schumann\, and Prokofiev in the Green Room. \nTICKETS: $15 ($5 student tickets available) plus fees \nDoors at 5:30 pm | Performance at 6:00pm \nCrosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event. Please be prepared to present your vaccination card or a negative Covid test taken within 72 hours at check-in. Masks are required. \n\nCézanne Quartet \nFormed in 2014\, the Cézanne Quartet is based in Dallas\, Texas\, where they maintain an active performing career. From 2015-2017\, they were named the Peak Fellowship Ensemble-in-Residence at SMU Meadows School of the Arts\, becoming the first quartet chosen for the fellowship. At the 2015 Coltman Chamber Music Competition (Austin\, TX\,) they received Second Place Ensemble in the Senior Division\, and in 2017\, they were named Semi-Finalists at the Plowman Chamber Music Competition (Columbia\, MO.) \nThe group has performed with the Fine Arts Chamber Players\, Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival\, Mimir Chamber Music Festival\, Music in the Mountains Festival\, Bridge the Gap Chamber Series\, Meadows Virtuosi Players\, Texas Christian University CelloFest\, Open Classical Artist Series\, Fort Worth Chamber Music Society\, and Ensemble 75. They have collaborated with artists such as Andres Diaz\, Matt Albert\, Aviram Reichert\, Lucille Chung\, Jonathan Tsay\, the Escher Quartet\, and the Altius Quartet. They have become frequent performers with the Avant Chamber Ballet\, which presents shows at the Moody Performing Arts Center\, NorthPark Center and throughout the DFW area. \nCézanne has a passion for collaborating with young artists\, and has coached chamber music students at Highland Park High School\, Greenhill School and the Music in the Mountains Festival\, in Durango\, Colorado. They also accompanied talented young soloists in the finals of the Ensemble 75 Concerto Competition. \nIn 2018\, Cézanne celebrated the release of their first album titled Retrospection\, which includes works by contemporary American composer Kevin Puts\, and the sixth and final quartets written by Felix Mendelssohn and Béla Bartók. The album was professionally recorded in the beautiful Caruth Auditorium on the Southern Methodist University campus\, and is available for streaming on Spotify. \nJonathan Tsay\, piano \nPrior to his appointment as Assistant Professor of Piano at the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music at The University of Memphis\, Jonathan Tsay served numerous roles in the music community including Head of Collaborative Piano at Conservatory Music in the Mountains\, Head of Piano at the Chloé Trevor Music Academy\, Presenter and Artist for Cliburn in the Classroom (which serves over 50k under-served 2nd-4th graders in the DFW area per year) and Artistic Director of Ensemble75\, a chamber music series based in the North Texas area. \nA sought after collaborator\, Jonathan has also performed alongside some of the world’s premier musicians\, including Chee-Yun\, David Cooper (Principal Horn\, Chicago Symphony)\, Jing Wang (Concertmaster\, Hong Kong Philharmonic)\, dramatic soprano Alessandra Marc\, the Cézanne Quartet\, and Nathan Olson (Concertmaster\, Dallas Symphony Orchestra). As a solo recitalist\, Jonathan has performed throughout the United States\, Canada\, and Taiwan. \nJonathan earned a Bachelor’s of Music under the tutelage of Dr. Carol Leone at Southern Methodist University and his doctorate at l’Université de Montréal with Marc Durand. \nJonathan’s performances have been broadcast on WRR Classical\, KMFA Classical\, and are featured in the companion CD to “Brahms – A Listener’s Guide: Unlocking the Masters Series.” Jonathan’s album\, “Harmonic Allusions\,” was named in the “Top 5 Albums of 2017” by TheaterJones\, and his YouTube collaboration with Chloé Trevor performing “Danse Macabre” has garnered over 1.3 million views.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/cezanne-quartet-with-jonathan-tsay/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Folk All Y'all presents: Sarah Potenza
DESCRIPTION:Folk All Y’all presents: Sarah Potenza in the Green Room at Crosstown Arts. \nDoors 7pm | Show at 7:30pm\nTickets: $20 suggested donation \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n  \nAre y’all ready? You better get ready. Because Sarah Potenza is not messing around. Her latest release\, Road to Rome\, shines new light on a songwriter whose career already includes multiple albums as front-woman of Sarah and the Tall Boys\, a game-changing appearance on The Voice\, and an acclaimed solo debut titled Monster. Rolling Stone gushed\, “Potenza is to the blues what Adele is to pop: a colossal-voiced singer who merges her old-school influences with a modernistic sound.” She is a songwriter taking the wheel and driving toward her own destination\, and you want to be there for the journey. \nMinimum ticket price is $20 but you can name-your-own price above that if you’re feeling it. 100% of ticket revenue goes to our artists (you can see where any fees go in the check-out breakdown). Yep\, all of it. Folk All Y’all is volunteer-run and subscriber-supported. Shows are presented in partnership with Crosstown Arts at The Green Room in Crosstown Concourse. \nWe currently require proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative PCR test from the previous 48 hours to attend shows. Masks are worn by all guests. Your purchase indicates acceptance of this policy. \nThis show is sponsored by Folk All Y’all patrons.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/folk-all-yall-presents-sarah-potenza/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Black Cream
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Black Cream in The Green Room. \nTICKETS: $10 advance | $15 day of show\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \n*Crosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event. Please be prepared to present your vaccination card or a negative Covid test taken within 72 hours at check-in. \nBlack Cream is a conglomerate of Memphis’ musical prodigies. Lead guitarist and good soul TO Crivens flies high with his attention to detail during his solos. The band is anchored by bassist Dr. Derek Brassel\, the coolest cat in every room and the unofficially certified groove doctor. His bass lines are spellbinding. Chris Barnes rounds out the Black Cream team on vocals and percussion. Chris Barnes has the charismatic presence of a Baptist preacher and the vocal abilities of your favorite soul crooner.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/black-cream-2/
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SUMMARY:PXLS
DESCRIPTION:Join Memphis-based video game music cover band PXLS for a special performance on MAR10 Day in the Green Room. \nTickets: $12 plus fees\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show at 7:30pm \nCrosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event. Please be prepared to present your vaccination card or a negative Covid test taken within 72 hours at check-in. Masks are required. \nPXLS is a Memphis-based video game music cover band with their own unique take on video game music. Come see a live band playing your favorite 8-bit and 16-bit era songs and relive the soundtrack to your childhood. If video games don’t interest you\, fear not! With a repertoire that spans several genres like rock\, jazz\, reggae\, and latin there is sure to be something for everyone. Costumes welcome (and encouraged)! \nBen Church – guitar\nDavid Collins – guitar\nJon Harrsion – drum\nZach Nixon – sax\nDaniel McKee – bass\nCedric Taylor – keyboard
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arts Resident Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts Spring 2022 resident artists Richard Jamal Echols and Brandon Blvd will present artist talks in the Green Room at Crosstown Arts. \nFree and open to the public. Masks are encouraged at this event. \n\nAs an African-American man from Memphis\, TN\, Richard Jamal Echols has a genuine interest in everyday people in his community and highlights their ways of life through his work. He uses his art to promote a positive narrative of his community to combat the negative stereotypes oftentimes portrayed through various forms of media. The visual qualities of his artwork can be described as narrative paintings that depict African-American figures interacting within a diverse range of environments. \n“I believe it is my duty as an artist to create work that challenges the assumptions of the viewer.” \n\nBrandon Blvd’s objective is to empower the voiceless\, encourage the downtrodden\, and motivate the underdog through music\, art\, and soul. Brandon has a focus and mission of expanding the confines and depths of societal norms by embracing and experimenting with hip-hop. \n“Some yearn to share the same lanes as others. I dared to travel down my own Blvd.” \n\n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arts-resident-artist-talk-14/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Tom Guarna with Ted Ludwig\, Liam O'Dell\, and James Sexton
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Grammy-nominated guitarist\, composer and arranger Tom Guarna in the Green Room. He will be joined by Ted Ludwig (guitar)\, Liam O’Dell (bass)\, and James Sexton (drums). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $15 in advance | $18 at the door \n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\n*Crosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination OR a negative Covid-19 test taken within 72 hours of the event. At-home tests and rapid tests are accepted.  \nGrammy-nominated guitarist\, composer and arranger Tom Guarna began his musical studies at age fifteen\, rapidly demonstrating a natural ability to play and compose. After studying classical guitar and composition at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music in 1986\, he played local gigs in New York and fine-tuned his education with John Abercrombie. He earned a Bachelor Degree from The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and a Master’s Degree at The Juilliard School. \nAfter working with several jazz bands\, he joined Blood Sweat and Tears in 1995 and toured extensively with them for the next three years. Since then\, he has forged his own voice as a modern jazz guitarist\, performing with a wide range of artists including Wallace Roney\, Stanley Clarke\, Mark Turner\, Branford Marsalis\, Randy Brecker\, Dr. Lonnie Smith\, Mulgrew Miller\, Fred Wesley\, Mike Clark\, Uri Caine\, The Allman Brothers\, The Yellowjackets\, and Gary Bartz. \nGuarna has toured five continents with his own quartets and as a top sideman in several exciting groups led by Lenny White\, E.J. Strickland\, and Les McCann. He was a featured artist on over thirty albums\, and composed “If You Dare\,” a funk-rock song on Lenny White’s 2010 Anomaly CD. Guarna also toured the United States with pianist Manuel Valera\, after playing on the Grammy Award-nominated 2012 album\, New Cuban Express. \nAs composer and leader\, Guarna has recorded: Get Together (2005)\, Out from the Underground (2007)\, Wingspan (2008)\, Major Minor (2009)\, Bittersweet (2011)\, and the hard-grooving Rush (2014)\, which garnered wide acclaim. His seventh album\, The Wishing Stones (2017)\, featuring an all-star quartet of drummer Brian Blade\, bassist John Patitucci and pianist Jon Cowherd\, was lauded a 4-star rating in DownBeat Magazine. \nTom Guarna\, a guitarist whom DownBeat magazine has praised for the “emotion\, tension\, surprise and passion” in his playing on Rush\, assembled what he calls “a dream team” for The Wishing Stones. The album\, his first for the Destiny Records label\, was released in November of 2017. The 11 hook-laced Guarna originals\, produced by the guitarist and performed with warmth and élan by his all-star quartet\, were masterfully engineered by George Shalda. It was recorded at Sear Sound\, the New York site of historic studio sessions for artists such as David Bowie and Wynton Marsalis. \nThe Wishing Stones was inspired by his accidental discovery of Aruba’s Rock Wish Garden\, a peaceful beach featuring stone structures that visitors have built over the years as totems. Guarna explains: “Each of these stacks of stones has a story\, representing the desires\, aspirations and memories of many people. I’d like my songs – my stacks of stones\, as it were – to have a similar resonance with listeners. That’s been a goal as I evolve\, to convey life’s emotions in music\, whether it’s in my writing or the textures I create on the guitar. I want to get to the heart of the matter.” \nGuarna incorporates many styles (jazz\, funk\, latin\, soul\, pop\, R&B\, world music) into his own blend of unique and engaging music\, as he forges ahead within his forte: modern jazz with a touch of classical influence.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/tom-guarna-with-ted-ludwig-liam-odell-and-james-sexton/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Doll's Playlist
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Doll’s Playlist in The Green Room. \nTickets: $15 (plus fees) in advance | $20 (plus fees) day of the show\nDoors open at 6 pm | Show at 6:30 pm \n*Crosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event. Please be prepared to present your vaccination card or a negative Covid test taken within 72 hours at check-in. \nCrosstown Arts presents Doll’s Playlist\, a show where the audience picks the music! Doll McCoy has curated a playlist of songs you can find on Apple Music & Spotify that are compiled of her favorite B-side music\, requests from you\, and original music! Follow the playlist\, send your request\, and she’ll perform it at the show! This show features a special opening performance by Nashville saxophonist/singer/producer Michael Holt. \nAbout Doll McCoy:\nDoll McCoy is a singer/songwriter born and raised in Memphis\,TN. She formed her roots singing\, and directing in the church choir at Greater Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. Going on to become a student at Ridgeway Jr. High/High School\, she met her 3 sisters and together they formed the group “ADAJYO” and have been together for 17 years. With a desire to expand her artistry\, she relocated to Los Angeles\, CA from 2011-2015\, working with artists such as Raphael Saadiq and Leonna Lewis. In 2015\, she went on to work for the B.B. King Blues Club\, traveling the world aboard Holland America Cruise Lines until 2018. Now back in Memphis\, she uses all that she has learned and continues to perform in the city and create new music with ADAJYO and plans to release her own new music soon!
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/dolls-playlist-2/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:The U of M Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra featuring Charlton Johnson
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra featuring Charlton Johnson in The Green Room. \nDoors open at 7pm | Show at 7:30pm\nTICKETS: $10 | Free for University of Memphis students and faculty with university ID \n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n\nCrosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event. \n\n\n\n\nThe University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music treats the audience to a special performance by Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra with featured guest Charlton Johnson. This 17-piece jazz ensemble will thrill music lovers with the sounds of legendary Harlem Renaissance artists such as Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday\, along with modern composers such as Jim McNeely and Bob Brookmeyer.\n\nJazz legend Charlton Johnson headlines the performance bringing his global experiences back to his hometown in this collaboration with his alma mater. Johnson started his career at 14 influenced by Memphis’ rich mixture of musical styles\, homegrown talent and playing in local nightclubs on historic Beale Street. Taking his guitar skills around the world\, he has played with jazz icons and all-stars including the Count Basie Orchestra\, Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald\, along with recording five albums\, one of which won a GRAMMY award.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-u-of-m-southern-comfort-jazz-orchestra-featuring-charlton-johnson/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: Mark Edgar Stuart Album Release Show
DESCRIPTION:THIS SHOW IS SOLD OUT. \nCrosstown Arts presents Mark Edgar Stuart in an album release show in The Green Room. \nTICKETS: $12 plus fees\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nCrosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event. Please be prepared to present your vaccination card or a negative Covid test taken within 72 hours at check-in. Masks are required. \nJoin us for a very special evening to celebrate the release of Mark Edgar Stuart’s brand new album\, “Until We Meet Again\,” from Madjack Records. Mark will be playing a full band show with Memphis’ finest\, including Reba Russell\, Will Sexton\, Art Edmaiston\, Landon Moore\, and Shawn Zorn\, plus a few surprises. There will also be a very special guest opener\, critically acclaimed\, singer-songwriter and former Memphian Kelley Mickwee from Austin\, TX. \n\nAbout Mark Edgar Stuart:\nYou can learn a lot about a person by the company he keeps. As a sideman\, Mark Edgar Stuart has toured and played on dozens of critically acclaimed records\, including an appearance on “The Late Show with David Letterman.” \nWith little fuss or fanfare\, he became the go-to bass player for an elite group of record producers and artists. His no-nonsense style always played a supporting role that was close to the spotlight\, but not too close. \nCancer changes things\, and so does losing your father. When all of these things happened in rapid succession\, Mark took some time to heal and reevaluate. In 2010\, he put down his bass\, picked up a guitar\, and started writing songs he never thought anybody outside his family would ever hear. It’s possible nobody ever would have heard them either\, if not for the encouragement of his colleagues. \nHis debut album earned him Memphis Flyer “Record Of The Year.” Soon\, he was opening for all his heroes including Leon Russell\, Chuck Berry\, Levon Helm\, and Billy Joe Shaver. His recent albums have been featured in Garden & Gun\, No Depression\, NPR\, and Paste Magazine. \nThe story you’ll hear over and over again as people discover Mark’s music is how it was triggered by this period of sickness and sorrow. Mark’s stories are sweet but never saccharine\, even-keeled but deeply affecting. His songs are at once sad\, nostalgic\, knowing\, funny\, even cheerful. He’s lovable and literary\, smart yet plain-spoken\, heartening\, funny\, and always memorable. He sounds new and familiar\, fresh yet timeless. His songs sound like your favorite stories\, retold by a friend.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mark-edgar-stuart-album-release-show/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Lily Afshar
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents guitarist Lily Afshar in The Green Room.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: $20 plus fees\nDoors open at 7 pm | Performance at 7:30pm \n*Crosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event. Please be prepared to present your vaccination card or a negative Covid test taken within 72 hours at check-in. \nAn extraordinary artist\, Lily Afshar has grounded her career on a strong foundation of excellent formal education\, upon which she has built an exceptional record of innovative achievements. With a bachelor’s degree from The Boston Conservatory\, she earned her Master of Music at The New England Conservatory and went on to study at Florida State University\, where she became the first woman in the world to be awarded the degree of Doctor of Music in guitar performance. She pursued greater proficiency with summer studies at the Banff Centre for Fine Arts and the Aspen Music Festival\, advanced training at Gargnano\, Italy\, the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena\, and master classes with Andrés Segovia at the University of Southern California. \nSince becoming a tenured professor and head of the guitar program at the University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music\, Afshar has received the 2000 Eminent Faculty Award\, and in 2011 she was honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award from The Boston Conservatory. She conducts master classes worldwide and has released six instructional DVD’s “Classical Guitar Secrets”\, Vols. I & II for beginner to Intermediate guitarists\, and six instructional DVD’s “Classical Guitar Collection”\, Vols. I & II for Intermediate to Advanced guitarists. Both are released with Guitarcontrol.com. She also produced a DVD entitled “Virtuoso Guitar”featuring live performances and an interview with Mel Bay.As a performing guitarist\, she has won a top prize in the Guitar Foundation of America Competition\, Grand Prize in the Aspen Music Festival Guitar Competition\, the Orville H. Gibson Award for Best Female Classical Guitarist\, and a National Endowment for the Arts Recording Award\, among others\, and she was chosen as an “Artistic Ambassador” to Africa for the United States Information Agency. \nWith her passion for going beyond the traditional guitar repertoire\, contemporary classical composers have sought after her for creative collaborations resulting in notable world premieres\, including works by Carlo Domeniconi\, John Baur\, Reza Vali\, Garry Eister\, Gerard Drozd\, Loris Chobanian\,Arne Mellnas\, Kamran Ince\, Barbara Kolb\, Marilyn Ziffrin\, David Kechley\, and Salvador Brotons. Most of these can be heard on her seven CDs. Her first recording\, “24 Caprichos de Goya\, Op. 195′′(1994) composed by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco led her to develop a unique multimedia concert combining performance and commentary along with visual presentation of Francisco Goya’s satirical black and white etchings which inspired the guitar pieces. She still receives special requests to present this unique program today. \nHer second recording\, “A Jug of Wine and Thou\,” (1999) was inspired by the famous Poem of Omar Khayyam and features arrangements of Persian melodies. Afshar was now attracting the interest of international composers and her third and fourth recordings\, “Possession” (2002) and “Hemispheres” (2006) feature a combined total of eight world premieres. “Hemispheres” reached No. 7 on Billboard Magazine’s Chart of Top Classical Albums in 2006 and attracted the attention of National Public Radio’s Robert Siegel\, who featured Afshar on “All Things Considered.” Next came “One Thousand and One Nights\,” (2012) which was recorded and released in Iran. Her sixth album and chamber recording\, “Musica da Camera”(2013)\, featured a world premiere by Russian composer Vladislav Uspensky in addition to compositions by Niccolo Paganini and Astor Piazzolla. Her latest album\, “Bach on Fire” (2014)\, highlights a completely unique and intricate approach to J.S. Bach’s guitar compositions. The arrangements on the album were taken from her book with Mel Bay’s Essential Bach: Arranged for the Guitar by Lily Afshar. \nAfshar’s Persian heritage has given rise to some of her greatest musical innovations. Born in Iran to a musical family\, she has drawn from Persian and Azerbaijani folk music traditions to create arrangements of works for the classical guitar which are as rich and beautiful as a Persian miniature. She arranged for guitar and published Five Popular Persian Ballads with Mel Bay\, and is presently creating a new collection of guitar arrangements of traditional Persian and Azerbaijani songs. She has also fascinated concert goers with occasional live performance on the seh-tar\, a traditional Persian instrument which evolved over many centuries into the guitar. \nA true citizen of the world\, Afshar’s concert touring has taken her to solo\, chamber music\, and orchestral performance venues inNorth and South America\, Europe\, Asia\, and Africa. From Wigmore Hall in London to the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington\, she has played before a wide range of audiences and learned to bridge gaps of culture and distance through her music. \nFor more information please visit www.lilyafshar.com
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/lily-afshar/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Back in Memphis! The Alex Nollan Jazz Quintet
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the Alex Nollan Jazz Quintet in The Green Room. \nTICKETS: $10 advance | $15 day of show\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nPurchase Tickets Here \nCrosstown Arts presents the Alex Nollan Jazz Quintet\, featuring international award-winning jazz pianist and composer Alex Nollan and distinguished musicians Don Aliquo (saxophone)\, Neal Bowen (bass)\, Renardo Ward (drums)\, and Johnny Yancey (trumpet).  Alex has performed throughout the South\, including Austin\, Lubbock\, Knoxville\, Pensacola\, and Gulf Shores.  Tennessee-based\, the quintet has performed together many times. The Alex Nollan Jazz Quintet works closely with jazz great Donald Brown\, who produced the group’s latest album\, Stand. \n*Crosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event. Please be prepared to present your vaccination card or a negative Covid test taken within 72 hours at check-in. \n\nAlex Nollan \nAn award-winning* jazz pianist\, composer\, and recording artist. He earned a B.A. in music at Rhodes College and studied jazz on the master’s level at the University of Tennessee. His teachers include Michael Jefry Stevens\, Gerald Stephens\, Bobby Lyle\, and Donald Brown. Brown is also his mentor and the producer of his debut CD\, titled Stand (2019). The CD features saxophonist Don Aliquo\, bassist Neal Bowen\, drummer Renardo Ward\, and trumpet player Johnny Yancey. Alex has over seventeen years of performance experience in jazz\, with engagements in Memphis\, Knoxville\, Pensacola (Jazz Fest)\, Orlando\, and Lubbock\, TX (Hub City Jazz Orchestra). He currently is working on his second CD\, which will be produced by Donald Brown. Visit his website alexnollan.com. \n*Downbeat Magazine\, Unsigned Only (top ten Honorable Mention for jazz composition 2020) \nDon Aliquo \nAn active performer and recording artist\, saxophonist Don Aliquo has released five solo recordings and several collaborations\, including with trumpeter Clay Jenkins (New Ties and Binds). Don has performed in concerts and on recordings with many world-class jazz artists\, such as Gary Burton\, Greg Osby\, Roger Humphries\, Rufus Reid\, Harold Danko\, Scott Robinson\, and Jim McNeely. He is Professor of Saxophone and Jazz Studies at Middle Tennessee State University. \nNeal Bowen \nNeal Bowen is an electric/acoustic bassist\, and accompanist for New York City-based artist Brennan Villines\, L.A. vocalist Alexis Grace\, Lucky 7 Brass Band\, and Memphis guitarist Garry Goin & G3. He has performed with numerous prominent artists and provided bass for countless recording sessions. He has also mentored several notable musicians. Neal resides in Memphis\, TN with his wife and two children. \nRenardo Ward \nRenardo Ward is an international instructor\, jazz Ambassador\, and local first-call musician in the Memphis area. He has performed with many jazz luminaries\, including Donald Brown\, George Coleman\, Bill Mobley\, Roseanna Vitro\, Don Aliquo\, Clavin Newborn\, Jonathan Wires\, Michael Jefry Stevens\, Joyce Cobb\, and Kirk Whalum. He is a former Kennedy Center and U.S. Department of State Jazz Ambassador to West Africa. \nJohnny Yancey \nHome-grown “Johnny” was inspired to play the trumpet by his older brother\, a saxophonist. At Southside High School in Memphis he was mentored by a senior classmate\, Donald Brown\, who later became an internationally-acclaimed pianist. At Memphis State University he majored in Music Education. He formed his own group in 2002\, the Sanctuary Jazz Orchestra. Johnny is quoted as saying\, “Jazz is the true music from the soul and for the soul.”
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/back-in-memphis-the-alex-nollan-jazz-quintet/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Black Bettie with Jeremy Stanfill
DESCRIPTION:This event has been postponed to Friday\, February 25\, 2022 due to winter weather. Tickets will automatically be transferred to the new date\, but refunds will be given to those that request them.  \nCrosstown Arts presents Joshua Cosby’s solo project\, Black Bettie\, with special guest Jeremy Stanfill in The Green Room. \nTICKETS: $10 advance | $15 at the door\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nPurchase Tickets Here \n*Crosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event. Please be prepared to present your vaccination card or a negative Covid test taken within 72 hours at check-in. \nJoin Black Bettie in his first live show performance since early 2020. Listen as he walks through the nostalgic stories of his songs\, which range from the joys of childhood to the hardships of growing up. He’ll be bringing a visual and intimate element to the performance and songs. \nNative Memphian Joshua Andrew Cosby writes and sings songs that take the simple pleasures of life\, love\, family\, and friends\, and turn them onto their underbelly\, exposing what’s there to a pure and gentle light that he is uniquely gifted to shine. He has been doing so for upwards of 10 years as a founding member of Star & Micey\, and more recently\, his solo project “Black Bettie\,” named after his 17-year-old dog. Her fierce\, whimsical independence inspired him to hunker down and make his first proper solo record. Spurred on by friends and collaborators across the community\, his faith swelled that this new collection of songs could be something worth sharing.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/black-bettie-with-jeremy-stanfill/
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