Tag: The Green Room

Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a special performance by Greg Ward’s Rogue Parade.

Considered one of the most versatile saxophonists of his generation, bandleader, composer, and arranger Greg Ward is proud to launch his new group, Rogue Parade. A quintet of heavyweight creative Chicago musicians, Rogue Parade features guitarists Matt Gold and Dave Miller, bassist Matt Ulery, and drummer Quin Kirchner.

Having earned wide acclaim as a sideman with artists like Prefuse 73, Lupe Fiasco, Tortoise, William Parker, Andrew D’Angelo, and Mike Reed, Greg Ward is now excited to introduce his wide-spanning audience to his new, innovative group, Rogue Parade, a unique two-guitar instrumentation that blends the sonic worlds of acoustic and electronic.

Tickets: $10
Doors 7 pm | Performance 7:30 pm

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“His results may be not ‘jazz’ in the usual sense, but they do make for a creative blending of genres and styles that results in fresh and intriguing music.” — JEROME WILSON of ALL ABOUT JAZZ

“This album welcomes everyone to hear their own impressions of the music… All the excellence of modern jazz without a hint of the grandiosity. You can make your imagination at home here.” — MICHELLE MERCER of NPR

“Ward’s breath-softened, woody tone sustains a bedrock of naturalness even as he breaks into unfettered flights, tempered on occasion by a pristine, neo-classical precision — a blend of fearlessness, merriment, pathos, and perhaps a measure or two of irony.” — DAVID WHITEIS of JAZZTIMES

Join us for an intimate evening with Memphis-based vocalist Susan Marshall at The Green Room.

Tickets: $10
Doors 7pm | Performance 7:30pm

One of the region’s finest vocalists, international recording artist Susan Marshall began her career Off-Broadway as a leading soprano in the Rep-Company Light Opera of Manhattan. Shortly after moving back to Memphis in 1990, she began fronting rock-soul band The Mother Station and was signed to a record deal with EastWest / Atlantic Records. In 1994 they released their debut album “Brand New Bag” which peeked at #34 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock charts.

Since then, Susan’s released three critically praised solo albums — “Susan Marshall Is Honey Mouth,” “Firefly,” and “Little Red.” She has performed with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Memphis Jazz Orchestra, and is also known for her solo and duo performances in residency at Itta Bena.

Susan has toured all over the world as part of the Afghan Whigs as well as with Cat Power & The Memphis Rhythm Band, which included appearances on Austin City Limits, The Late Show w/David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and the BBC’s “Later … with Jools Holland.”

Susan is also known for her studio and/or stage work with a wide range of superstars; Lucinda Williams, Keith Richards, Norah Jones, Lenny Kravitz, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ann Peebles, North Mississippi Allstars, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Solomon Burke, Jim Lauderdale, Steve Earle, and Kirk Whalum to name a few. In the studio she has worked alongside legendary producers Tom Dowd, Chips Moman, Willie Mitchell, Jim Dickinson, Joe Hardy, John Hampton, and husband Jeff Powell. Her studio work has garnered multiple gold and platinum record awards, as well as the distinction of having sung background vocals on five GRAMMY nominated records.

Jazz bassist, composer, and educator Bob Bowman performs at The Green Room with Michael Shults, Pat Coil, and Danny Gottlieb.

Featuring Bob Bowan (bass), Michael Shults (saxophone), Pat Coil (piano), and Danny Gottlieb (drums).

Tickets: $10
Doors 7pm | Performance 7:30pm

About Bob Bowman:
Bob Bowman, a native Kansan, learned to play the piano and clarinet before beginning to play bass at age 12. He won a scholarship to the Stan Kenton Jazz Clinic as a high school freshman, followed by study at North Texas State University.

In 1976, he joined the famous Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, touring and recording several albums, including the Grammy award-winning “Live in Munich.” Bob continued his performing and recording career by joining the Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabakin Big Band in Los Angeles in 1979. He recorded numerous albums as a member of this band, many of which were nominated for Grammy Awards. Bob also had long musical relationships with pianists, composers and arrangers Dan Haerle and Frank Mantooth.

Bob has toured and recorded with many artists including the legendary Carmen McRae, Pat Coil, Freddie Hubbard, Bud Shank, Karrin Allyson, Steve Houghton, Steve Allee, Bill Mays, Clay Jenkins, Danny Embrey, Todd Strait, Bob Sheppard, Matt Otto, Rod Fleeman, John Stowell, Jerry Hahn, Bobby Watson and others. Also he has had a very important musical relationship with Kansas City musicians like Tommy Ruskin, Paul Smith, Mike Ning, Claude “Fiddler” Williams, Jay McShann, Stan Kessler, and many more. Bob moved to Kansas City in 1988 where he has been a major part of the vibrant jazz scene there. He was a faculty member of the University of Missouri as well as Ottawa University and leads legendary Kansas City group INTERSTRING and various version of Bowdog.

Join NYC-based pianist Eunbi Kim for a special performance of solo contemporary works including works for piano and pre-recorded electronics. The program highlights works by living composers and is inspired by themes of family, childhood, and immigration.

General Admission $10 | $5 with Student ID
Doors 2:30pm | Performance at 3pm

Music by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), Fred Hersch, William Bolcom, and Claude Debussy*

*program subject to change

About Eunbi Kim:
Pianist Eunbi Kim is creating new ways of experiencing concert music as a performer, speaker, and arts advocate. Her adventurous recitals, cast in venues across the United States, are characterized by their vividly personal themes ranging from mental illness to familial memories, and have received international recognition in television and in print. Most known as the creator of music-theater work Murakami Music, she has also recorded an album of Fred Hersch’s rare concert music, premiered work by Emmy-nominated composer Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), and gave a TEDx talk in 2017. She is based in New York City.

Join us for a performance by The Lost Wages in The Green Room, with opening acts Jessie Cole and Sister Justice.

Tickets: $14
Doors 7pm | Performance 7:30pm

Memphis natives, The Lost Wages, return again to The Green Room on Friday September 27. The show will be opened by fellow Memphian singer/songwriter Jesse Cole, as well as traditional country sister-duo (Leah and Lacy Blevins), Sister Justice.

The Lost Wages is a sibling-led Americana band from Millington, TN. Lead singers/songwriters, Houston and Cyrena Wages, fuse honky-tonk edge with anthemic melodies reminiscent of the ’70s Laurel Canyon scene and soulful ballads that nod at the nature that makes Memphis, Memphis. Now based in East Nashville, the two children of a small-town judge elicit an unapologetic thumbprint and a “fresh take on a nostalgic sound.”

Previous credits include opening for hero Emmylou Harris, being voted “Top 3 Best Local Bands” by the Nashville Scene, being named “Country Rock Revivalists” by Pandora Radio, and landing a track in a major motion picture starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte.

In late 2018, The Lost Wages released their debut EP, “Rose Motel.” The band’s breakout video for single, “Drunk and Forget,” is in rotation now on CMT. Houston and Cyrena are currently completing solo projects, alongside a new TLW project, all slated to release in 2020.