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SUMMARY:The Cooper Young Quintet Reunion
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents The Cooper Young Quintet Reunion in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nFriday\, March 15\, 2024\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\n\nThe Cooper-Young jazz group was an institution in Midtown Memphis for the better part of the 2000s\, playing at the Young Avenue Deli every Sunday from approximately 1999-2006. At a time when jazz wasn’t exactly thriving in Memphis\, this group helped to bridge the gap that would carry the torch from Memphis’ storied past of jazz innovation to the burgeoning scene it is today. \n  \n\n\n\nFor the first time in over 20 years\, the core members of the original ensemble are reuniting for a very special Jazz Month performance on The Green Room stage!
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-cooper-young-quintet-reunion/
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SUMMARY:Modern Masters Jazz Series: Matt Otto and The Ted Ludwig Trio
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the Modern Masters Jazz Series: Matt Otto and The Ted Ludwig Trio in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nWednesday\, March 13\, 2024\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $20 in advance | $25 at the door | $10 student tickets \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nMatt Otto is currently the Associate Professor of Jazz Studies at Kansas University (KU) teaching Jazz Theory and Performance\, Jazz Combo 1\, and private lessons. Matt was also an Adjunct Professor at Rutgers New Brunswick\, teaching online courses in jazz improvisation\, theory\, and performance. \nMatt currently performs his original compositions and jazz standards with his Kansas City-based quartet as well as traveling several times per year to New York and L.A. for performances and recordings. \nMatt has recorded and performed with the Grammy-nominated Anthony Wilson Nonet (The Power of Nine\, Groove Note 1035\, 2006)\, The Rashid Bakr Quintet\, has performed in Los Angeles with the Grammy Nominated Alan Ferber Big Band as well as having recorded on over 50 CDs as both a leader and a side man. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/modern-masters-jazz-series-matt-otto-and-the-ted-ludwig-trio/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Shoot & Splice: Music Licensing & Composition
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts & Indie Memphis present Shoot & Splice: Music Licensing & Composition in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nTuesday\, March 12\, 2024\nTime: 7-9 pm\nTickets: Free and open to the public \nJoin Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts for our March Shoot & Splice all about music in film! Crosstown Sync’sMckenzii Webster and Charles Seaton will discuss their process for musicians to have their music licensed for film & TV\, plus how filmmakers can best utilize their services. Immediately following will be a discussion with Memphis film composers Paul Vinsonhaler and Jeff Cohran about their process in creating the music for filmmakers across the city and beyond. \nNOTE: SHOOT & SPLICE WILL NOW TAKE PLACE IN THE GREEN ROOM AT CROSSTOWN ARTS (LOCATED INSIDE CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE EAST ATRIUM).\n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/shoot-splice-music-licensing-composition/
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: Julie Williams
DESCRIPTION:Folk All Y’all and Crosstown Arts present Julie Williams in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSaturday\, March 9\, 2024\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $20 \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n“Making waves with these waves” \nFearlessly forging ahead down country roads\, CMT Next Women of Country singer-songwriter Julie Williams (she/her) carries her mixed-race heritage proudly\, just as she carries her tunes. Raised in Florida\, Julie is turning heads in Nashville’s country music scene with the soft but powerful songs that capture the soul of growing up as a mixed-race child in the South. \nMusic has always been a part of Julie’s life — honing her singing talent in church and beach bars and belting national anthems before packed stadiums. She grew up listening to everyone and everything\, from The Chicks and James Taylor\, to Gladys Knight and Michael Jackson. Even though she was drawn to the storytelling of country music\, she never quite found the sound that spoke to everything she was: Black\, white\, Southern\, a woman\, hopeful\, truthful. So naturally\, it was up to Julie to make this sound. “My music is mixed like me\,” is how she describes it\, “I want to tell the stories that need to be told.”
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/folk-all-yall-julie-williams/
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SUMMARY:Everything Yes
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Everything Yes in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nFriday\, March 8\, 2024\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $20 \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nEverything Yes is an American jazz fusion band spearheaded by the drummer Zack Graybeal\, known famously as ZackGrooves on his platforms\, Sean Reeser\, prolific composer\, producer and tenor sax master\, and Cole Sipe\, composer\, sound engineer and magistral bassist. This powerhouse of a band brings a fresh take on the style while staying true to the roots.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/everything-yes/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:S.C. Ramblers: “Ramblings of the Big Easy”
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the S.C. Ramblers: “Ramblings of the Big Easy” in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nThursday\, March 7\, 2024\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nThe S.C. Ramblers is a brass band hailing from Memphis\, Tennessee\, specializing in the trademark sounds of street bands\, initially made popular by the street musicians of New Orleans. \nWhether it’s a classic jazz tune or a current pop song\, in the style of the New Orleans brass band\, it’s an automatic party when you hear the S.C. Ramblers\, perform live! \n  \nThe band:\nPaul McKinney – Trumpet\nTom Link – Tenor Sax\nVictor Sawyer – Trombone\nSean Murphy – Sousaphone\nCedric Keel – Bass Drum\nJames Sexton – Snare
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/s-c-ramblers-ramblings-of-the-big-easy/
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SUMMARY:Michael Shults Quartet featuring Bennett Wood
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the Michael Shults Quartet featuring Bennett Wood in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSaturday\, March 2\, 2024\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door | $10 student tickets \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\n\nSaxophonist Michael Shults has been praised for his “strong\, imaginative” improvisations (Downbeat Magazine) and “fresh and intelligent musical ideas” (The Pitch). A first-call musician on the Kansas City jazz scene for nearly a decade\, Shults remains an active performer in the Fountain City\, Memphis\, and beyond\, and has twice appeared as a sideman on the Jazzweek National Radio Airplay Charts. \n\n\n\n\nAs a concert saxophonist\, Shults has been praised for his “jaw-dropping” and “authoritative” performances (Bill Brownlee of the Kansas City Star) and has performed by invitation at the College Band Director’s National Association conference\, North American Saxophone Alliance biennial conference\, the Minnesota Music Educator’s Association conference\, and the University of Iowa Festival for New Music. \n\n\n\n\nBennett Wood is a freelance musician\, composer and clinician. He was recently appointed as Director of Jazz Studies at Webster University. He previously held academic appointments at the University of Memphis\, Mineral Area College\, Texas State University\, Texas Lutheran University\, and Texas A&M University-Kingsville and served as the Interim Director of Education and Community Engagement and Education Coordinator at Jazz St. Louis. \n\n\n\nWood is an experienced bandleader and an in-demand sideman. In addition to leading his own groups\, he has performed alongside internationally acclaimed musicians including Nat Adderley Jr.\, Chris Cheek\, Alan Ferber\, Andre Hayward\, Butch Miles\, and Bruce Saunders. He plays lead tenor saxophone in the Jazz St. Louis Big Band directed by Victor Goines.\n\n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/michael-shults-quartet-featuring-bennett-wood/
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SUMMARY:Stephen M. Lee “In The Moment” Album Release Show
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Stephen M. Lee “In The Moment” Album Release Show in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nFriday\, March 1\, 2024\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nStephen Lee is the Founder/Artistic and Executive Director of the Memphis Jazz Workshop\, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. He has an undergraduate degree in Jazz Performance from City College University in New York City. Master in Education from Freed Hardeman. He has been in the education sector in Memphis since 2010\, teaching for three years in the Shelby County Schools system\, five years at the Stax Music Academy\, and seven years as a fellow for the Memphis Music Initiative. \n\nHe has worked with Gregory Porter\, Esperanza Spalding\, Kirk Whalum\, Warren Wolf\, Corcoran Holt\, Ulysses Owens Jr and many more. Lee has received numerous awards\, including the Rhythm of Gospel Award\, Steinway & Sons Top Music Teacher Voted by Amro Music Store\, WC Handy Award\, and Jimmie Lunceford Award. He has been nominated for a First Round Stellar Award and the Kennedy Center’s Citizen Artist Fellowship. He is a proud Carver Cobras Alum and member of Omega Psi Psi.\n\n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/stephen-m-lee-in-the-moment-album-release-show/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sound Fuzion
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Sound Fuzion in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nFriday\, February 23\, 2024\nDoors open at 6:30 pm | Show begins at 7 pm\nTickets: $10 | Free for University of Memphis students and faculty \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nSound Fuzion is the Rudi E. Schedit School of Music’s flagship popular/commercial music ensemble. This touring ensemble serves as musical ambassadors for the University of Memphis and performs for thousands of fans yearly. Consisting of eight vocalists\, rhythm section\, horn section and two engineers\, Sound Fuzion provides its members with professional performance experience and prepares artists for success in the music industry. Sound Fuzion performs all styles of popular music including Top 40\, R&B\, hip-hop\, rock\, and country. Members receive a half-tuition scholarship and are highly selected each year.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/sound-fuzion-3/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:“Revisiting Sketches of Crosstown” feat. Sean Murphy with special guests Jim Spake + Tom Lonardo
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents “Revisiting Sketches of Crosstown” feat. Sean Murphy with special guests Jim Spake + Tom Lonardo in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nThursday\, February 22\, 2024\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nJoin Sean Murphy as he creates soundscapes based on his 2013 site-specific album “Sketches of Crosstown” and his latest experimental EP “Imbolc Ice”. \nSaxophonist Jim Spake and Percussionist Tom Lonardo will join Sean and his multitude of instruments including didjeridus\, flutes\, tuba\, kalimbas\, frame drums\, bowls\, bells\, gongs\, and more.  Together they’ll weave a tapestry of sound and musical conversation unlike anything you’ve likely experienced before! \nBIO \nSean Murphy is a multidisciplinary artist living in Memphis\, Tennessee.  He is a musician\, ethnomusicologist\, instrument maker\, sound healer\, teaching artist\, nature lover\, listener\, explorer… \nBorn in Scooba\, Mississippi and raised in Memphis\, he attended the University of Memphis earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Music History with an emphasis on Ethnomusicology.  He was trained to play western classical and jazz tuba; but his fascination with world cultures and music has led him to play and make innumerable instruments. \nEarly in his career\, he began performing as a solo improvisation musician accompanying dance and yoga which eventually led him to the practice of sound healing.  Sean and his wife\, Anne J. Froning\, have led workshops in restorative yoga & mediative movement with music throughout the United States. \nAs a performing and recording musician\, Sean has delved into nearly every genre into which music has ever been categorized!  From classical to hip hop\, world to ambient\, jazz to hard rock\, new age to jazz\, he is equally at home.  He is the leader of the Mighty Souls Brass Band as well as regularly playing as a sideman with many jazz groups while also regularly performing improvised music for dance\, healing\, and yoga.  He also has many recording credits to his name as a soloist\, bandleader\, and sideman.  He has also been fortunate enough to perform with many world-renowned musicians and bands including Dr. John\, Paul Winter\, William Eaton\, the Meters\, Galactic\, Clyde Stubblefield\, Rufus Thomas\, and Robert Randolph & the Family Band to name a few. \nHe and Anne co-own Being:Art LLC\, a fusion arts company specializing in music\, dance\, visual art\, instrument making\, and site-specific design.  The company builds musical instruments for outdoor classrooms; and conducts workshops\, residencies\, and performances throughout the United States.  Their largest public installation can be found in the courtyard of Overton Square in Memphis.  OS Tower Chimes is one of the ten largest sets of wind chimes in the world. \nSean currently splits his time between performing and recording as a solo artist\, presenting healing arts experiences with yoga/dance and live music (often in collaboration with Anne)\, leading the Mighty Souls Brass Band\, building functional art in the form of musical instruments\, and spending as much time with his granddaughters as possible!
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/revisiting-sketches-of-crosstown-feat-sean-murphy-with-special-guests-jim-spake-tom-lonardo/
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SUMMARY:Folk All Y’all: Leon Timbo
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts and Folk All Y’all present Leon Timbo in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSaturday\, February 17\, 2024\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $20 \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nThe singular singer and songwriter Leon Timbo (he/him) is a veteran artist who brings “a unique\, rootsy sound that incorporates equal measures of vintage soul\, gospel\, folk\, R&B\, funk\, dance music\, and even modern blues” (All Music Guide) to a style he calls “transparent soul.” \nThe son of parents who are both church pastors\, Timbo was raised in Jacksonville\, Florida and steeped in gospel music since birth. He began pursuing music seriously at 16 and worked the club circuit steadily into his 20s\, when he was seen by actor and R&B superstar Tyrese Gibson\, who asked the budding musician to open for him at the Dallas House of Blues. Tyrese introduced Timbo to GRAMMY-winning vocalist and producer Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds\, who signed Timbo to a record deal and took him on the road\, cementing Timbo’s rapidly expanding career as one of the major young artists reclaiming American roots music’s association with the Black experience in the 21st century. \nHis most recent albums are 2021’s Lovers and Fools Vol. 1and follow-up Lovers and Fools Vol. 2 released last year. These albums represent Timbo’s fully-realized steps into Americana\, and showcase a musician whose has found his true voice — a voice full of passion\, power\, and depth. \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 audiences 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\, nonprofit listening room series supported by our pledges from our community. \nEntry requirements may change but your purchase indicates acceptance of any necessary health policy.
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SUMMARY:Shoot & Splice: Filmmaker Feedback & Mixer
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts & Indie Memphis present Shoot & Splice: Filmmaker Feedback & Mixer in The Green Room.  \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nTuesday\, February 13\, 2024\nDoors open at 6:30 pm | Begins at 7 pm\nTickets: Free \nAttention all Memphis filmmakers\, actors\, and crew members! As we enter the new year\, Indie Memphis wants to hear from you—the members of our Memphis filmmaking community. Please join the Indie Memphis staff for an open discussion about what you would like to see from Indie Memphis and our filmmaking community at large over the next year and beyond. This will also be a great opportunity to chat and network with other filmmakers as we move Shoot & Splice into the relaxing confines of The Green Room at Crosstown Arts.\n\n\n\nPresented in partnership between Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/shoot-splice-filmmaker-feedback-mixer/
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SUMMARY:Sound Meditation: Mike Tamburo and Sean Murphy
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Sound Meditation: Mike Tamburo and Sean Murphy in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSunday\, February 11\, 2024\nDoors open at 4:30 pm | Show begins at 5 pm\nTickets: $25 in advance | $30 at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nEnter a timeless space of listening as Crown of Eternity’s Mike Tamburo and Memphis’ own Sean Murphy weave sonic soundscapes as they navigate through a musical conversation. Together they’ll explore their way through a wide array of 50+ overtone rich instruments including Gongs\, Bells\, Bowls\, Sound Sculptures\, Hammered Dulcimer\, Didjeridus\, Tuba\, Flutes\, Kalimbas\, and more. \n\n\n\nAllow yourself to be still and listen as these two musician explorers take you through a journey through the senses and a perceptual rollercoaster. \nMike Tamburo\nMike Tamburo is a world-renowned musician\, composer\, artist and educator. He is known and loved for his transformational live concerts performed on his personally curated set of gongs\, bells and other metal instruments. \nA lifelong multi-instrumentalist\, Tamburo has focused his talents on metal percussion instruments\, string instruments (hammered dulcimer\, guitar\, zither\, shahi baaja)\, as well as electronic instruments (synths\, looping). \nSince 1994\, Tamburo has shared more than 2\,000 concerts and workshops. He has recorded over 70 albums\, both solo and in collaboration with Crown of Eternity\, Meisha\, Arco Flute Foundation\, Psychic Frost\, Brother Ong and more\, ranging from epic gong music to ecstatic and transcendental string music\, as well as folk\, drone\, space rock\, ambient\, mantra music and sometimes unclassifiable sounds. This man loves music in all its forms! \nHe teaches gong music\, both in person and online with School of Gong. He is also a part of the far-reaching ethnomusicology trio\, Dig Deeper\, with Mitch Nur and Thomas Orr Anderson. Their online classes have explored countless musical concepts with a focus on the cultural and personal uses of soundfor healing\, meditation\, trance\, ecstatic states\, relaxation\, self transformation\, perception\, psycho-acoustics\, scientific discovery\, time and community. \nAn early adoptee of meditation\, Tamburo’s music offers space for journeying\, self-exploration and deep introspection. During many of his early performances\, he experienced altered states of consciousness and out of body experiences. To understand these experiences\, he explored kundalini yoga\, energy work\, the therapeutic use of sound and how sound impacts consciousness\, human perception and self healing. His love for long sustained drones\, overtones and psychoacoustics continues to inspire him to explore music in further directions. \nTamburo is also an interdisciplinary sound artist\, instrument builder\, video artist\, sound therapist\, writer and meditation teacher. \nwww.miketamburomusic.com \nSean Murphy\nSean Murphy is a multidisciplinary artist living in Memphis\, Tennessee.  He is a musician\, composer\, instrument maker\, sound healer\, teaching artist\, nature lover\, listener\, explorer… \nBorn in Scooba\, Mississippi and raised in Memphis\, he attended the University of Memphis earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Music History with an emphasis on Ethnomusicology.  He was trained to play western classical and jazz tuba; but his fascination with world cultures and music has led him to play and make innumerable instruments. \nEarly in his career\, he began performing as a solo improvisation musician accompanying dance and yoga which eventually led him to the practice of sound healing.  Sean and his wife\, Anne J. Froning\, have led workshops in restorative yoga & mediative movement with music throughout the United States. \nAs a performing and recording musician\, Sean has delved into nearly every genre into which music has ever been categorized!  From classical to hip hop\, world to ambient\, jazz to hard rock\, new age to jazz\, he is equally at home.  He is the leader of the Mighty Souls Brass Band as well as regularly playing as a sideman with many jazz groups while also regularly performing improvised music for dance\, healing\, and yoga.  He also has many recording credits to his name as a soloist\, bandleader\, and sideman.  He has also been fortunate enough to perform with many world-renowned musicians and bands including Dr. John\, Paul Winter\, William Eaton\, the Meters\, Galactic\, Clyde Stubblefield\, Rufus Thomas\, and Robert Randolph & the Family Bandto name a few. \nHe and Anne co-own Being:Art LLC\, a fusion arts company specializing in music\, dance\, visual art\, instrument making\, and site-specific design.  The company builds musical instruments for outdoor classrooms; and conducts workshops\, residencies\, and performances throughout the United States.  Their largest public installation can be found in the courtyard of Overton Square in Memphis.  OS Tower Chimes is one of the ten largest sets of wind chimes in the world. \nSean currently splits his time between performing and recording as a solo artist\, presenting healing arts experiences with yoga/dance and live music (often in collaboration with Anne)\, leading the Mighty Souls Brass Band\, building functional art in the form of musical instruments\, and spending as much time with his granddaughters as possible!
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/sound-meditation-mike-tamburo-and-sean-murphy/
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SUMMARY:Modern Masters Jazz Series: Dan Wilson and The Ted Ludwig Trio
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the Modern Masters Jazz Series: Dan Wilson and The Ted Ludwig Trio in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nWednesday\, February 7\, 2024\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $20 in advance | $25 at the door | $10 student tickets \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n\n\n\nGrowing up in Akron\, Ohio\, Dan Wilson spent the majority of his youth within the church community\, where his musical path began. \n\n\n\nTraces of his major guitar influences – including Wes Montgomery\, Charlie Christian\, Joe Pass\, and George Benson to name a few – can be discerned through his playing\, but his musical identity has been shaped by everything from gospel and blues to traditional jazz\, hip-hop and horn players like Sonny Rollins and Joe Henderson. \n\n\n\nWilson has had the honor of sharing the stage with jazz greats including Eric Marienthal\, Russell Malone\, Les McCann\, René Marie\, Jeff Hamilton\, David Sanborn and Dave Stryker. He also teaches jazz guitar and music theory through private lessons. \n\n\n\nWilson’s career took him on an exploratory journey into foundations laid down by the guitar/organ tradition\, eventually leading to an invitation to perform with jazz great Joey DeFrancesco’s trio quartet\, with which Wilson went on to earn a GRAMMY® Award nomination with for DeFrancesco’s Project Freedom album (Mack Avenue Records\, 2017).
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/modern-masters-jazz-series-dan-wilson-and-the-ted-ludwig-trio/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:MicroCinema: 61st Ann Arbor Film Festival Shorts Tour
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts & Indie Memphis present MicroCinema: 61st Ann Arbor Film Festival Shorts Tour in Crosstown Theater.  \nCrosstown Theater\nWednesday\, February 7\, 2024\nDoors open at 6:30 pm | Begins at 7 pm\nTickets: Pay-What-You-Can \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\nIndie Memphis and Crosstown Arts are honored to continue to showcase films from the most recent edition of the Ann Arbor Film Festival\, the oldest experimental and avant-garde film festival in North America. Using various techniques\, from puppetry to mixing digital and analog film approaches\, these films explore shades of the relationships between humanity and the natural world\, between humans and each other\, and speculate on their meaning and changing possibilities. \nWe look forward to seeing you at our first MicroCinema for 2024!
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/microcinema-61st-ann-arbor-film-festival-shorts-tour/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:The City of Tomorrow
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents The City of Tomorrow in The Green Room.  \n\nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSaturday\, February 3\, 2024\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\n\nTickets: $15 | $5 student tickets available \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nFeaturing the premiere of a brand-new work for wind quintet by George Lewis\, commissioned by the ensemble\, the City of Tomorrow sets the audience inside a kaleidoscope of culture and memory. Composer\, musicologist\, and winner of MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships\, George Lewis is currently the Artistic Director of the International Contemporary Ensemble and has written extensively on American experimental music\, race\, and the decolonization of contemporary music. His music is presented alongside another masterpiece for the modern quintet\, De Memorias by Cuban-American composer Tania León. The City of Tomorrow’s specialty is creating immersive experiences\, in which audiences are carried from one piece to the next in a transformative musical art installation. \nThe City of Tomorrow is an experimental wind quintet with a fearless aesthetic and a commitment to 21st-century music. Their U.S. tours have included concerts at Trinity Wall Street\, Spectrum\, and IN\TER/SECT\, (co-presented by Bryant Park and Chamber Music America) as well as the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Series in Chicago\, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival in Michigan\, and Red Note New Music Festival in Illinois. The quintet’s work has been supported by residencies at the Banff Center for the Arts & Creativity and the Avaloch Farm Music Institute. \nTheir 2021 release Blow on New Focus Recordings (FCR294) features music by Esa-Pekka Salonen and Franco Donatoni\, and the world premiere recording of a work by Han Lash\, which was supported by a Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Grant. The City of Tomorrow’s first album\, Nature\, released on PARMA/Ravello in 2014\, wrestled with questions of human involvement in the natural world and included music by David Lang\, Luciano Berio\, Nat Evans\, and Denys Bouliane. \nIn 2015\, the quintet began exploring physical movement and spatial relationships in their concert programming. Collaborating with lighting designer Alex Deahl\, the quintet has experimented with an ensemble-controlled lighting setup and choreography to create a seamless and immersive musical experience. \nThe City of Tomorrow’s members are based in New York\, Boston\, Baton Rouge\, and Memphis and are in demand as new music specialists\, curators\, collaborators\, and teachers. As an ensemble\, they have been in residence at Vermont College of Fine Arts\, Berklee College of Music\, Indiana University\, Tufts\, and Yale. Members of the ensemble can also be heard with some of the finest ensembles in New York and beyond\, including Talea Ensemble and the International Contemporary Ensemble. \n  \nThe City of Tomorrow is:\nElise Blatchford / Flute\nStuart Breczinski / Oboe\nRane Moore / Clarinet\nNanci Belmont / Bassoon\nLeander Star / Horn
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-city-of-tomorrow-3/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Strictly Jazz: The Music of George Duke
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Strictly Jazz: The Music of George Duke in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSaturday\, January 27\, 2024\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $20 in advance | $25 at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nThe Crosstown Strictly Jazz Series\, presented by Crosstown Arts in collaboration with Strictly Jazz Entertainment\, is designed to salute classic jazz music as contemporary musicians perform the work of the legends. \n\nGeorge Duke was a musical innovator\, creator\, and mentor to so many. His legacy as a recording artist is vast\, from Cannonball Adderly to Jean-Luc Ponty\, Frank Zappa to Michael Jackson\, to over 40 recordings as a solo artist. Simply put\, George forever changed the landscape of jazz\, R&B\, funk\, pop\, and classical music. \n\n\n\nThe performers:\nDarryl Sanford – Piano/Keys\n\n\nChris Patrick Bounds – Drums\n\n\nSteve Bethany – Lead Guitar\n\n\nDarryl Pruitt Jr. – Bass\n\n\nD’Angelo Davis – Vocalist\n\n\nJonte Mayon – Vocalist
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/strictly-jazz-the-music-of-george-duke/
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:Lawrence Matthews: Second Show
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Lawrence Matthews in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts⁠\nFriday\, January 26\, 2024⁠\nDoors open at 9 pm | Show begins at 9:30 pm⁠\nTickets: $10⁠ \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nLawrence Matthews’ 7:30 pm concert this Friday has sold out\, but never fear! By popular demand\, a second show for Lawrence Matthews’ return to the stage has been added! ⁠\n⁠\nOn Friday\, January 26\, at 9:30 pm\, the multi-hyphenated artist Lawrence Matthews will perform for the first night since retiring his former stage name Don Lifted at the Overton Park Shell in 2022. Independent and sitting on an album and a half of new material\, this performance features all new compositions only heard by a select few at private listening events over the last year. Known for his performances’ visual spectacle\, Matthews dials it back offering a undistracted and direct connection between himself and the audience while presenting a full-bodied reflection of the south and its unrelenting hold both spiritually and physically. The new material exists as a musical portal and a radical contemporary extension of the sampled blues\, soul\, and jazz artists for which Matthews finds himself kin.⁠\n⁠\n“When Robert Johnson went away and came back as everything history remembered him as\, people claimed he had sold his soul to the devil. They couldn’t fathom his jump in ability … I’ve had my own time away and now I’m back.” — Lawrence Matthews⁠
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/lawrence-matthews-second-show/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Lawrence Matthews
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Lawrence Matthews in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nFriday\, January 26\, 2024\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $10 \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nOn Friday\, January 26\, at 7:30 pm\, the multi-hyphenated artist Lawrence Matthews will perform for the first time since retiring his former stage name Don Lifted at the Overton Park Shell in 2022. Independent and sitting on an album and a half of new material\, this performance features all new compositions only heard by a select few at private listening events over the last year. \nKnown for his performances’ visual spectacle\, Matthews dials it back offering a undistracted and direct connection between himself and the audience while presenting a full-bodied reflection of the south and its unrelenting hold both spiritually and physically. The new material exists as a musical portal and a radical contemporary extension of the sampled blues\, soul\, and jazz artists for which Matthews finds himself kin. \n“When Robert Johnson went away and came back as everything history remembered him as\, people claimed he had sold his soul to the devil. They couldn’t fathom his jump in ability … I’ve had my own time away and now I’m back.” — Lawrence Matthews
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/lawrence-matthews/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Modern Masters Jazz Series: Wes “Warmdaddy” Anderson and The Ted Ludwig Trio
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the Modern Masters Jazz Series: Wes “Warmdaddy” Anderson and The Ted Ludwig Trio in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nWednesday\, January 24\, 2024\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $20 in advance | $25 at the door | $10 student tickets \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n\n\nJazz alto and sopranino saxophonist Wessell “Warmdaddy” Anderson played jazz early on at the urging of his father\, who was a drummer. He played in local clubs from his early teenage years\, and studied at the Jazzmobile workshops with Frank Wess\, Charles Davis\, and Frank Foster. He also met Branford Marsalis\, who convinced him to study with Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Louisiana. \n  \n\n\n\nSoon after this\, Anderson began touring with the Wynton Marsalis Septet\, and collaborated with Marsalis through the middle of the 1990s. He continued to play with Marsalis’s Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra beyond this. In 1994\, he released his debut album on Atlantic Records; pianist Eric Reed and bassist Ben Wolfe were among those who played as sidemen. His 1998 album Live at the Village Vanguard featured trumpeter Irvin Mayfield\, bassist Steve Kirby\, pianist Xavier Davis\, and drummer Jaz Sawyer.\n\n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/modern-masters-jazz-series-wes-warmdaddy-anderson-and-the-ted-ludwig-trio/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Hope Clayburn’s Soul Scrimmage Y’ALL SO LOUD Album Release Party
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Hope Clayburn’s Soul Scrimmage Y’ALL SO LOUD Album Release Party in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSaturday\, December 16\, 2023\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\n“Is there no Hope — there is\, and she will funk you up!”\n — Relix Magazine \nSoul/jazz/funk sax player and vocalist Hope Clayburn is on a mission to move the people. Her unique style has allowed her to perform with an eclectic mix of artists around the world\, including The Temptations\, The Allman Brothers Band\, and Valerie June.\n \nHope can be found in Memphis\, Tennessee\, recording and performing with a variety of bands like Lucky 7 Brass Band\, Frog Squad\, Marcella Simien\, and Obruni Dance Band. She has her own funk soul ensemble\, Hope Clayburn’s Soul Scrimmage\, performing her original music. Their new single and music video “Nobody” is out now on YouTube\, and their new album and vinyl record Y’all So Loud is coming this December.\n \nThe performers:\nHope Clayburn\, sax/flute/vocals\nRobert Allen Parker\, guitar\nKhari Wynn\, guitar\nDaniel McKee\, bass\nPaul Taylor\, drums\nVictor Sawyer\, trombone\nJawaun Crawford\, trumpet  \n  \nFollow Hope on Instagram\, Twitter\, YouTube\, and Facebook: @hopeclayburnsax
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/hope-clayburns-soul-scrimmage-yall-so-loud-album-release-party/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Sissy Dicks
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents The Sissy Dicks in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nFriday\, December 15\, 2023\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nEXPLICIT CONTENT WARNING: This concert will contain explicit content.  \nHo\, ho\, ho here they come\, come\, come! The Sissy Dicks are home for the holigays\, playing their first Memphis show in over a year at The Green Room at Crosstown Arts! Four-time Grammy ineligible\, nationally tolerated\, and locally endured\, they’re the queer country that no one asked for\, but that your single uncle Richard definitely listens to alone in his truck after choir practice. Come on out and get your stocking absolutely stuffed at the xxxmessiest spectacle of the season and find out why The Sissy Dicks are on everyone’s prayer list!
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-sissy-dicks/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mark Edgar Stuart + Blueshift Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Mark Edgar Stuart + Blueshift Ensemble in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nThursday\, December 14\, 2023\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $20 \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nMemphis-based\, Arkansas-born singer-songwriter Mark Edgar Stuart performs a very special concert with Blueshift Ensemble\, a Memphis-based contemporary chamber music ensemble dedicated to bringing artists and audiences together through artistic collaboration. \nMark Edgar Stuart\nYou’ll have a tough time finding a more widely-embraced modern singer-songwriter in Memphis — Stuart’s enthusiasm about his adopted hometown and what it has to offer is magnetic\, and his songs will stick with you. Grammy-winning music writer/director Robert Gordon is a big fan\, often spinning Mark’s tracks on his weekly radio show\, and other critics agree: “His acerbic wit is reminiscent of John Prine and Randy Newman” (No Depression); “His wry\, cutting view of the world makes something old new again” (Paste); “Always maintaining a tender demeanor\, his songwriting is smart as it is sincere” (Pop Matters). Mark’s stories are sweet but never saccharine\, even-keeled but deeply affecting. 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. \n  \nBlueshift Ensemble\nBlueshift Ensemble is a Memphis-based contemporary chamber music ensemble dedicated to bringing artists and audiences together through artistic collaboration. By programming both new and existing classical repertoire alongside multi-genre collaborations\, Blueshift aims to connect a wider audience to today’s classical music. The ensemble draws upon Memphis’s uniquely diverse musical heritage by combining classical music with popular music genres such as rock\, blues\, and soul and collaborating with local musicians\, visual artists\, and composers.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mark-edgar-stuart-blueshift-ensemble/
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SUMMARY:Kortland Whalum
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Kortland Whalum in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nFriday\, December 1\, 2023\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $25 in advance | $30 at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nKortland Whalum returns to The Green Room for an evening of sophisticated style and music. Kortland is an intriguing\, bold performer\, whose repertoire includes original compositions and covers of classic jazz\, soul\, and R&B tunes. Kortland\, the product of an age of popular and gospel music\, is a storyteller\, blessed with the power to marshal all at once a batch of skills that includes timing\, phrasing\, pronunciation and acting ability to make the listener feel myriad emotions\, particularly on ballads. Spend an evening with Kortland\, where he shares his life\, his story\, and his voice. \nKortland Whalum is a singer-songwriter and actor whose talents span from music\, theater\, and now the screen. A graduate of Morehouse College\, Kortland’s most recent theater credits include The Color Purple (2023) and Father Comes Home from the Wars: Parts 1\,2\,&3 (2023). Other theater credits include The Wiz (2016)\, AIDA (2017)\, Raisin (2018)\,  Ain’t Mis Behavin‘ in Milan\, Italy (2019)\, CATS (2019)\, May We All (2022)\, Porgy & Bess (2022)\, and the leading role of Sky Masterson in Guys & Dolls (2022). Upcoming theater credits include Beautiful: The Carole King Story (2024) at Theatre Memphis. Kortland’s on screen features include BET’s CURVES (2021) as well as the upcoming Freedom’s Village (2024). \nWith sold out shows at The Green Room at Crosstown Arts in 2020 and 2022\, Kortland continues to seek a unique niche in the world of soft jazz and R&B/soul music. Kortland released his EP A Love Letter; a collection of songs including\, “Can We Go (Love’s Paradise)”\, “C’est La Vie”\, and “The Limit”; all of which have garnered favorable local radio play on various stations. In 2020\, Kortland was invited to become a professional member of the Recording Academy (The Grammy Awards).
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/kortland-whalum-2/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Lukah
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Lukah in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nThursday\, November 30\, 2023\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $20 \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nPermanently Blackface is Lukah’s furious\, visionary indictment of the American state of exception\, presented with unforgettable vocal delivery and haunting instrumentals produced by “The Usual Suspects”. For a special one-night engagement\, Lukah will perform the new album for the first and only time in its entirety. Accompanied by a live jazz band\, this will be a special opportunity to experience Permanently Blackface the way the artist intended: in one sitting\, with undivided attention directed at its narrator. Witness the bold\, fearless inversion of minstrel tradition in this poignant commentary on the Black Experience.  \nIntroducing himself as Mr. Blackface\, Lukah identifies the true artist’s responsibility to hold a mirror to the listener in order to confront and disarm taboos. In both content and music\, the record balances vulgarity and introspection\, the horror of silence\, and the comfort of colossal\, discordant sound. Over 12 songs the celestial\, often blood-soaked color palette of soul and R&B that gave emotional weight to previous masterworks Why Look Up\, Gods in The Mirror and Raw Extractions has been scraped away like a charred skeleton. With a small cast of voices consisting entirely of Lukah’s immediate family\, and production duties handled in-house by WALZ\, Deener\, Hollow Sol\, Cities Aviv\, SB11\, and Lukah himself\, the record has the intimacy of a theater production. \nThis performance will be filmed. \n  \nLukah \nLukah has set himself apart as a powerful voice in Memphis hip-hop. Whatever the format—whether it’s through sellout records\, acclaimed locally in The Commercial Appeal and nationally in NPR\, Bandcamp Daily\, and The New York Times; commanding live performances that have won audiences in The United States and Europe; or on the big screen in his three visual collaborations with Studio 143\, all selected by the Indie Memphis Film Festival—Lukah is a undeniable giant of deep\, meaningful storytelling. Back from his first international headlining tour and a recent performance opening for Noname\, Lukah continues to push the envelope and challenge himself creatively by preparing this bold concert. \nOpening act and accompanied by live jazz quintet Hope Clayburn’s Soul Scrimmage. \nSoul-Jazz-Funk sax player and vocalist Hope Clayburn is on a mission to move the people. Her unique style has allowed her to perform with an eclectic mix of artists around the world\, including The Temptations\, The Allman Brothers Band\, and Valerie June. Hope can be found in Memphis\, TN recording and performing with a variety of bands like Lucky 7 Brass Band\, Frog Squad\, Marcella Simien and Obruni Danceband She has her own funk soul ensemble HOPE CLAYBURN’S SOUL SCRIMMAGE performing her original music. Their new single and music video NOBODY is out now on YouTube and look out for their new album and vinyl record Y’ALL SO LOUD coming this December with the album release party on Saturday December 16 at The Green Room at Crosstown Arts.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/lukah/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Strictly Jazz: The Music of John Scofield
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Strictly Jazz: The Music of John Scofield in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSaturday\, November 18\, 2023\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $20 in advance | $25 at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nThe Crosstown Strictly Jazz Series\, presented by Crosstown Arts in collaboration with Strictly Jazz Entertainment\, is designed to salute classic jazz music as contemporary musicians perform the work of the legends. \nJohn Scofield’s guitar work has influenced jazz since the late ’70s and is going strong today. Possessor of a very distinctive sound and stylistic diversity\, Scofield is a masterful jazz improviser whose music generally falls somewhere between post-bop\, funk-edged jazz\, and R&B.\n \nThe band:\nAlex Upton – alto saxophone \nJonathan Bass – guitar\nNeal Bowen – bass\nMike Assad – drums \nAbout Strictly Jazz:\nStrictly Jazz Entertainment is committed to cultivating a growing community in the knowledge and appreciation of jazz. Strictly Jazz Entertainment facilitates dialogue and collaboration between the devoted supporters of jazz and the brand new constituents — those new to the genre — for the furthering of the jazz community. Strictly Jazz provides a bridge between leading artists and a community that typically does not embrace jazz by promoting concerts in various venues to generate an atmosphere that is viable for the absorption of pure jazz.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/strictly-jazz-the-music-of-john-scofield/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Paul Taylor with Three Springs
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Paul Taylor with Three Springs in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nFriday\, November 17\, 2023\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nLongtime Memphis musician Paul Taylor is returning home to play his first show back in the Bluff City in over three and a half years! \nHe’s bringing his brand new band\, Three Springs\, along with him all the way down from his new home of Door County\, Wisconsin\, to help him perform material he’s written during those last few years\, which has been greatly inspired by the vastly different northern environment. \nPaul Taylor was a mainstay on the Memphis music scene for over 30 years- until he relocated to Door County\, Wisconsin\, during the great shake up of the 2020 pandemic. \nAs a highly in-demand drummer\, bassist\, and guitarist\, he’s been a sideman for a wildly divergent list of artists including Ann Peebles\, Reba Russell\, The PRVLG\, Hope Clayburn\, Mighty Souls Brass Band\, Eric Gales\, Shawn Lane\, Amy LaVere\, North Mississippi Allstars\, Sons Of Mudboy\, Van Duren\, Chuck Prophet\, Robert Ellis and many more — in addition to putting out three solo records under his own name and three releases under his moniker\, New Memphis Colorways. \nHis last performance in Memphis was over three years ago at The Green Room in Crosstown Arts\, a record release party for the New Memphis Colorways record entitled “The Music Stands.” \nIn 2021\, Paul made a major departure from his more song-oriented records when he released an experimental funk/jazz record\, also under the nom de plume New Memphis Colorways\, entitled “It Is What It Isn’t”\, which earned an editor’s pick in Downbeat and favorable reviews from Jazziz and other national publications.  \nEarlier this year\, an experimental instrumental music collaboration between Paul and longtime collaborators Luther Dickinson and Steve Selvidge\, entitled MEM_MODS Vol 1 (Peabody Records)\, was released to much critical acclaim. \nA forthcoming New Memphis Colorways EP\, “Let The Mystery Be” is due out on October 13\, 2023. \nThree Springs is a brand-new indie rock-ish\, at times slightly funky and experimental\, band out of Door County\, Wisconsin. \nThe group was formed by Memphis transplant Paul Taylor as an outlet for many of his songs and instrumentals\, which have previously only existed in recorded form on solo releases under his own name (and his nom de plume New Memphis Colorways)\, but has turned into a vehicle for new material written specifically for\, and with\, the band.  \nRounding out the trio are Door County native Shepley Frater on bass and Minominee\, Michigan\, native Adam Cain on drums.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/paul-taylor-with-three-springs/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Modern Masters Jazz Series: Tony Dagradi
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the Modern Masters Jazz Series: Tony Dagradi with the Ted Ludwig Trio in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nTuesday\, November 14 2023\nDoors at 7pm | Show at 7:30pm\nTickets: $20 in advance | $25 at the door | $10 student tickets at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nFor nearly four decades he has made his home in New Orleans\, performing on tenor and soprano saxophone with many of the Crescent City’s most celebrated artists\, including Ellis Marsalis\, Allen Toussaint\, Professor Longhair\, James Booker\, The Meters\, Dr. John\, James Black\, Johnny Adams and Gatemouth Brown. An accomplished classical performer as well\, he’s often called upon to augment the woodwind section of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. His performing past also includes five years as a member of the internationally acclaimed Carla Bley Band and appearances and recordings with Bobby McFerrin\, Mose Allison and Nat Adderley. \nSince 1990 Dagradi has been a Professor of Saxophone and Jazz Studies at Loyola University in New Orleans where he maintains a large saxophone studio\, teaches classes in improvisation\, and directs various ensembles.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/tony-dagradi-with-the-ted-ludwig-trio/
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: Ellisa Sun & Friends
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts and Folk All Y’all present Ellisa Sun & Friends in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSaturday\, November 11\, 2023\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $25 \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nEllisa Sun cuts her heart out and leaves it on the stage\, which is why she never wears white. Inspired primarily by R&B\, soul\, jazz\, and bossa nova\, Ellisa’s music is a unique blend of genres that creates a textured sound with authentic\, heartfelt lyricism. \nSelf-described “naked cowboy artist” Emily Ronna is going to give it to you raw – whether that’s the reality of mental health or the details of last night’s hookup. There’s no shame in this alt-rock-indie-folk game. \nOriginally hailing from Kansas\, Ian DePriest followed the Yellow Brick Road to Music City\, Nashville. Drawing from a musical theater background\, his artistic expression would manifest itself into melodies of pop tied in with theatrical musings. His EP\, Table For One\, shines a burning light on the empowerment\, discovery and self-love that only comes in solitude. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/folk-all-yall-ellisa-sun-friends/
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 Marcella Simien in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nFriday\, November 10\, 2023\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $20\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \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 onstage 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. 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. In addition to Marcella & Her Lovers\, Simien performs with Marcella & Les Vagues\, Magnolias\, and Terrance Simien’s Krewe De Monifique.  \n  \n“One of the most soulful artists I’ve heard since the glory days of Memphis soul music. Her sound and stage presence is a constant reminder that soul music is still alive and well.”\n— Boo Mitchell\, GRAMMY Winning Engineer \n“. . . she’s the daughter of zydeco great Terrance Simien\, but she needs no pedigree to knock you flat.”\n— Malcolm Jones\, The Daily Beast
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/marcella-simien-2/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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