Angel City Art's Presents: Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet in Hollywood

Well, Rocco's at it again and this time he is presenting Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet in their first performance in LA since their Redcat performacne a couple of years ago.

Quartet includes the high rising pianist Vijay Iyer, and veterans John Lindberg on bass and Pheeroan Aklaff on drums. There will also be a guest performance by Motoko Honda.

Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet
one night only, April 3rd!

Lauded as “one of the most vital musicians on the planet” by Coda, Wadada Leo Smith is one of the most visionary, boldly original and artistically important figures in contemporary American jazz and free music, and one of the great trumpet players of our time. As a composer, improviser, performer, music theorist/writer and educator, Smith has devoted a lifetime to
navigating the emotional heart, spiritual soul, social significance and physical structure of jazz - both free and composed - and world music to create new music of infinite possibility and nuance.

This concert will feature music from the Golden Quartetʼs newest release "Spiritual Dimension" and a premiere of the music commissioned through the Guggenheim Foundation.

Saturday, April 3, 2010
8:00pm - 11:00PM
Barnsdall Gallery Theatre
4800 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA

Golden Quartet
Wadada Leo Smith - trumpet
Vijay Iyer - piano
John Lindberg - bass,
Pheeroan Aklaff - drums
with special guest Motoko Honda - piano and electronics

http://music.calarts.edu/~wls/pages/gq_ensemble.html

http://www.barnsdallartpark.com


General Admission: $25
Students: $15

tickets:

http://www.itsmyseat.com/DisplayEvent.html?sse=805699

First 50 ticket buyers will receive a free copy of Wadada Leo Smith's CD "Dreams and Secrets"