Mosaic Of Sound: A Music Tribute To David Ornette Cherry (Moore/Stewart/Crudup/Rhamat Woods)
Schedule
Thu Dec 29 2022 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm
Location
Rhizome DC | Washington D.C., DC
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Transparent Productions presents: MOSAIC OF SOUND: A MUSIC TRIBUTE TO DAVID ORNETTE CHERRYJamal Moore, Luke Stewart, Trae Crudup, and Charles Rahmat Woods
At Rhizome DC
7pm-9pm, Thursday December 29th
$15-$20, sliding scale admission.
In November 2022 prolific composer/musician David Ornette Cherry (son of the great innovator Don Cherry) passed into ancestry while on tour in London with the legendary Khalil El’Zbar Ethnic Heritage Ensemble. David, raised in Los Angeles, residing in Portland Oregon, and performing worldwide, was a brilliant light on our planet. He enjoyed an especially deep spiritual connection to the Washington DC area, having family, countless friends, and memorable performances in the DMV. ‘Mosaic Of Sound’ is a tribute to David and his musical spirit by four progressive musicians that knew him well. Join Us!
Jamal R. Moore “is a native of Baltimore Maryland who is a multi-instrumentalist, composer/performer and educator. His background includes California Institute of The Arts (M.F.A. 2012),Berklee College of Music (B.M 2005), Eubie Blake Jazz Orchestra (2000)under the direction of Christopher Calloway Brooks and historical acclaimed Frederick Douglass Sr. High whom notable alumni Thurgood Marshall, Cab Calloway, and Ethel Ennis graduated from. Some notable luminaries Jamal has worked and recorded with are Wadada Leo Smith, Roscoe Mitchell, Nicole Mitchell, Archie Shepp, David Ornette Cherry, Tomeka Reid, Dr. Bill Cole, DJ Lou Gorbea, George Duke, Sheila E, David Murray, JD Parran, Ras Moshe, Hprizm, (AntipopConsortium) Tatsua Nakatani, Hamid Drake and the late Yahyah AbdulMajid (Sun Ra Arkestra). He is an affiliate of The Pan African Peoples Arkestra of the late HoraceTapscott, Black Praxis of David Boykin, member of Konjur Collective,and co-creator of Ancestral Duo with Luke Stewart. Jamal currently leads his own groups, Akebulan Arkestra, NapataStrings, Black Elements Quartet, Organix Trio, and Mojuba Duo.”
Luke Stewart is a DC/NYC-based musician and organizer of important musical presentations. He also has a presence in the national and international professional music community. He was profiled in the Washington Post in early 2017 as “holding down the jazz scene,” selected as “Best Musical Omnivore” in the Washington City Paper’s 2017 “Best of DC,” chosen as “Jazz Artist of the Year” for 2017 in the District Now, and in the 2014 People Issue of the Washington City Paper as a “Jazz Revolutionary,” citing his multi-faceted cultural activities throughout DC. In DC his regular ensembles include experimental jazz trio Heart of the Ghost, Low Ways Quartet featuring guitarist Anthony Pirog, and experimental rock duo Blacks’ Myths. As a solo artist, he has been compiling a series of improvisational sound structures for Upright Bass and Amplifier. As a scholar/performer, he has performed and lectured at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Medgar Evers College, George Mason University, Wayne State University, University of Montana, New Mexico State University, and the University of South Carolina. He holds a BA in International Studies and a BA in Audio Production from American University, and an MA in Arts Mgt and Entrepreneurship from the New School.” Website www.thelukestewart.com
Still fresh from a whirlwind 2022 performance tour with ‘Luke Stewart and Black Myths’ that spanned Europe and the US, DC drummer Warren Trae Crudup rides an artistic journey that has taken him from the church, through Go-Go, into the multi-verse of contemporary Jazz and experimental music. His style has been influenced by the legendary ancestors Milford Graves and Elvin Jones, with a big dose of Buggy Edwards. Trae is a much in demand professional of the highest caliber.
Flute/saxophonist and recording artist Charles Rahmat Woods has provided exciting and insightful performances in the Social Music idiom throughout the Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, and New York areas for over thirty years. Born in Buffalo NY and a long time resident of Maryland, he has performed with an array of Jazz artist including Roy Haynes, Helen Humes, Don Cherry, Jean-Paul Bourelly, Odean Pope, Lafayette Gilchrist, David Ornette Cherry, and Tarika Blue. He has also performed with world music purveyors Conjunto Peligro, Bantu, Ron Warren, Dawn Avery, and Larry Mitchell. He has been featured in DC Jazz Festival programs, the main stages of the Silver Spring Jazz Festival, the Fort Dupont Jazz Series, and the Jazz in the Park Festival (VA). His ensembles have performed at a number of distinguished venues including The Smithsonian Anacostia Museum, The David Driskell Center of the University of Maryland, America's Islamic Heritage Museum, Syracuse University, The Buffalo Academy of Visual and Performing Arts, The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, The Canadian Embassy, and the Manassas Center for the Arts. A graduate of Syracuse University, he has studied under symphonic reed master Ralph D'mello, flutist Sue Roberts, and music historian Talik Abdul Basheer. His recordings include "Blues For Martyrs", "Tarika Blue Notebook", " Rahmat Shabazz Trio Plus", "The Language of Birds", "Rahmat Shabazz Original Jazz", "Modern Music Therapy: The Music of Roy Haynes", "The DC Love Orchestra" and others. His current touring program with the Maryland State Arts Council not only offers presentations of original compositions, but also moving arrangements of works by Jazz masters, with selective emphasis on works contributed by musicians who have Native American heritage such as bassist Oscar Pettiford, trumpeter Don Cherry, pianist Larry Redhouse, saxophonist Jim Pepper, and poet/saxophonist Joy Harjo. In September 2022 Maine Public Radio’s 'Jazz Flower' program did a two-hour retrospective of the music of Charles Rahmat Woods. His website is rahmatshabazz.com
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