Stephan Crump, solo acoustic bass

Name: Stephan Crump, solo acoustic bass
Start: 2024-10-25T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-25T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Rhizome DC

Schedule

Fri Oct 25 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Rhizome DC | Takoma Park, MD

Transparent Productions presents Stephan Crump, solo acoustic bass, on Friday October 25th at 7:00PM at Rhizome DC. Admission $20-$25, sliding scale.
Join Transparent Productions for an intimate solo concert from bassist Stephan Crump.
Memphis-bred, Grammy-nominated, Echo Award-winning bassist/composer Stephan Crump is an active bandleader with fifteen critically-acclaimed album releases and numerous film scoring contributions. Stephan’s solo performance, which explores his unique musical language through an expansive range of sonorities on the acoustic bass, is a culmination of decades of work as a bassist, composer, and improviser. From his home studio in Brooklyn, Crump released monthly solo recordings from 2020 into 2021 for a fan-supported series via Bandcamp. The solo album, Rocket Love, is curated from this body of work.

Known for transforming his instrument into a speaking entity of magnetic pull, Crump's focus on creative instrumental music has led to collaborations with many of the leading lights of his generation, most notably Vijay Iyer, in whose trio and sextet he played a dynamic, founding role. Stephan can also be heard as long-standing member of Jen Chapin Trio, Ches Smith Trio, Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet, Liberty Ellman Sextet, Secret Keeper (duo with Mary Halvorson), his own Rosetta Trio (with Jamie Fox, Liberty Ellman), his Rhombal quartet (with Ellery Eskelin, Adam O’Farrill, Tyshawn Sorey), Borderlands Trio (with Kris Davis, Eric McPherson) as well as his trio with Ingrid Laubrock and Cory Smythe.
“Crump plays the bass with an effortless balance of molten flow and forceful power. For a listener, the result is another kind of healthy tension: between dynamic uncertainty and deep reassurance.” - The New York Times
“I am tempted to call Rocket Love my favorite solo bass recording of all time. At a minimum, it is the most varied and fun.” - PopMatters

“a visionary artist who can convey profound themes through the medium of sound” - All About Jazz

https://stephancrump.bandcamp.com/album/rocket-love