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02/18 Saturday
7:00 PM An Evening of Duos
"An Evening of Duos" - Boston based jazz vocalists Neha Jiwrajka and Katie Seiler have collaborated together to bring you a night of duo performances. Featuring Neha Jiwrajka on voice & Dorsey Bass on bass; and Katie Seiler on voice & Evan Allan on piano.
10:00 PM Soar Trio
Soar Trio’s sound encompasses a whole world of music-making that is part erudite composition, part virtuosic improvisation, part populist affability; challenging music that still manages to be charming
and thought provoking to audiences beyond initiated New Music fans. Melodic modernism, minimalist economy and elemental Free Jazz all inform Soar Trio’s direction. The group combines musicians of
disparate ages and locales that have an affinity for taking innovative music directly to the people.
Thollem McDonas is a pianist from the Bay Area who has toured almost non-stop around the world for the past several years. He has a conservatory background (studying with Lou Harrison), but left t
hat world to perform his own music. The recent recipient of a Meet The Composer grant, Thollem was also commissioned by The Limon Dance Company for a large-scale piece in commemoration of their
50th year anniversary. He was invited to perform the late works of Claude Debussy on the piano on which they were written, as well as his own creations with double-bassist Stefano Scodanibbio. This
was released as the first album ever recorded on Debussy's piano. Thollem’s other CDs include solo piano works, large ensemble pieces and various collaborations- on American and European labels
such as ESP Disk, Imirani, Saravah, Creative Sources and Edgetone.
Skeeter Shelton is one of the most under-recognized saxophonists in free jazz/creative music. His father, drummer Ajaramu Shelton, was a charter member of the AACM who played with Roscoe Mitchell,
Muhal Abrahms, Kalaparusha, Fred Anderson, Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons. He was also raised by AACM organist Ameena Claudine Meyers. Skeeter grew-up around these influences and absorbed a
whole lot of tenor playing. His status as a leading figure in Detroit’s creative music community is undisputed and his obscure national status is due to reticence, not talent. But he hasn’t completely escaped
attention by notable peers- Skeeter has worked with musicians like James Blood Ulmer, Fred Anderson, Faruq Z. Bey, Hakim Jami, Dennis Gonzales and The North Woods Improvisers. He also leads the group
Spectrum 2.
Also based in Detroit, multi-instrumentalist Joel Peterson have performed a wide array of music as a member of groups like Immigrant Suns, The Scavenger Quartet,Odu Afrobeat Orchestra, Xenharmonic Gamelan,
ECFA and in trios and quartets with Faruq Z Bey, Kenneth Green and Michael Carey. As an improviser, he has performed with people like Tatsuya Nakatani, Steve Cohn, Gino Robair, Amy Denio, Burnt Sugar, Luk
Houtkamp, Eugene Chadbourne, Rhys Chatham, Damo Suzuki, Jason Stein, Carl Smith and many others. Besides the double-bass, his primary gigging instrument, Joel also performs on clarinet, oud, qyteli, guitar
and more. From 2004-2008 he ran Bohemian National Home, formerly Detroit’s primary venue for creative arts.