CREATIVE DIFFERENCES 2009 presents
MARILYN CRISPELL and GERRY HEMINGWAY
SATURDAY MARCH 14 @ 8 & 9.30pm
@ AN DIE MUSIK, 409 N.Charles St,Baltimore MD
www.andiemusiklive.com tel 410 385 2638
$20 or $30 for both concerts
Crispell and Hemingway released a greatly acclaimed live concert disc for Knitting Factory Records almost 20 years ago. Of that recording'"Duo" the All Music Guide said"..a match made on earth,speaking to the heavens.Some of the ultimate improvised music made of its genre."
Tonight at An die Musik we record the follow up.
One of the finest modern jazz pianists,
Marilyn Crispell has recorded some of the "most beautiful piano trio records in recent memory," said Adam Shatz in the New York Times. Crispell came to prominence as a free jazz player and composer early in the 1980s, and over the next 20 years honed her reputation with the Anthony Braxton Quartet and as a leader of her own ensembles. Influenced strongly by the work of jazz pianist Cecil Taylor, Crispell first charted her own course in jazz piano with her up-tempo, percussive improvisations; in the late 1990s she once again broke new ground with a lyrical, introspective improvisational style.
Crispell took up the piano at the age of seven when she studied at Baltimore's Peabody Institute. After high school she continued her classical piano studies at Boston's New England Conservatory, where she added courses in music composition to the mix. She earned a degree in composition from the New England Conservatory in 1969.
In the 1980s, Crispell began to come into her own as a soloist, ensemble player, and group leader, both in the studio and in live performances. A member of both the Anthony Braxton Quartet and the Reggie Workman Ensemble for more than ten years.
Crispell continued to record through the 1990s and into the 2000s, working with fellow Braxton Quartet members Mark Dresser and Gerry Hemingway, as well as drummer Paul Motian, pianist Irène Schweizer, and bassist Gary Peacock, among others.
Her last recording for ECM was a return to solo performnce, Vignettes. In the 2000s Crispell became a member of the Barry Guy New Orchestra, and also played frequently with Guy's London Jazz Composers Orchestra. Crispell's work has also been featured on film; she composed music for Soul Suitcase, an independent film directed by Paul DiStefano, and appeared in documentaries about jazz, including Women in Jazz, by Gilles Corre. Along with live performances and recordings, Crispell conducts workshops in improvisational music throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Europe, and New Zealand.
Marilyn Crispell last appeared at this venue with the great South African drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo. That concert was released as "Sibanye" on Intakt Records last year.
Gerry Hemingway has been making a living as a composer and performer of solo and ensemble music since 1974. He has led numerous groups, including (since 1997) his quartet with Ellery Eskelin, Herb Robertson and Mark Helias as well collaborative groups with Mark Helias & Ray Anderson (BassDrumBone) celebrating its 30th year anniversary in 2007, Reggie Workman & Miya Masaoka (Brew), Georg Graewe & Ernst Reijseger (GRH trio), WHO trio with Swiss pianist Michel Wintsch and bassist Baenz Oester, his duo w/Thomas Lehn, and also w/John Butcher.
Mr. Hemingway is a Guggenheim fellow and has received numerous commissions for chamber and orchestral work including "Terrains", a concerto for percussionist and orchestra commissioned by the Kansas City Symphony. He also completed a production of “Songs”, two year recording project for the the German label, between the lines.
He is well known for his eleven years in the Anthony Braxton Quartet, and his many collaborations with some of the world’s most outstanding improvisers and composers including Evan Parker, Cecil Taylor, Mark Dresser, Anthony Davis, George Lewis, Derek Bailey, Leo Smith, Oliver Lake, Kenny Wheeler, Frank Gratkowski, John Cale, Michael Moore and many others.
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