Marilyn Crispell will perform in Houston and Austin next week in
support of a forthcoming ECM release entitled 'Storyteller' due on April 27
Houston
Friday, April 30, 8pm
Barnevelder Movement/Arts Complex
2201 Preston Street
$12 tickets available at the door for information and directions call
713-928-5653
Presented by Pauline Oliveros Foundation Houston
Austin
Saturday May 1, 8pm
Ballet Austin Academy (3002 Guadalupe)
$14 adv tickets available at Waterloo Records
and 33 Degrees ($15 cash, $16 charge)
for tickets and info 512-302-5233
Presented by Epistrophy Arts
http://www.marilyncrispell.com
"Hearing Marilyn Crispell play solo piano is like monitoring an active
volcano. She is one of a very few pianists who rise to the challenge
of free jazz."
Jon Pareles, N.Y. Times
"For two decades, Marilyn Crispell has been one of the most highly
regarded pianists at the sharp end of contemporary jazz."
John Fordham, The Guardian (London, England)
"one can't quite believe that she can play so perfectly and still be
human"
Scott Yanow, Downbeat Magazine
Marilyn Crispell was schooled in classical music, studying piano from
the age of 7. Graduating in piano and composition from the New England
Conservatory of Music, she came late to jazz, but by 1978 was teaching
at Karl Berger's Creative Music Studio. There she met many musicians
with whom she has since worked, including Roscoe Mitchell, Wadada Leo
Smith, Oliver Lake and, most crucially, Anthony Braxton. Extensive
touring and recording with Braxton raised her critical profile and
paved the way for numerous albums of her own, for a plethora of little
labels. Crispell's recordings have ranged from solo improvisations to
programs of Coltrane's music to performances of contemporary
composition (by Manfred Niehaus, Robert Cogan, Barry Guy and others).
Documented encounters with improvisers have included meetings with
Fred Anderson, Evan Parker, Peter Brötzmann, Charles Gayle, Irčne
Schweizer, Eddie Prévost, Billy Bang, Tim Berne and the massed cast of
the London Jazz Composers Orchestra. Amongst her influences, Crispell
has cited Coltrane, Bach, Webern, Braxton, Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra,
Thelonious Monk and Annette Peacock.
and Coming on June 6th. Han Bennink solo percussion + special guest.
Church of the Friendly Ghost
Linear Mode
