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MIGET TO PLAY BENEFIT FOR JAZZ HOUSE WITH DEEP SPACE POSSE
JAZZ MUSICIANS SUPPORT JAZZ HOUSE IN BERKELEY
On Saturday evening November 27, 2004 for two sets beginning at 11 pm,
Bay Area jazz player, saxophonist, Marcia Migét, will perform at San
Francisco’s Last Day Saloon (406 Clement Street) with Sun Ra Arkestra
members, trombonist Tyrone Hill and bassist Kash Killion. They will be
joined by local performers, drummer, Michael Aragon and pianist,
George Khouri, in a rare club appearance as the Deep Space Posse.
A multi-instrumentalist, composer and educator, la Maestra Marcia
Migét is a musician whose most recent performances this year include
the International Association of Jazz Education Convention as the
featured artist, Monterey, Vallejo, Stern Grove and Fillmore Jazz
Festivals. Her performance pedigree includes such notables as Carlos
Santana, Chick Corea, Freddy Redd, Kenny Barron, Pete Escovedo, Anthony
Brown and the Asian American Orchestra, John Santos and Machete, Larry
Ridley, Buddy Baker, and Jaimeo Brown (to name a select few). Master
Instructor for Miraflores Academy her signature project, Discovery, is
available as a download on
www.mee-j.com.
For the last thirty or so years Philadelphia native trombonist Tyrone
Hill, whose style embraces both the creative precision of Julian
Priester and the bleats of Roswell Rudd, has been performing with th e
SunRa Arkesstra. . In addition to recording with the Arkestra, he also
leads the the Philadelphia Deep Space Posse features leading edge
talent like Elliot Levin, Rick Ianacone, Howard Cooper, Calvin Weston,
Bobby Zankel, Freddie Paulin, and others and has numerous solo
recordings available on Cadence Records. Returning from a recent Milan
tour with the Arkestra, Brass Section leader and arranger Mr. Hill also
performed with NRBQ and Yo lo Tengo. Tyrone holds this thought close,
“’I think about what Sun Ra said, that what we gotta do for people is
... tune them up.’"
Born in Alton, Illinois (Miles Davis’ home town) Kash Killion has
played extensively with such icons as Cecil Taylor, John Zorn, Julius
Hemphill, Reggie Workman, Sun Ra, Butch Morris and George Lewis. His
interest in avant garde jazz was ignited by Sun Ra in 1978, and further
heightened by meeting and playing with Pharoah Sanders. A composer and
multi-instrumentalist , he composes and performs for other artists,
dance troupes and poets including Amiri Baraka, Alice Walker, Quincy
Troupe. He’s recorded Afro-Cuban music with several salsa groups and
studied with the great Indian musician, Ali Akbar Khan. Playing cello,
bass and assorted Middle Eastern stringed instruments such
as, serengi and esraj, Kash’s concert history includes performances
with Donald Byrd, George Cables, Billy Higgins, Reggie Workman as well
as the Sun Ra Arkestra. A consummate session musician his new solo
project, Killion’s Trillions, is currently available.
For this special fundraiser the Deep Space Posse will be joined by
some very special guests including Michael Aragon on drums, George
Khouri on piano.
This is a benefit concert for the Jazz House in Berkeley, that
recently lost their lease and is in need a new home. Help them to
continue as one of the great venues for jazz performance in the East
Bay and a prime force in supporting and developing musical talent the
likes of Tyrone Hill, William Parker, Andrew Voight, Eddie Gale and
Vincent Tolliver in the Bay Area. Ticket price is $10.
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