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SUMMARY:Brian De Palma's "Redacted"
DESCRIPTION:The exclusive Capital Region release of Brian De Palma’s fictional documentary\, Redacted (2007). De Palma (Carrie\, Dressed to Kill\, The Untouchables\, Mission Impossible) won the Silver Lion for Best Director at the 2007 Venice Film Festival for this movie\, a fictional story inspired by true events in Iraq. “The only Iraq film I would rank alongside No End in Sight in the category of essential viewing.” (Scott Fondas\, LA Weekly). Screenings will take place on both February First and February Second\, 2008. \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace\, Women Against War and Chatham Peace Initiative. \n\n\n\nRedacted Poster\n\n\n\nAbout the Film:\n\n\n\nDe Palma won the Silver Lion for Best Director at the 2007 Venice Film Festival for this film\, a fictional story inspired by true events. Redacted is a unique cinematic experience that pushes viewers to radically reconsider the filters through which we see and accept events in our world\, the power of the mediated image and how presentation and composition influence our ideas and beliefs. \n\n\n\nCentered around a small group of American soldiers stationed at a checkpoint in Iraq\, Redacted alternates points of view\, balancing the experiences of these young men under duress and members of the media with those of the local Iraqi people\, illuminating how each have been deeply affected by the current conflict and their encounters with each other. The charged apotheosis of Brian De Palma’s filmmaking career\, Redacted caps off a body of work which has explored the politics of image-making and reception more fully than any living filmmaker.  \n\n\n\n“Once again a senseless war has produced a senseless tragedy\,” says De Palma. “I told this story years ago in my film ‘Casualties of War.’ But the lessons from the Vietnam War have gone unheeded. How to tell the story today? And how did it all begin? Last year at the Toronto Film Festival I was approached by a representative of HDNET films who asked if I would be interested in making a film using high definition video. I said I would if I could find a subject matter that would be best explored in the medium. Then I read about an incident in the Iraq War where members of a US army squad had reportedly raped a 14 girl\, slaughtered her family\, shot the girl in the face and set her body on fire. How could these boys have gone so wrong? In searching for the answers\, I read soldier’s blogs\, books\, watched soldier’s home made war videos\, surfed their web sites\, and their ‘YouTube’ postings. It was all there\, and all in video. “To redact is to edit\, or prepare for publishing. Frequently\, a redacted document or image has simply had personal (or possibly actionable) information deleted or blacked out; as a consequence\, redacted is often used to describe documents or images from which sensitive information has been expunged. The true story of our Iraq War has been redacted from the mainstream corporate media. If we are goings to cause such disorder then we must face the horrendous images that are the consequences of these actions. Once we saw them in Vietnam our citizens protested and brought that misguided conflict to an end. Let’s hope the images from this film have the same effect.” \n\n\n\nAbout Brian De Palma:\n\n\n\nBrian De Palma/Scott Wintrow: Getty Images\n\n\n\nWriter/director Brian De Palma has showcased his filmmaking talents in diverse films ranging from thrillers such as “Sisters\,” “Obsession\,” “Dressed to Kill\,” “Body Double” and “Snake Eyes\,” to the blockbuster action film “Mission: Impossible\,” the acclaimed police dramas “Scarface\,” “The Untouchables” and “Carlito’s Way” to the unique visions in “Carrie” and “Phantom of the Paradise. “De Palma has also directed war films\, comedies and science fiction.  \n\n\n\nBorn in Newark\, New Jersey on September 11\, 1940\, De Palma grew up in Philadelphia where his father was an orthopedic surgeon. Early on\, De Palma became fascinated by physics and went to Columbia College to study the subject. He soon changed paths and began studying first theater\, then cinema.  \n\n\n\nIn 1960\, he made his first mid-length feature\, “Icarus\,” followed by “6601224\, The Story of an IBM Card” and “Wotan’s Wake\,” for which he received several awards. De Palma undertook his first full-length feature\, “The Wedding Party\,” while studying at Sarah Lawrence College. “The Wedding Party\,” a semi-improvised comedy\, would be Robert De Niro’s and Jill Clayburgh’s film debuts. After this first film\, De Palma went on to do several documentaries and short films\, including “The Responsive Eye\,” and put on an exposition of Op Art at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.  \n\n\n\nIn 1967\, he made his second full-length feature\, “Murder à la Mod\,” a sophisticated thriller packed with Hitchcockian references. The anti-establishment fever of the sixties led him to make the satirical comedies “Greetings” (Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival) and “Hi Mom\,” which lifted him into the ranks of young American filmmakers. The big Hollywood studios began paying attention to De Palma\, but it was his modest independent production “Sisters\,” which brought his first big success. Breaking away from the semi-improvisational style of his previous films\, he made apparent that his talent for writing\, his sense of construction\, his framing and rhythm were worthy of the best Hollywood directors.  \n\n\n\nTwo years after his success\, De Palma made the musical thriller “Phantom of the Paradise” which came away with the Grand Prize from the 1975 Avoriaz Film Festival. In 1976\, he (with Paul Schrader) wrote and directed “Obsession\,” a romantic thriller starring Cliff Robertson and Genevieve Bujold\, followed by “Carrie\,” which triumphed worldwide and earned Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie Oscar nominations. The film\, which also featured Nancy Allen\, John Travolta and Amy Irving\, remains one of the most brilliant adaptations of a Stephen King novel. Its famous last scene\, as well as others\, has been widely imitated over the years.  \n\n\n\nIn 1977\, De Palma directed Kirk Douglas\, John Cassavetes and Amy Irving in “The Fury\,” a spy film that combined the occult with political fiction. In 1978\, he made “Home Movies\,” a semi-autobiographical comedy starring Kirk Douglas and Nancy Allen\, with the assistance of fellow film students from Sarah Lawrence.  \n\n\n\nIn 1980\, De Palma returned to suspense with “Dressed to Kill\,” starring Michael Caine\, Nancy Allen and Angie Dickinson\, then went on to write and direct “Blow Out\,” which explored two of his major themes: voyeurism and politics.  \n\n\n\nIn 1982\, Brian De Palma directed a baroque\, hyper-violent remake of “Scarface” from an Oliver Stone screenplay\, starring Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer.  \n\n\n\nIn 1984\, he made “Body Double\,” which gave Melanie Griffith her breakthrough role. Leaving behind the film genre which had made him famous\, Brian went on to direct “The Untouchables\,” a huge spectacular saga about prohibition which earned its star\, Sean Connery\, an Oscar\, and launched the careers of Kevin Costner and Andy Garcia.  \n\n\n\nIn 1989\, Brian directed Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn in the war film “Casualties of War” and in 1990\, he adapted Tom Wolfe’s satirical novel “The Bonfire of the Vanities\,” which starred Tom Hanks\, Melanie Griffith and Bruce Willis.  \n\n\n\nIn 1992\, De Palma returned to thrillers with “Raising Cain\,” which starred John Lithgow and Lolita Davidovich\, as well as directing Al Pacino in “Carlito’s Way.” \n\n\n\n In 1996\, he brought together Tom Cruise\, Jon Voight\, Emmanuelle Beart and Jean Reno in “Mission: Impossible\,” a tribute to the cult television series.  \n\n\n\n“Mission: Impossible” became an enormous international success and was followed by “Snake Eyes\,” starring Nicolas Cage and Gary Sinise\, as well as his first science fiction film\, “Mission to Mars\,” which starred Gary Sinise\, Tim Robbins\, Don Cheadle and Connie Nielsen.  \n\n\n\nMost recently\, De Palma directed Josh Hartnett\, Hilary Swank\, Aaron Eckhart and Scarlett Johansson in the 2006 film noir thriller\, “The Black Dahlia\,” an adaptation of the popular novel by James Ellroy. \n\n\n\nPress: \n\n\n\n“An amazingly vigorous work and De Palma’s strongest cinematic statement since ‘Casualities of War’” — Richard Corliss\, Time \n\n\n\n“The only Iraq film I would rank alongside ‘No End in Sight’ in the category of essential viewing” — Scott Fondas\, LA Weekly \n\n\n\n“A sensational film. De Palma’s filmmaking skills have seldom been a razor sharp” — Ray Bennett\, Hollywood Reporter \n\n\n\n“De Palma’s anger and frustration with the media course through ‘Redacted’ like an electrical current” — Stephanie Zacharek\, Salon
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/brian-de-palmas-redacted/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion,Screening
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SUMMARY:Free Jazz from the Sanctuary prsents Kahil El’Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Kahil El’Zabar formed the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble in 1973 to combine concepts of African American music making with traditional African music and make something new. After 35 years\, this legendary band is still serving people worldwide with their special brand of 21st century Griot music. El’Zabar’s last performance at the Sanctuary was named one of 2007’s ten best by Metroland. Don’t miss this one! Corey Wilkes\, trumpet; Ernest Khabeer Dawkins\, saxophone; Kahil El’Zabar\, composer\, percussion\, vocals.  \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by the Department of the Arts at RPI\, and made possible in part by the NYS Music Fund. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Ethnic Heritage Ensemble:\n\n\n\nThe Ethnic Heritage Ensemble was formed 35 years ago. Kahil El’Zabar is the founder of the band and led its first performance at Child City Arts Center\, in Chicago\, in 1973. This was a year after he had returned from the University of Ghana. His goal was to combine concepts of African American music making with the earlier roots of traditional African music and make it something new. After 35 years\, this legendary band is still serving the people worldwide with their special brand of 21st century Griot music. The current band consists of the young trumpet titan\, Corey Wilkes\, along with Chicago saxophone legend\, Ernest Khabeer Dawkins and the award winning multi percussionist\, vocalist\, and composer\, Kahil El’Zabar. \n\n\n\nThe Ethnic Heritage Ensemble\, is now in the pantheon of jazz history. Few bands have lasted more than three decades and there are no signs of this illustrious ensemble slowing down. Their music conjures a spiritual journey to the inner self. It spans time through multiple expressions that transcend styles and genres. There is an extremely personal virtuosity to the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble’s way of making music. It appears simple on the surface\, yet when one goes deeper in the music they are amazed at the density of form. \n\n\n\nWe are reaching out to our community worldwide in 2008\, to collectively celebrate the triumph of the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble\, in staying true to their mission. It is rare to witness such conviction and commitment in these times. This music has enormous history and incredible love. We are all here to make a difference; we must be about the work of our hearts. Living out your dream is the greatest honor one can express. The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble is the real deal and they have truly done it their way! Let us celebrate the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble’s 35th Anniversary now and forever. Aluta Continua!!
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/kahil-elzabars-ethnic-heritage-ensemble/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:African Music,Community Event,Jazz Music,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080215T180000
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SUMMARY:"King Corn" Screening with Panel
DESCRIPTION:Director Aaron Woolf’s entertaining feature-length documentary about the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation raises troubling questions about how we eat and how we farm. Complimentary organic popcorn and corn-free sodas for all.  \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by Honest Weight Food Co-Op as well as Roots and Wisdom. \n\n\n\nKing Corn movie still\n\n\n\nKing Corn is a feature film documentary about the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation. Almost everything Americans eat contains corn: high fructose corn syrup\, corn-fed meat\, and corn-based processed foods are the staples of the modern diet. Ready for an adventure and alarmed by signs of their generation’s bulging waistlines\, college friends Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis know where to go to investigate. \n\n\n\nEighty years ago\, Ian and Curt’s great-grandfathers lived just a few miles apart\, in the same rural county in northern Iowa. Now their great-grandsons are returning with a mission: they will plant an acre of corn\, follow their harvest into the world\, and attempt to understand what they—and all of us—are really made of. \n\n\n\nThey move to the heartland to learn where their food comes from. With the help of friendly neighbors\, genetically modified seeds\, and powerful herbicides\, they plant and grow a bumper crop of America’s most productive\, most-subsidized grain on one acre of Iowa soil. But when they try to follow their pile of corn into the food system\, what they find raises troubling questions about how we eat—and how we farm. \n\n\n\nKing Corn movie poster\n\n\n\n“Genetically engineered corn can be ‘hidden’ in everyday grocery items ranging from bread\, to soda\, to the ramen noodles you had for lunch\,” Karisa Centanni\, Education Coordinator at the Honest Weight Food Co-op\, comments. “The same genes that comprise this ‘corn’ are showing up in our hair and skin\, believe it or not\, yet we have no idea about the kind of biological and environmental changes this may cause over a long period of time.” Immediately following the screening a panel comprised of two local\, organic farmers—Leslie Herd and Chris Kemnah—and Louise Maher-Johnson\, a non-GMO activist who has coordinated two statewide lobby days (2005 and 2006) to inform legislators about transgenic food\, will be available as part of a panel discussion and to answer audience questions and concerns. \n\n\n\nYouth gardeners from Roots and Wisdom will serve corn-free\, New-England-made sodas and organic popcorn during a pre-screening reception\, beginning at 6 PM\, and following the film. They will talk with attendees about the important role they are playing to recover the local foods system through farming themselves. All sales of concessions will go directly to programming for Roots and Wisdom. \n\n\n\nRoots and Wisdom is a youth agriculture and community service program bringing together Schenectady County residents to grow organic vegetables for donation to local food pantries and for sale locally. Participants learn about sustainable agriculture\, nutrition\, hunger\, and diversity. Roots and Wisdom creates genuine change by helping county residents in need and providing youth with opportunities to work hard and grow. \n\n\n\nThe Honest Weight Food Co-op\, founded in 1976\, is open to the public seven days a week. A member-owned and -operated organization\, Honest Weight Food Co-op is committed to providing the community with affordable\, high quality natural foods and products for healthy and ecologically sustainable living. The store offers a full line of brand-name grocery products\, more than 500 domestic and imported cheeses from rBGH-free dairies\, an extensive selection of bulk foods\, and the area’s widest selection of locally produced food products. Honest Weight Food Co-op is centrally located at 484 Central Avenue\, between Partridge and Manning\, in Albany\, NY. \n\n\n\nThis presentation is made possible in part by volunteer labor and hundreds of small donations from patrons of The Sanctuary for Independent Media.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/king-corn-screening-with-panel/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion,Screening
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SUMMARY:Be The Media! Workshop with Elizabeth Press: Citizen Journal Primer
DESCRIPTION:Digital media tools are more accessible to amateur journalists and community organizers than ever before. In this workshop\, participants will examine a variety of examples of citizen journalism\, and learn research and production tips from a seasoned professional as well as a Democracy Now! producer\, Elizabeth Press. (Track: Growing the Grassroots.)
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/be-the-media-workshop-with-elizabeth-press-citizen-journal-primer/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:"A Love During the War" Screening with Filmmaker Osvalde Lewat-Hallade
DESCRIPTION:What are the consequences when rape is used as a weapon of war? Osvalde Lewar-Hallade’s moving documentary A Love During the War (2005) explores the question from the perspective of women in Africa\, where this tragedy is witnessed again and again. One of the emerging voices of feminist African filmmaking\, the Cameroonian director Osvalde Lewat-Hallade is well on her way to becoming her continent’s Kim Longinotto or Barbara Kopple\, forging direct cinema with activist power. Osvalde Lewat-Hallade will be present for audience questions at a screening of her film. Part of the African Film Festival program.  \n\n\n\nThis presentation is co-sponsored by the Arts Department at RPI and made possible by volunteer labor\, hundreds of small donations from patrons of The Sanctuary for Independent Media\, and support from the Electronic Media & Film program at the NYS Council on the Arts. \n\n\n\nStill from A Love During War.\n\n\n\nAbout the Film:\n\n\n\nA Love During the War is a docudrama following the experiences of a journalist who is separated from her husband when the Democratic Republic of Congo erupts into civil war. She reunites with her husband in Kinshasa\, but the memory of the horrors suffered by other women during the war still haunts her. Despite her husband’s protests\, she returns to Eastern Congo to find that the legacy of violence continues to infect the lives of women young and old. However\, not everyone remains a victim as women have started denouncing the abuses they suffered. \n\n\n\nA Love During the War manages a remarkable feat\, telling an uplifting story of love that is utterly uncontrived\, while situating it within the context of a bloody war and the horrifying phenomenon of systematic rape committed by militias and armies in the Congo. \n\n\n\nThe two lovers in question are journalist Aziza and her husband Dedier\, who are separated by the outbreak of the Congo-Kinshasa war in 1996\, a conflict that eventually claimed the lives of three million people. Direct\, riveting interviews reveal the angst Aziza and Dedier endured throughout their six-year-long severance. \n\n\n\nThrough the actions of Aziza\, who takes an interest in the brutal experiences of a young girl who was gang-raped by several uniformed men\, director Osvalde Lewat-Hallade seamlessly synthesizes a personal story with an examination of the use of rape as a tool of war. The result is stirring and ultimately galvanizing\, as one cannot help but feel awed by the courage and resilience of women who have overcome stigma and trauma to speak out. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Director:\n\n\n\nOsvalde Lewat-Hallade started her career as a journalist. She produced her first documentary\, Upsa Yimoowin (The Pipe of Hope) in Toronto in 2001. That film denounces the sidelining of Native Americans. Her second film\, Beyond the Pains\, was made in 2003 and is based on the life of a prisoner who was sentenced to four years in jail for a minor crime and ends up being imprisoned for 33 years. Beyond the Pains was the recipient of the TV Film Prize at the Avanca City Festival and of the Human Rights Prize at the Vues d’Afrique Festival in Montreal. A Love During the War\, her latest documentary film\, won two jury mentions in Fespaco and the Montreal Film Festival. She has just completed a feature film\, “Black Business.”
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/a-love-during-the-war-screening-with-filmmaker-osvalde-lewat-hallade/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion,Screening
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SUMMARY:Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures Octet Performance
DESCRIPTION:This group’s collective background spans a wide range of musical experiences\, including performances with world music ensembles\, 20th century chamber groups and leading artists in the jazz and rhythm & blues fields. Featuring Hamid Drake\, percussion; Graham Haynes\, horns; Ned Rothenberg\, winds; Kenny Wessel\, guitars; Adam Rudolph\, percussion; Steve Horn\, winds; Brahim Fribgone\, our; Shanir Blumenkrantz\, contrabass. This evening’s concert coincides with the release of Rudolph’s new CD Dream Garden on Justin Time records. Interpretations of the compositions from the CD will be performed\, as well a newly commissioned works. \n\n\n\nThe new compositions performed this evening were created with support from Chamber Music America’s New Works: Creation and Presentation Program funded though the generosity of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Presented with support from the Arts Department at RPI and the Performance program at the New York State Council on the Arts. \n\n\n\nLive Performance of Adam Rudolph\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Dream Garden features: Adam Rudolph: handrumset (congas\, djembe\, tarija) bendir\, talking drum\, thumb pianos\, udu drums\, cajon\, gongs\, percussion\, sintir\, vocal; Brahim Fribgane: oud\, dumbek\, vocal\, udu\, cajon\, sintir\, percussion; Graham Haynes: cornet\, flugelhorn; Hamid Drake: trap drum set\, bata\, frame drums\, congas\, percussion\, vocal; Kenny Wessel: electric and acoustic guitar; Ned Rothenberg: shakuhachi\, bass flute\, bass clarinet\, alto saxophone; Shanir Blumenkranz: contrabass\, oud and sintir; Steve Gorn: bansuri bamboo flute\, soprano saxophone\, clarinet. \n\n\n\nSince 1991 Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures has performed at many major festivals and concert venues in both Europe and the United States. In addition\, each member has concertized extensively throughout North and South America\, Europe\, Asia\, Africa\, and Australia: their collective background spans a wide range of musical experiences\, including performances with world music ensembles\, 20th century chamber groups and leading artists in the jazz and rhythm & blues fields. The concert repertoire consists of original compositions by Mr. Rudolph that serve as a basis for improvisational dialogue. \n\n\n\nAbout the Music\n\n\n\nAdam Rudolph writes: \n\n\n\n“I compose forms\, which serve as thematic material to provide an orchestrated context for improvisational dialogue. Music materials consist\, among other things\, of original melodies\, textural gestures\, sound languages\, tone rows\, traditional and synthetic scales\, diadic and intervallicaly generated harmonies\, call and response\, polyphony\, dynamics\, and the coloration of silences. \n\n\n\nUnique forms are generated through my concept of “Cyclic Verticalism”\, whereby polyrhythms\, as used in African music\, are combined with rhythm cycles\, as used in Indian music. When combined with the above-described tonal materials\, larger forms can be generated. In my compositions these materials are utilized to serve emotional coloration; what in India is called Rasa. Performers are given the freedom to use their imagination and listening ability to develop the compositions within their own individual motion and timing\, while still relating to the overall form and to their aesthetic and musical functions. The concept is to generate unusual relationships of sound against sound\, form against form\, and rhythm against rhythm in a non-linear\, ever shifting kaleidoscope of music images. \n\n\n\nAbout Adam Rudolph\n\n\n\nOriginally from Chicago\, composer and handrummer/percussionist Adam Rudolph has been hailed as “a pioneer in world music” by the New York Times and “a master percussionist” by Musician magazine. He has released over twenty recordings as a leader and appeared on numerous albums. For the past three decades he has performed extensively on concert stages and music festivals throughout North & South America\, Europe\, Africa\, and Asia. \n\n\n\nSince the 1970’s Rudolph has been developing his unique syncretic approach to hand drumming in creative collaborations with outstanding artists of cross-cultural and improvised music\, including: Don Cherry\, Jon Hassel\, Sam Rivers\, Hassan Hakmoun\, L. Shankar\, Omar Sosa\, Wadada Leo Smith\, and Pharaoh Sanders. In 1988 Rudolph began his association Yusef Lateef\, with whom he has toured worldwide and recorded over 15 albums. \n\n\n\nRudolph is artistic director of and composes for several performing ensembles: Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures Quartet and Octet\, Hu: Vibrational with Hamid Drake\, and Vashti International Percussion Ensemble. He performs as half of the Wildflowers Duo with Butoh dance innovator Oguri. Rudolph also conducts and composes for the Go: Organic Orchestra\, a 30-piece woodwind\, brass\, strings and percussion ensemble\, which he founded in 2001. \n\n\n\nRudolph recently premiered his first Opera\, The Dreamer\, based on the text of Friedreich Nietzsche’s “The Birth of Tragedy”. His rhythm methodology book\, Pure Rhythm was published by advance music\, Germany in 2006. He has received grants and compositional commissions from the Rockefeller Foundation\, Chamber Music America\, Meet the Composer\, Mary Flagler Cary Trust\, the NEA\, Arts International\, Durfee Foundation and American Composers Forum. \n\n\n\nAbout the Musicians:\n\n\n\nRegarded as an emerging force in contemporary electronic and world music\, GRAHAM HAYNES has redefined and deconstructed that genre some still call jazz. He has recorded seven critically acclaimed CDs as a leader and has worked with Steve Coleman\, Roy Haynes\, Ed Blackwell\, Abbey Lincoln\, Pharaoh Sanders\, Vernon Reid\, Cassandra Wilson\, Butch Morris\, David Murray\, Karl Berger\, Brice Wassy\, Cheick Tidiane Seck\, George Russell\, George Adams\, Jaki Byard\, Bill Laswell\, Sting\, Sekou Sundiata\, Tracie Morris\, Talvin Singh\, Will Calhoun\, Don Byron\, Greg Osby\, and Geri Allen\, among others. \n\n\n\nSTEVE GORN has performed Indian classical music and new American music on the bansuri bamboo flute and soprano saxophone in concerts and festivals throughout the world. A disciple of the late bansuri master\, Sri Gour Goswami of Calcutta\, he has recorded and performed with a wide range of artists including Paul Simon\, Tony Levin\, Jack DeJohnette\, Glen Velez\, and Simon Shaheen. He has composed for film\, television\, dance and theatre\, and performed in concerts and festivals throughout the world. \n\n\n\nHAMID DRAKE has toured extensively throughout North America\, Europe\, Africa and Japan with many of today’s outstanding artists in improvisational and world music’s\, including: Don Cherry\, David Murray\, William Parker\, Pharaoh Sanders\, Dewey Redman\, Jim Pepper\, Marylyn Crispell\, Peter Brotzman and A.A.C.M. co founder Fred Anderson. He also performs as leader of his own ensemble Bindu. \n\n\n\nA virtuoso on both the oud and dumbek\, BRAHIM FRIBGANE was born and raised in Morocco\, where he grew up surrounded by North African\, Gnawa\, Berber\, Arabic and Andulusian music. Brahim tours and performs extensively with Club D’elf\, Medeski\, Martin and Wood\, Hassan Hakmoun\, Vashti Percussion Group\, and Leni Stern. He is a composer of dozens of songs on the oud. \n\n\n\nComposer/Performer NED ROTHENBERG has been internationally acclaimed for both his solo and ensemble music\, presented for the past 25 years in North and South America\, Europe and Asia. Recent recordings include Intervals\, a double-cd of solo work\, Ghost Stories\, Power Lines and Port of Entry with his trio Sync. Other collaborators have included Sainkho Namchylak\, Paul Dresher\, John Zorn\, Marc Ribot\, Yuji Takahashi and Evan Parker. \n\n\n\nSHANIR EZRA BLUMENKRANZ is one of the NYC downtown scenes’ most in demand bass players. He has collaborated with Ikue Mori\, Bill Laswell\, John Zorn\, Ravi Coltrane\, Roy Campbell Jr.\, Tony Malaby\, Jenny Scheinman\, Avishai Cohen\, Marty Ehrlich\, Sylvie Courvoisier\, Susie Ibarra\, Min Xiao-Fen\, Michiyo Yagi\, Marc Ribot\, Kenny Wollesen\, Mark Feldman\, and Louie Belogenis among others. \n\n\n\nKENNY WESSEL worked with revolutionary jazz artist Ornette Coleman for over 12 years (1988-2000)\, touring the world as a member of Prime Time\, during which time he performed “Skies of America\,” Ornette Coleman’s seminal work for symphony orchestra and jazz ensemble\, with Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic and London’s Philharmonia Orchestra. Kenny has also worked with Steve Turre\, David Leibman\, Pat Metheny and Johnny Hartmann\, and with North Indian musicians V.M. Bhatt\, Debashish Bhattacharya\, Karaikudi Mani\, and Samir Chatterjee. Ken has toured South Asia and South America. He is currently on the faculties of the Music Conservatory of Westchester and Rutgers University.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/adam-rudolphs-moving-pictures-octet-performance/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Jazz Music,Performance
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