ART OF JAZZ CONCERT SERIES: Mary LaRose in Concert

255 Schenck Ave,Westbury NY 11590

08 April, 2022

Description

Acclaimed vocalist Mary LaRose puts vocals, with and without words, to the works of modern jazz composers. As a jazz vocalist, Mary LaRose is known for extending the Jazz “Vocalese” tradition to Post-Bop repertoire, singing her original lyrics to the compositions and improvisations of Ornette Coleman, Anthony Braxton, Charles Mingus, and Eric Dolphy among others. Her unique approach to music is documented in her many recordings which have included artistic collaborations with artists such as Mark Ribot, Steve Swell, Mark Feldman, the string quartet Brooklyn Rider, Steven Bernstein, Dominic Duval, Tomeka Reid, Matt Wilson, and her partner and artistic collaborator Jeff Lederer. In “Out There”, she brings her two worlds fully together for the first time, infusing her images of exploratory saxophonists of the 1960s with the improvisational essence of the music they produced. For this performance, Mary will be joined by Jeff Lederer (sax and clarinet), Yaz Takamura (bass), and Matt Wilson (drums). Mary is also an accomplished artist whose artwork is on exhibit in our gallery. https://littleimusic.bandcamp.com/album/out-here Restart NY Regrants is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council of the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and New York State Legislature and administered by Huntington Arts Council.