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David Murray & Kahil El'Zabar Duo
Mon June 11 7:30 pm doors $20 adv/$25 door all ages welcome
First Unitarian Church, Morewood & Ellsworth, Shadyside
the return of legendary jazz giants
DAVID MURRAY & KAHIL EL'ZABAR DUO
with special guests Trimm & McCune
Tickets on sale now at Juke Records (Bloomfield), Dave's Music Mine (South Side), Caliban Books (Oakland) and Jerry's Records (Squirrel Hill), and online at Brown Paper Tickets.
Service charges may apply.
These two modern music masters, have been at the forefront of creative exploration and compositional diversity over the past four decades. Murray and ElZabar are recognized by their peers to be consummate virtuosos, who possess ingenious interpretations within the history and future of Great Black Music!
This magnificent duo, shares with us all, the hope and desire that comes from blowing fire in an acquired wisdom. This is freedom music in its noblest sense, meant to heal and release one from the regurgitated mediocrity currently flooding our airways. These two wise men know firsthand whats genuine and real. They
have both played and recorded with the legends. To witness these time proven masters in person, is to be exalted and rejuvenated! They are the miracle of a profound sound, within a priceless opportunity not to be missed! These cats express brilliantly what true musicians feel and see, which is the epiphany to be free! They are body and soul, in a moments notice, that ignites the call to have a ball with the one and only Murray/ElZabar Duo!
Selected Tracks featuring David Murray and Kahil Elzabar:
The Ebullient Duke - https://youtu.be/Du6KklGKjHA
Meditation for the Celestial Warriors - https://youtu.be/-YDTED9ZEFI
One World Family - https://youtu.be/-YDTED9ZEFI
Pittsburgh City Paper 2016 Review -
http://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/joined-by- bassist-harrison- bankhead-tenor-saxophonist-david- murray-and- drummer-kahil- elzabar-bring- their-long- partnership-to-
pittsburgh/Content?oid=1970141
JazzTimes Review - http://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/kahil-elzabardavid-murray-we- is-live- at-the- bop-shop/
Sir Kahil Elzabar is revered globally as a cultural visionary and an innovative music conceptualist. He has recorded more than 60 acclaimed projects as the leader, composer,and arranger. ElZabar, who holds a PHD in Inter/Disciplinary Arts from Lake
Forest College,has worked with such luminaries as Dizzy Gillespie,Pharoah Sanders,Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Cannon Ball Adderly, Archie Shepp, Paul Simon, Lester Bowie, Nona Hendryx, Kurt Elling, Billy Bang, Eddie Harris, Neneh Cherry, Henry Threadgill, Roy Ayers, and David Murray.
In May 2014, Sir Kahil ElZabar was Knighted by the Council
General of France, making him a (Chevalier Medal De Lettres).
David Murray is one of the most recorded musicians as a leader in the history of jazz, with well over 200 celebrated projects. Murray was one of the founding members of the World Saxophone Quartet and has worked with greats like, Elvin Jones, Jack DeJohnette, Mc Coy Tyner, Lester Bowie, Hamiet Bluiett, Jerry Garcia, Max Roach, Amiri Baraka, Randy Weston and Fred Hopkins. He is currently working with Macy Gray as part of his David Murray Big Band.
In 2012, David Murray received an Honorary Doctorate Of Music Degree from Pomona College, Claremont, California. He has won numerous awards over his vast career garnering a Grammy Award for the Best Jazz Instrumental Group Performance, for his Tribute to John Coltrane and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
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LocationFirst Unitarian Church (View)
Morewood & Ellsworth Aves., Shadyside
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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