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Music Under New York presents a celebration of
BLACK HISTORY MONTH with an evening of performances Wednesday, February 26 in honor of Roy Campbell, Jr., September 29th, 1952 – January 9th, 2014
Wednesday February 26
Grand Central Subway Station Mezzanine (mezzanine located above the 4, 5, 6 platforms)
memorable to us here at MUNY, was his organiz - Robert Anderson Band 2:00 –4:00 pm ing the Music Under New York Big Band series of tribute concerts, most notably A Night in Grand Central for Dizzy Gillespie and Underground Trane for John Coltrane. He also collaborated with saxo - Henry P. Warner and New Perspectives 4:00 –6:00 pm phonist Zane Massey, a fellow MUNY band leader, in presentation of Zane’s father Cal Massey’s “Liberation Suite”.
Eric Paulin Ensemble 6:00 –9:00 pm Throughout his lifetime, Roy played and collaborat - ed with an “A” list of jazz musicians in concerts and festivals in the U.S. and Europe as well as per - forming on hundreds of recordings. His own With heavy hearts, we honor the passing of jazz albums include La Tierra del Fuego, Ethnic Stew trumpeter Roy Campbell, Jr. last month at the age and Brew, and Akhenaten Suite. of 61. One of the original members of the Music Under New York (MUNY) program, Roy set a high Our tribute opens with Robert Anderson, who bar for underground performances. Wherever Roy spent many a night jamming till the wee hours at played--in a club or the subways, at a jazz festival Roy’s house, and his band. Then a ceremony and or touring Europe –he brought the same enthusi - performance led by Henry P. Warner and the New asm and gravity to each gig. His warmth and sup - Perspectives ensemble. (Henry P. played at the port, his versatility and particular quality of funerals of both Roy’s father and then his mother “embracing the raw humanity captured in brass” but Henry, certainly, never imagined that he would made Roy a pleasure to work with be playing for Roy). The closing concert is present - as a musician and as a presenter. ed by drummer Eric Paulin and the Eric Paulin Ensemble. Roy Campbell, Jr. led numerous ensembles in his career, but most To the life and legacy of the late great Roy Campbell, Jr.!
* Here is a link to the lovely postscript by Taylor Ho Bynum in the New Yorker online- www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2014/01/postscript-roy-campbell-jr.html and the New York Times’ Nate Chinen- www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/arts/music/roy-campbell-jr-avant-garde-jazz-trumpeter-dies-at-61.html?_r=0
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