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BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC M·BASE JAMS AT ·BAM DV8PHY~CALTHEATRE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC Harvey Lichtenstein, President and Executive· Producer presents BAM Carey Playhouse December 9 & 10, J988 M-BASEJAMS AT BAM with Geri Allen keyboards Sadiq Bey percussion Steve Coleman alto sax Jimmy Cozier baritone sax Robin Eubanks trombone David Gilmore guitar Kevin Bruce Harris electric bass Graham Haynes trumpet' Dave Holland acoustic bass/ Bob Hurst acoustic bass Greg Osby alto/soprano sax Marvin "Smitty" Smith drums Tani Thbbal drums Gary Thomas tenor sax Cassandra WIlson vocals Lighting Designer· SallyAnne Santos These performances are made possible, in part, by grants from the MARY FLAGLER CARY CBARITABLE TRUST and MEET TIlE COMPOSER, INC. Joseph V•.Melillo, Director, NEXT WAVE Festival M-BASE is a name given to the music ofa community ofmusicians who are striving to create a com monmusicallanguage based on their experiences in life. Since the music is basedonpastandpresent experiences, it is a natural reflection ofwhat is happening 1UJMl. "M" stands for Macro and :BASE" stands for Basic Army ofStructured Extemporiltltions. It is a music based on improvisation, but improvisation within given musical situations or structures (forms). It is the variety and uniqueness ofthese structures, particularly rhythm, melody andform, that gives the music its fresh sound. ,Although M-BASE is largely based on the experiences ofblack people in America, the music draws on musical and non-musical sourcesfrom around the globe andalso the imaginary wOrld ofthe human mind..Ifis our intention to remain open to al~ experiences but create sounds with a character oftheir own. ~ hope this concert will help bring this music to the attention ofmusic loversfrom aU walks oflife. Steve Coleman BIOGRAPHIES GERI ALLEN (keyboards, composer), born in SIEVE COLEMAN (alto sax, composer) was Pontiac, Michigan, began perfonning on the piano born in Chicago in 1956 and began playing alto at age seven. She studied at Cass Technical High sax in 19iU. After attending Dlinois Wesleyan, School in Pontiac and Howard University where Coleman ended up in New York where he played she earned a BA in Jazz Studies, and the Univer gigs with.the big bands ofThad Jones-Mel Lewis, sity of Pittsburgh where she. received a Masters Sam Rivers, Cecil Thylor and others. He also in Ethnoinusicology. Now a resident ofNew York, .began to cut records as a sideman with those Geri recently completed a performance tour of leaders as well as David Murray, Doug Ham Western Europe. A similar tour in 1984 featured mond, Dave Holland, Mike Brecker, Abbey herquartet with Andrew Cyrille, Oliver Lake, and Lincoln, Bobby Mcferrin and Branford Marsalis. Santi Debriano. Her recOrdings include Home He also played the city streets'with the beginnings Grown, Printmakers, and In. The Middle. She has ofthe group Five Elements. The group began to given lecture demonstrations at the University of perform in small clubs in Harlem and Brooklyn Michigan, the Smithsonian Institute, and Central where they continued to develop the.M-BASE State University. concept ofimprovisation within unique structure. Steve's own records include Motherland Pulse, On SADIQ BEY (percus$ion) began studying music The Edge Of Tomorrow, and World Expansion. in Detroit's public school system. His initial focus Coleman produced two ofthese albums as well was the viola until he heard Cal 'Ijader on his as his flfst major label recording on Pcmgaea, mother's record player and has since persued Sine Die. mastering the hand drom.. His work has led to stints with Griot Galaxy, Roy Brooks, Sonny JIMMY COZIER (baritone sax) was born in Fortune, the Fifth Dimension, Kenny Cox, and Brooklyn. He attended Stuyvesant High School, most recently with Geri Allen and Open On All Harlem Prep, Brooklyn College and Kings Sides. His dance accompanist credits include borough Community College. In 1979, he was a Clifford Fears, the Detroit City DanCe Company recipient ofa·National Endowment for the Arts and Gina Buntz, with whom he is just returning Fellowship Grant. Jimmy plays the saxophone, from an extensive tour ofeastern Africa sponsored , clarinet, bass clarinet, flute and piccolo. He by Arts America and U.S.I.A. He is the found studied clarinet with Charles Russo and saxophone ing director ofthe Marz Society in Detroit, a per with Bill. Barron. He has performed with Sam fonnance group ron by and for percussionists. Bey I Rivers, Cab Calloway, Mongo Santamarie and is also founding editor ofthe City Arts Quarterly Dollar Brand. He has appeared at the Apollo The as part of the Detroit Council ofthe Arts' Front .ater, the Public Theater and major festivals Room Gallery, a mayoral appointment. throughout Europe. [Continued] ROBIN EUBANKS (trombone) has performed DAVE HOLLAND (acoustic bass, composer) and recorded a wide range ofmusics. After gradu was born in 1946 in England. After starting his ating cum laude from the Philadelphia College musical career on bass guitar'he began playing the ofPerfonning Arts with a degree in Jazz Studies, contrabass in 1962 and studied with James Mer-· he moved to New York. Since his arrival he has ritt at the Guildhall School of Music in London. worked with the Philly Joe Jones Septet, Frank In 1968 he moved to New York to join the Miles Foster, Slide Hampton's World of Trombones Davis Quintet. In 1971 he co-founded the group and Abdullah Ibrahim. He worked for three years Circle with Anthony Braxton, Chick Corea and on Broadway with the pit orchestras of Dream Barry Altschul. From 1CJTl~76 he played mostly Girls, Tap Dance Kid, Big Deal, and was also in with the Sa1n Rivers Trio and Anthony Braxton the movie, Cotton Club. He has· performed on Quartet but also toured and recorded with many several television specials including "Motown at others. In 1972 he recorded his first album as a the Apollo." Most recently Robin has been work leader, Conference ofthe Birds. His other record ing with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, ings include Emerald Tears, life Cycle, Jumpin' Dave Holland, and McCoy Tyner's Big Band. He In, Seeds of1ime, The Rawrs Edge, and with Jack has recorded for groups· ranging from Thlking DeJohnette and Steve Cole~, Triplicate. His Heads, Patti Labelle, O-Jays, and the Sugan Hill teaching activities haye included artistic director Gang, to bands led by fellow M-BASE members ofthe jazz summer workshop in Banff, Alberta, Geri Allen, Marvin "Smitty" Smith and Steve Canada. He is a faculty member of the New Coleman. Robin's debutalbum as a leader, Differ England Conservatory of Music in Boston. ent Perspectives, has just been released on the JMT(834424) label. BOB HURST (acoustic bass) was born in 1964 in Detroit. He started playing professional bass at DAVID GILMORE (guitar) is from Cambridge, fifteen with Marcu~ Belgrave, a jazz educator in MA. He graduated last year from NYU with a the Detroit area, and Geri Allen. Between the ages music business major. He has played with· Sam offifteen and twenty, he played gigs with Barry Rivers, Steve Coleman and Five Elements, and Harris, Kenny Burrell and Hank Jones. He stud the Black Rock Coalition. He has recorded with ied at Indiana University with David.Baker. Atage Steve Coleman on the album Sine Die. twenty, Bob began recording with Outofthe Blue; doing two records for Blue Note. Beginning the KEVIN BRUCE HARRIS (electric bass) stud following year, he played with 'Wynton Marsalis ied bass with Cecil McGee and has performed for two and a half years and appears on fOUl with Sam Rivers, Olu Dam, Steve Coleman and records with Marsalis. He is now playing with the Cassandra Wtlson. Inaddition, he is an actor who legendary jazz drummer Tony Wtlliams. has been in The Cotton Club and Falling in Love, and bas appeared on "Kojak" and "The Equalizer." GREG OSBY (alto/soprano sax, composer) was born in St. Louis in 1960. He attended Howard GRAHAM HAYNES (trumpet, composer) was University and Berklee College ofMusic. Greg born in Hollis, New York in 1960,. the son of collaborated with suchartists as Dizzy Gillespie, jazzdrummer Roy Haynes. He began playing.the Pat Metheny, Jack DeJohnette and John Faddis. trumpet at age fourteen and while in nigh school Greg has also worked with the Brooklyn Philhar studied music theory and harmony and; sat in with monic. He produced the albums Mindgames in jazz bands and local funk bands in Queens, New 1988 and o.Q AndSound Theater in 1987. He has York. At seventeen.he joined the Unification of . taught at several institutions such as the Berklee Concerned Jazz Artists founded by JaId Byard and College ofMusic and the Casa School ofthe Arts. began perfonning with Byard and other notable artists, and extensively in the Pentecostal Church. MARVIN "SMI'ITY" SMITH (drums), the In 1978 he met Steve Coleman with whom he Do\vn Beat Critic's Poll winner for "1alent Deserv fonned Five Elements. In 1987 Haynes started his ing Wider Recognition" in '85, '86, and '87, was own group, No Image. His reconlings include col born inWaukegan, Dlinois. He attended the Berk laborations with Cassandra Wtlson· and Steve lee School ofMusic where he studied music,the Coleman, and he has toured Europe with Five ory,composition and arranging. In 1980, Smitty Elements. toured North America, Europe, and Israel with [Continued] John Hendricks &"Co. He is a,fortn:er member Federation. Now a New York area resident, she ofThe Ron Carter QUartet, The New York' Jazz performs wi~ many prominentjazz artists includ Quartet and The Dave Holland Quintet~ and is fea ing Woody Shaw, Abbey Lincoln and Brandford tured on over 30 albums., Currently Smitty is a Marsalis, and she has performed as lead vocalist member ofSteve Coleman and Five'Elements and of the Five Elements.