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Composers Concordance Presents – Compcord Jazz Ensemble – at Birdland
Courtesy of Gene Pritsker | Posted on March 20, 2023
When
Thu, April 20, 2023
8:30 pm
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Musicians
Gene Pritsker
guitarFranz Hackl
trumpetLee Odom
saxophone
Brenda Earle Stokes
piano and vocalsJoe Abba
drumsAbout
For Immediate Release - New York, NY - On Thursday, April 20th at 8:30pm, Composers Concordance brings together the exceptional instrumentalists of the CompCord Jazz Ensemblefor an evening of high-velocity newly written jazz compositions, as well as great food and drink at NYC's legendary Jazz venue: Birdland.
Featured on the program are composers David Amram (New York Philharmonic's first composer-in-residence, scored such films as 'Splendor in the Grass' and 'The Manchurian Candidate'), and Dick Griffin (Sun Ra, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Abdullah Ibrahim). Also included are cutting-edge Jazz compositions by Joe Abba, David Amram, William Anderson, Anthony Branker, Dan Cooper, Sophie Dunér, Jane Getter, Dick Griffin, Laurence Goldman, Franz Hackl, and Gene Pritsker.
