The National Jazz Museum in Harlem
Listening Party
Tuesday, March 22
Presenter: Ted Panken
58 W. 129th Street
2/3 Train to 125th and walk north to 129th then east (right) on 129th
In the fall of 2015, the National Jazz Museum in Harlem debuted its version of Desert Island Discs. It's modeled on an iconic BBC radio show, extant since 1942, which invites eminences from various walks of life to choose-and discuss-the eight records they would bring for a stay on the apocryphal desert island. For the Jazz Museum's expanded version, the presenters are jazz musicians, who will present a cohort of music, of any genre, that was essential in the formation and evolution of their musical personality.
"Of all the musicians who followed Coltrane, Ornette and the AACM," Vijay Iyer said several years ago, "Steve Coleman has done the most work, and sustained the highest level of innovation and creativity, of output and impact." A 2014 MacArthur "Genius Grant" recipient, the 59-year-old alto saxophonist-composer, a disciple of Charlie Parker and the great Chicago-based saxophonists Von Freeman and Bunky Green, has spent the last quarter-century investigating and dissecting the musical systems of various non-Western and ancient Mediterranean cultures.
He's refracted them into a cohesive weave that reflects his own experience and cultural roots, as documented on a discography numbering more than 30 recordings and elaborated upon in numerous workshops and residencies. An extraordinarily effective communicator, his influence can be discerned in the musical production of a host of post-Boomers, among them Iyer, Miguel Zenon, Ravi Coltrane, Yosvany Terry and Rudresh Mahanthappa.
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