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SUMMARY:Henry Grimes Trio
DESCRIPTION:JAZZ with Henry Grimes TrioFeaturing Henry Grimes, Ronnie 
 Burrage and Lee Robinson\nFriday, April 12, 2013 – 6:30 – 10:00 PM
 Irma Freeman Center for Imagination5006 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PAwww
 .irmafreeman.org\nThe Black Music Education Project presents a special
  Jazz Appreciation Month event with world famous bassist Henry Grimes,
  percussionist extraordinaire Ronnie Burrage and super saxophonist Lee
  Robinson as they come together for the first time. The performance sp
 ace is a community art center with a mission to enrich and diversify t
 he local community by building positive experiences in a multicultural
 , progressive setting.\nHenry Grimes has tremendous musical knowledge,
  unsurpassed credentials, and the highest levels of artistry at his co
 mmand. In the 1950s and ‘60s, after receiving his music education at
  the Mastbaum School in Philadelphia and at the Juilliard School in Ne
 w York City, HENRY GRIMES (upright bass, violin, poetry) played acoust
 ic bass with many master jazz musicians of that era, including Benny G
 oodman, Coleman Hawkins, Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins, and many more.
 He has received four Meet the Composer grants and has held a number of
  recent residencies, offering workshops and master classes on many maj
 or campuses here and abroad. He can be heard on 85 recordings, includi
 ng a dozen recent ones, on various labels. Henry Grimes has been a per
 manent resident of New York City since 2003. http://henrygrimes.com/.\
 nRonnie Burrage is considered one of the best jazz musicians on the wo
 rld scene today. He has played with Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, Pat 
 Metheny, Jaco Pastorius and is featured on more than 100 recordings; a
 nd has toured on all four continents from Siberia to South Africa to J
 apan.He's worked with the great names in the music, Frank Morgan, Wall
 ace Roney, Jackie & Rene McLean, James Moody, Gary Bartz ,Archie Shepp
 ,Reggie Workman, Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton, Woody Shaw,
  McCoy Tyner, Pepper Adams, Michael Brecker. www.ronnieburrage.biz\nLe
 e Robinson has been leading musicians for 25 years beginning with ISKA
 , the duo I/O, 1996, and The UnSpunt Orkestra 2001. As a music experim
 enter he has collaborated with poets, actors, visual artists and a com
 puter programmer for a variety of exciting projects. Lee is inspired b
 y all types of music styles. Lee's playing is launched from a palette 
 of emotion, spirit and energy. The sound of his saxophones range from 
 subtle and minimalist to dense and emotionally weighted.www.facebook.c
 om/lee.robinson.520\nThe Black Music Education Project is a not-for-pr
 ofit organization founded by Kevin Amos. The organization was establis
 hed in 1995 to meet several objectives which include supporting and en
 couraging the training of aspiring apprentices with world class potent
 ial into the higher techniques, philosophy, creation and application o
 f African-American Arts and Cultural traditions with the unabashed goa
 l of producing future generations of legends in the tradition. Also to
  identify and present role models which represent the finest examples 
 of the art form or cultural tradition to the community at large.\nAdmi
 ssion is $15.00 per person.\nFor more information contact The Irma Fre
 eman Center at: www.irmafreeman.org\n\nFor more information visit http
 s://jazzburgher.ning.com/events/henry-grimes-trio-1
DTSTART:20130412T173000Z
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CATEGORIES:concert
LOCATION:Irma Freeman Center for Imagination
WEBSITE:http://www.irmafreeman.org
URL:http://www.irmafreeman.org
CONTACT:412-636-3550
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