Posted by SendMeYourNews on February 23, 2009 at 12:13pm
“A thaw ... and March begins. / This time afresh, and anew, weather-worth rended feet / sloughed over the coldness / of melted snow / while images of the past crept up: / mirages / over land and snow.” ~ Henry Grimes, from “Signs Along the Road”Henry Grimes & Amiri Baraka, photo by Ken WrissTuesday, March 3rd: Amiri Baraka and Henry Grimes, Issue Project Room, 232 Third St.,
3rd floor (at Third Ave.), Brooklyn, NY, 8 p.m., 718-33O-O313,
http://www.issueprojectroom.org/events.htmldirectionshttp://ww.issueprojectroom.org/contact.html,
http://issueprojectroom.org/2009/01/26/amiri-baraka-and-henry-grimes,
info@issueprojectroom.org.
Fred Anderson & Henry Grimes, photo by Cornelia MuellerSunday, March 15th; Wednesday-Sunday, March 18th-22nd; and Wednesday, March 25th*:
Fred Anderson 8Oth-birthday gala celebration concerts at the Velvet Lounge, 67 East Cermak Rd.
betw. S. Michigan & S. Wabash Ave’s, Chicago, 312-791-9O5O,
http://www.velvetlounge.net, mailto:velvetchicago@gmail.com, mailto:stuartemanne@comcast.net.
Henry Grimes will play in various groups:
Wednesday, March 18th, 2nd set (around 1O p.m.);
Saturday, March 21st going into Sunday, March 22nd, 4th set (around 12:3O a.m.);
and
Sunday, March 22nd (Fred’s actual birthday), 2nd set (around 8:3O p.m.).
Other musicians participating will include Fred Anderson/ Harrison Bankhead/ Hamiet Bluiett/ Mwata Bowden/ Billy Brimfield/ Ari Brown/ Richard Davis/ Ernest Dawkins/ Hamid Drake/ Kahil el’Zabar/ Douglas Ewart/ Edward “Kidd” Jordan/ Nicole Mitchell/ Dushun Mosley/ Jeff Parker/ Avreeayl Ra/ Chad Taylor/ Ed Wilkerson, Jr./ Corey Wilkes/ Francis Wong/ the AACM star-studded Great Black Music Ensemble, and many more throughout the festivities. For the complete schedule, please contact the Velvet Lounge (as above).
*The program on March 25th is at the Hideout, 1354 West Wabansia, 773-227-4433, http://www.hideoutchicago.com, mailto:hideoutinn@aol.com.
Henry Grimes & Marc Ribot, photo by Ziga KoritnikFriday, March 27th: Henry Grimes and Marc Ribot, Rubin Museum of Art (housing a beautiful collection of Himalayan art in many media), 15O West 17th St., New York City, 7 p.m. promptly,
212-62O-5OOO, box office ext. 344, http://www.rmanyc.org, mailto:info@rmanyc.org,
http://www.rmanyc.org/information/directions.xml?context=information/directions.xml ...
… and much more to follow!
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For bookings, high-resolution photos, interviews, further information,
or to purchase a Henry Grimes recording or book,
please contact Margaret Davis Grimes:
mailto:musicmargaret@earthlink.net, Voicemail 212-841-O899.
http://www.henrygrimes.com!
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