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The Artists Tom Mc Clung http://www.tommcclung.com/ Amina Claudine Myers http://www.myspace.com/aminaclaudinemyers Pianist, Organist, Vocalist, Composer, Actress and Educator has proven herself adept i the creative musical arts. She is well known for her works involving voice choirs, voice and instrumental ensembles and performances in any combination of formations. Ms. Myers career in music began in her pre-teens assisting in chruch choirs as vocalist, piano/organist and later serving as choir director in her home state of Arkansas. She studied concert music at Philander College in Little Rock, completing her studies with Bachelor of Arts degree in music education.After moving to Chicago in the 1960´s Ms Myers taught in the public school system there for six years, attended Roosevelt University and became a member of the AACM in 1966. In Chicago she first began composing music for voice and in 1975 organized her very first choir. Since 1976 Ms. Myers has resided in New York city where her career has become even more multifacet She has moved into the theater realm, writing pieces for this medium, acting and composing music for a number of off boardway productions. Ms. Myers has recorded and/or performed with Archie Shepp, Charlie Haden´s Liberation Orchestra, James Blood Ulmer, Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, Muhal Richard Abrams, Lester Bowie and Bill Laswell. She has currently nine recordings released under her own name. Tom McClung is an American pianist and composer, performing all around the world. Tom was born on a little island off the coast of a big continent, into a family for which the joy of making music was important every day. One can always expect the unexpected in a McClung performance. His everswinging piano style displays a wide spectrum of musical and emotional colors. Tom’s expressive touch, vivid imagination and playful humor present an exciting musical experience for all who listen. Tom’s piano can be heard on recordings of saxophonists Yusef Lateef, Marion Brown, and Archie Shepp, with whom he has been appearing on international stages since 1996. Tom McClung has released six albums as a leader or co-leader, showcasing his original compositions and arrangements. After hearing his version of Bach’s Goldberg aria, director Patric Jean enlisted Tom to compose and perform music for his film “D’un Mur l’Autre” (Black Moon, 2008).Tom’s critically acclaimed new album ‘This Is You’ (blang music), in duo with saxophonist Jean-Jacques Elangué, represents the fruits of a ten-year collaboration. Tom is also an enthusiastic music educator, giving private lessons and workshops in improvisation and harmony. His gentle demeanor and encouragement bestow confidence and inspires creative exploration. 7
Ambrose Akinmusire http://www.ambroseakinmusire.com Born and raised in Oakland, California, Akinmusire was as a member of the Berkeley High School Jazz Ensemble, where he caught the attention of saxophonist Steve Coleman who was visiting the school to give a workshop. Coleman and hired him as a member of his Five Elements band for a European tour. Akinmusire studied at the Manhattan School of Music before returning to the West Coast to take a master’s degree at the University of Southern California and attend the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz in Los Angeles. In 2007, Akinmusire won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition and Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition and released his debut recording Prelude…To Cora on the Fresh Sound New Talent label. He moved back to New York City and began performing with Vijay Iyer, Aaron Parks, Esperanza Spalding, and Jason Moran, taking part in Moran’s innovative multimedia concert event In My Mind: Monk At Town Hall, 1957. It was also during this time that he caught the attention of Bruce Lundvall, President of Blue Note Records. Akinmusire made his debut on the Blue Note label in 2011 with the album When The Heart Emerges Glistening, featuring his quintet oftenor saxophonist Walter Smith III, pianist Gerald Clayton, bassist Harish Raghavan and drummer Justin Brown. Famoudou Don Moye www.myspace.com / famoudoudonmoye Although he’s played with many other prominent free jazz musicians, Don Moye is far and away best known for his work with the most highly acclaimed avant-garde combo of the ‘70s and ‘80s, the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Moye immediately added a more explicit rhythmic sensibility upon joining the previously drummer-less group. The band’s ability to groove was greatly enhanced by his presence. Moye was capable of swinging in a conventional jazz manner, but it was his mastery of various African and Caribbean percussion instruments and rhythmic techniques that set him apart from other jazz drummers of his generation. Moye studied percussion at Wayne State University in Detroit, where he worked with trumpeter Charles Moore’s Detroit Free Jazz. Moore’s band traveled to Europe in May of 1968. Once there, Moye traveled the continent and Northern Africa, working with such players as Steve Lacy, Sonny Sharrock, and Pharoah Sanders. In 1969, the Art Ensemble arrived in Paris. The band had been performing without a drummer in the two years since their inception. In Paris they decided to hire a full-time drummer and found Moye at the American Center for Students and Artists. Moye’s extremely active, pattern-based polyrhythmic style lent the group a drive and cohesion that they had (to some degree) lacked. Along with Jarman and Favors, Moye took to wearing African face paint and clothing in performance with the Art Ensemble. Calypso’s Smile Moye has long been active in contexts apart from the Art Ensemble. Before moving to Chicago in 1971, Moye played with musicians associated with the Black Artists Group in St. Louis. In the ‘70s, he played with pianist Randy Weston and formed a percussion duo with fellow AACM member Steve McCall. Moye played and recorded in a variety of jazz settings, from modal to bop to free. In 1984, he became a member of the Leaders, a collection of avant-jazz all-stars Lester Bowie, Chico Freeman, Arthur Blythe, Don Cherry, and Kirk Lightsey. Moye recorded as a leader himself, notably on the Art Ensemble’s own AECO label: in 1975, as a solo percussionist (Sun Percussion, Vol. 1); in 1993, as co-leader of the Joseph Jarman/Famoudou Don Moye Magic Triangle Band (Calypso’s Smile); and in 1996, as co-leader, with Enoch Williamson of the Sun Percussion Summit (Afrikan Song). 8
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