Wadada Leo Smith / Ikue Mori / Anthony Brown / Hardedge with Zeena Parkins and
William Winant8pm Doors / 8:30pm Sound
$20 General / $15 Members
The Lab hosts two performances of improvised music: Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet), Ikue Mori (electronics), Anthony Brown (piano), and Hardedge (sound design) perform Wadada's Four Symphonies; and Zeena Parkins and
William Winant perform an improvised duo for harp and percussion.
Inspired by David Hammons’s embrace of improvisation as a way of thinking and by the importance music plays in the way he approaches his work, this three-part event across several Bay Area institutions locates improvisation in a contemporary context. It includes an exhibition, a book launch and screening, and musical performances.
December 14, 2016, at 6 p.m.
Kadist hosts an exhibition of graphic scores by Chicago-based improviser Wadada Leo Smith. The artist introduces the works with a gallery talk. Free admission. More details will be announced at www.kadist.org.
December 15, 2016, at 7:15 p.m.
The Wattis Institute hosts a book launch for The Art of Conduction—A Conduction® Workbook by Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris (edited by Daniela Versonesi), a new book about the improvisation and hand-signal techniques of the late composer Lawrence “Butch” Morris, who was a close friend and collaborator of Hammons. This event includes a screening of performances by Morris introduced by the musician Zeena Parkins. Free admission. More details will be announced at www.wattis.org.
http://www.thelab.org/projects/2016/12/17/wadada-leo-smith-four-symphonies