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Sunday, November 19, 2006, 7pm
Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 East Locust Street, Milwaukee
In cooperation with the Experimental Sound Studio's 2006 Outer Ear
Festival of Sound
Alternating Currents Live presents WORDS & MUSIC – two duos
featuring Peter Brötzmann and Tom Raworth:
"Poems and Improvisations"
Peter Brötzmann's thirty-plus years of playing and recording free jazz
and improvised music have produced a list of associates and one-off
combinations that include just about all the major figures in this
genre. Peter Brötzmann continues a heavy touring schedule which, since
1996 has seen frequent visits to the midwest where he first organized
the "Chicago Tentet" with Ken Vandermark, Michael Zerang (drums), Kent
Kessler (bass) and Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello), and others. He has most
recently released CDs on Atavistic (for the Unheard Music Series) and
on Okka Disk (based in Milwaukee).
Tom Raworth was born and grew up in London. Raworth gives regular
readings of his work in Europe and the U.S.A. and has made a number of
recordings. His readings are noted for his speed of delivery. He has
long been interested in collaborative work and has created performance
events and texts in collaboration with musicians such as Steve Lacy,
Joëlle Léandre, and Steve Nelson-Raney; other poets, including Jim
Koller, Anselm Hollo, Gregory Corso and Franco Beltrametti; and
painters including Joe Brainard, Jim Dine, Giovanni D'Agostino and
Micaëla Henich.
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Cheryl Lynn Bruce and Josh Abrams:
"Pickling" by Suzan-Lori Parks
Cheryl Lynn Bruce has extensive acting and directing experience both in
Chicago and around the country. Her direction of the emerging Congo
Square Theatre's 2001 production of From the Mississippi Delta garnered
both the African American Arts Alliance and the Black Theatre Alliance
award for Best Direction. She directed their 2003 season opener SPUNK,
a trio of Zora Neale Hurston tales. Bruce has also taught and directed
at the University of Illinois at Chicago and DePaul University and
received the prestigious Helen Hayes Award (Outstanding Lead Actress),
the Joseph Jefferson Award (Best Ensemble), and the Connecticut
Critic's Award (Best Ensemble) for her portrayal of Aint Baby in
Northlight Theater's celebrated production of From the Mississippi
Delta.
Bassist Joshua Abrams might best be known for his work with Town and
Country, but his ubiquity in Chicago's improvised music scene proves
he's one of the most hard-working, creative, and prolific bass players
around. Abrams eclectic solo release from two years back entitled
Busride Interview (Lucky Kitchen) was followed up by the remarkable
Cipher on Delmark where he led the quartet with Guillermo Gregorio,
Axel Dorner, and Jeff Parker. He's also a member of the David Boykin
Expanse, Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble, and performs with
artists like Jeb Bishop and Hamid Drake in countless other impressive
ensembles.
Author Suzan-Lori Parks was born in Kentucky and lives in Manhattan.
She has been awarded grants by the National Endowment for the Arts, the
Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the New York State Council
on the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Expanding
outwards from playwriting, she wrote the screenplay for Spike Lee's
Girl 6. In 1989, The New York Times named her "The year's most
promising new playwright." A 2001 recipient of a MacArthur Foundation
"Genius" Award, Parks received the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for
her play "Topdog/Underdog".
This concert is a co-presentation with the Experimental Sound Studio's
2006 Outer Ear Festival of Sound in Chicago.
Peter Brötzmann and Tom Raworth are generously supported by the
Governor's International Arts Exchange Program of the Illinois Arts
Council; accommodation provided by Days Inn Lincoln Park North,
Chicago.
 This concert is brought to you by the Alternating Currents Live series,
broadcast on WMSE (91.7) FM, Milwaukee.
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