[Gbrooks-promo] George Brooks and Michael McClure "Double Moiré" May 3rd

[George Brooks]

Saxophonist/Composer George Brooks

& Poet Michael McClure

Premiere Newly Commissioned

Jazz-Poetry Work, "Double Moiré,"

On May 3



Event Is Part of a 3-Day

"Literary Groove of Jazz" Weekend

Held at the Jazzschool May 1-3





Berkeley, Calif.

April 14, 2009



The Jazzschool is hosting a three-day jazz-and-poetry "Literary  
Groove of Jazz" weekend, Friday through Sunday, May 1-3, featuring  
performances by leading lights from the Bay Area jazz-poetry scene  
such as Michael McClure, George Brooks, Avotcja, and Opal Palmer  
Adisa, as well as a workshop led by McClure and Brooks.



  Earlier this year the Jazzschool was awarded an American Composers  
Forum commissioning grant and commissioned saxophonist/composer  
George Brooks to write a new piece of music to perform with poet  
Michael McClure. Brooks wrote a piece entitled "Double Moiré," for  
McClure's poem "Double Moiré for Francis Crick," which will premiere  
at the weekend's May 3 concert. Brooks and McClure, who have been  
frequent collaborators in recent years, will perform with bassist  
Chris Lopes and drummer Scott Amendola.



"Michael's poetry is a powerful creative stimulant for me," says  
Brooks. "His visceral and visual imagery inspires me to explore, both  
inside myself and on new musical terrain."



McClure and Brooks will lead a workshop ("Composition, Improvisation  
and Collaboration") prior to their May 3 concert. Video and photos of  
the events will be added to McClure's archive, which for the last  
seven years has been housed at the University of California Bancroft  
Collections.



  Sun. 5/3, 1:00-3:00 pm

Michael McClure & George Brooks

Workshop: Poetry and Jazz -- Composition, Improvisation and  
Collaboration

Michael McClure and George Brooks discuss the challenges and rewards  
inherent in collaboration between poets and musicians and explain the  
creative processes involved in the development of "Double Moiré,"  
their new work for jazz ensemble and poet. Both poets and composers  
are encouraged to attend and bring their poems and compositions.

$20 Jazzschool students, $30 others



  Sun. 5/3, 4:30 pm

George Brooks' "Double Moiré"

A new work of jazz and poetry by George Brooks and Michael McClure,  
inspired by "Double Moiré for Francis Crick," McClure's visionary  
poem of nature and the universe, and dedicated to Crick, elucidator  
of the DNA molecule. The premiere of "Double Moiré" has been made  
possible by a grant from the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the  
American Composers Forum.

$15





  Jazzschool Web Site: http://www.jazzschool.com





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