Geof Bradfield Quintet - Colossal Abundance Record Release Tour
Fri, Oct 18
|Merrimans' Playhouse
Geof's latest body of work, Colossal Abundance, explores manifestations of symmetry—rhythmic, formal and symbolic—in jazz and other streams of African Diaspora traditions as well as in the music of Messiaen, Bartok and other European composers.
Time & Location
Oct 18, 2024, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
Merrimans' Playhouse, 401 E. Colfax Ave., Suite 135, South Bend, IN,46617
Guests
About the Event
TICKETS are $15 General/$6 Student. One-Set concert - End time is around 9:00.
"It's incredibly rare for an album to hold attention from beginning to end and almost unheard of for one to work so easily and seamlessly from so many points of arrival and departure. But Colossal Abundance comes with those gifts. It's the new plus ultra of creative cohesion and easily one of the finest records of the year.” - All About Jazz
Geof Bradfield’s work as a composer and saxophonist embraces intersections of jazz and other streams of African Diaspora, drawing inspiration from Charlie Parker, Lead Belly, Shona mbira music, and Gullah spirituals. His latest body of work, Colossal Abundance, explores manifestations of symmetry—rhythmic, formal and symbolic—in those traditions as well as in the music of Messiaen, Bartok and other European composers. Colossal Abundance is simultaneously a meditation on the juxtaposition of wealth—material, intellectual and spiritual—with poverty that plagues…