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Personnel:

Geof Bradfield- saxophones, mbira

Russ Johnson- trumpet

Jeff Parker- guitar

Joshua Abrams- bass, guimbri

Clark Sommers- bass

Dana Hall- drums

Chad Taylor- drums, mbira

“Bradfield is the sort of composer who creates room for departure.” -Nate Chinen, NPR

Saxophonist and composer Geof Bradfield blends modern jazz, African rhythms, and the roots music of his native South into a style that is “explicitly adventurous and forward-looking” (All About Jazz). Born in Houston and based in Chicago, Bradfield has performed throughout North America, Europe, Russia, Asia, Africa and the Middle East with luminaries such as Randy Weston, Brian Blade, Ben Goldberg, Myra Melford, Anna Webber, Orrin Evans, Matt Ulery, and Ryan Cohan. His work is featured on 50+ CDs including ten albums as a leader that have garnered critical accolades from the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and NPR.

The group will premiere Bradfield’s Tenderera, commissioned by Chamber Music America’s New Jazz Works Program through the generous support of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Inspired by traditional Shona music of Zimbabwe, Tenderera (Shona for “circle around”) incorporates African mbira and guimbri alongside traditional western instruments in a series of polyrhythmic textures and cyclical, kaleidoscopic melodies.

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