Wayward Music Series: Evan Smith, Saxophone
$5-$15 donation
Yusef Lateef — Sonata for Saxophone Quartet
Julius Hemphill — Selected works
Nat Evans — Selected works
Evan Smith, saxophone
Evan Smith is a Seattle saxophonist who recently completed his doctoral work at the University of Washington researching the composed saxophone works of famed improviser and multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef. He specializes in contemporary-classical music that bridges the divide between composition and improvisation and explores the flexible sonic palette of the saxophone. For this program, Smith will bring Lateef’s rarely-performed works to life. In addition to his Sonata for Saxophone Quartet, the program will feature Lateef’s Saxophone Sagacity, which has no known recordings.
Working with the compositions of another famed improviser, the program will also explore the quartet and sextet works of Julius Hemphill, founder of the World Saxophone Quartet. The ensemble will play works from some of Hemphill’s later works as recorded by Marty Ehrlich and the Julius Hemphill Sextet on The Hard Blues.
Finally, Seattle composer Nat Evans brings forth a new work for saxophone sextet and percussion that explores America’s early musical heritage and is inspired by popular saxophone ensemble recordings from the 1920’s.
About Wayward Music Series
Each month, Nonsequitur and a community of like-minded organizations and artists present 10 concerts of adventurous and experimental music in the gorgeous Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center: contemporary/post-classical composition, free improvisation and the outer limits of jazz, electronic/electroacoustic music, new instruments, phonography, sound art, and other innovative musics.
https://www.waywardmusic.org/