Wed 1/22 @ 7:30PM
Percussionist Han Bennink has been up to his eyeballs in the avant-garde movement known as free jazz since the ’60s when artists like Pharoah Sanders, Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra, and Cleveland native Albert Ayler were causing jaws to drop with their dissonant, seemingly formless sounds.
Bennink did most of his work in Europe, and worked with musicians in other streams of jazz as well. But he’s become known for his experimental approach to music, creating beats and sound effects with found objects and surfaces in his environment as well as his own body — the precursor of beat boxing!
California violinist/violist Mary Oliver has performed both composed and improvised music, working in the intersection of contemporary “classical” music, jazz, and experimental music whose definition is a little slippery.
She’s worked with many musicians across genres, including Bennink. The two will be collaborating for a performance at the Transformer Station.
Tickets are $20, $18 for Cleveland Music of Art members. Seating is limited so go to the CMA website to make a reservation.