About this Event
Formed in 2021 our of a series of concerts at the Katalyst Gallery, THE KATALYST COVERSATION brings together the talents fo four of the finest musicians working in Chicago.
ARI BROWN is an internationally recognized tenor saxophonist, pianist, composer, arranger, and teacher. He began as a pianist, playing for soul, blues, and R&B artists around the midwest (Gene Chandler, the Chi-Lites, B.B. King, Lou Rawls, Chuck Berry, the Four Tops), and in 1965 he switched to tenor saxophone. He attended Woodrow Wilson College where he met Jack DeJohnette and other founders/early members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians: Henry Threadgill, Roscoe Mitchell, Muhal Richard Abrams, and Joseph Jarman. He joined the AACM in 1971 and was enlisted by the Awakening (which included AACM affiliates) for its two groundbreaking albums in 1972 and ‘73. He played sax later in the 1970s with McCoy Tyner, Don Patterson, and Sonny Stitt. His resumé is vast, but highlights include the AACM Experimental Orchestra, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Ari Brown Quintet, Lester Bowie, Anthony Braxton, Donald Byrd, Malachi Favors, Von Freeman, Roscoe Mitchell, David Murray, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, Kahil El’Zabar's Ritual Trio.
VINCENT DAVIS is an internationally acclaimed jazz percussionist, composer, and teacher. He met Roscoe Mitchell in 1985, became a touring musician, and has since been working with Mitchell for 40 years. Other artists Davis has collaborated with include Matthew Ship, Buddy Montgomery, Ken Chaney, Earl Thompson, Art Porter, David Murry, Gerald Cannon, Tatsu Aoki, Harrison Bankhead, Kirk Brown, Malachi Thompson, Corey Wilkes, Junius Paul and a host of others. Davis is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM).
ED WILKERSON is an internationally recognized American jazz composer, arranger, musician, and educator based in Chicago. As founder and director of the innovative octet, 8 Bold Souls, and the 25-member performance ensemble Shadow Vignettes, Wilkerson has toured festivals and concert halls throughout the United States, Europe, Japan, and the Middle East. He has also been a major presence in Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), teaching composition at the organization's music school and serving for a time as AACM president. He was an original member of the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble (formed by percussionist Kahil El'Zabar upon El'Zabar's 1976 graduation from the AACM school) and remained with the group until 1997. Wilkerson has also played with the AACM Big Band, Roscoe Mitchell, Douglas Ewart, the Temptations, Chico Freeman, Geri Allen, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Muhal Richard Abrams, Aretha Franklin, and George Lewis.
PREYAS ROY is an accomplished, up and coming vibraphonist and marimba player. He came to Chicago to study at the University of Chicago, and soon after met his mentor, Sam Williams. Williams introduced Roy to street performing, and Roy soon became immersed in that improvisational space. He first played with Vincent Davis in 2011, performing a tribute to the late, great Baba Fred Anderson. Their ongoing weekly sessions began days later, and over the years, have included spectacular improvisors in Chicago's creative and experimental music scene. Musicians he has worked with include Hanah Jon Taylor, Scott Hesse, Junius Paul, Ben Schmidt-Swarz, Andrew Lawrence, Darius Savage, and others.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Promontory, 5311 South Lake Park Avenue West, Chicago, United States
USD 31.87 to USD 168.86
