Thu, August 8, 7:30pm
Damrosch Park Bandshell Lincoln Center
A premier exponent of New Orleans piano, the adventurous virtuoso Henry Butler teams up with crack arranger Steven Bernstein (Sex Mob, Millennial Territory Orchestra) to dive into the roots of jazz. Butler’s elegant vocals and driving improvisations and Bernstein’s inventive trumpet power a fresh, forward-looking sound. With master drummer Herlin Riley, bassist Brad Jones, and members of the MTO, the newly formed The Hot 9 reframes the deep regional pedigree of classics by Bessie Smith and Fats Waller alongside Butler’s gleefully exploratory originals.
Dance Heginbotham creates highly structured, technically rigorous, and theatrical choreography with the trademark athleticism, vigor, and humor of choreographer John Heginbotham, until recently of the Mark Morris Dance Group. Along with Twin (to music by Aphex Twin) and throwaway (set to Daft Punk), Dance Heginbotham will premiere Manhattan Research, set to the idiosyncratic catalog of mid-century maverick composer, bandleader, and electronic music pioneer Raymond Scott, made famous in classic Looney Tunes cartoons—and brought to new life through the live accompaniment of the Raymond Scott Orchestrette.
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