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DESCRIPTION:The Charlottesville Jazz Society and WTJU\, along with Unity of
  Charlottesville\, welcome\nthe return of extraordinary bassist Stephan Cr
 ump\, with his new project Passerine\n\nBassist and composer Stephan Crump
  last played a solo bass concert in Charlottesville\,\nas well as a trio s
 how with his wife\, vocalist Jen Chapin. He’s coming back November\n19th
  with his new band called Passerine\, for a concert at Unity of Charlottes
 ville at 7:30\npm. This extraordinary new quartet presents a body of work 
 inspired by the various\nnestbuilding techniques of birds.\n\nFor two deca
 des\, Crump recorded and toured as one third of pianist Vijay Iyer’s\nac
 claimed trio\, helping to build that band’s global reputation. Meanwhile
 \, many of his\nown ensembles—Rhombal\, with Tyshawn Sorey Adam O’Farr
 ill\; Secret Keeper\, with\nMary Halvorson\; Rosetta Trio\, with Liberty E
 llman—prize versatility and voicings in a\nmanner that more traditional 
 configurations often do not. His Borderlands Trio\, with\npianist Kris Dav
 is and drummer Eric McPherson brings this same mentality to a more\nfamili
 ar setting.\n\nOriginally from Sacramento\, California\, Ches Smith is a f
 irst call drummer\,\npercussionist\, and composer based in New York. He ha
 s collaborated with a host of\nartists on many scenes since the early 2000
 s\, including Marc Ribot\, Nels Cline\, Mary\nHalvorson and Dave Holland\,
  among others. He has nine records to his name as a\nbandleader that featu
 re his writing and ensemble curation\, and is a devout student of\nHaitian
  Vodou drums\, performing in religious and folkloric contexts in New York 
 and\nHaiti for the last decade.\nDavid Leon is a Cuban-American saxophonis
 t\, woodwinds player\, composer\, and\nimproviser living in Brooklyn\, New
  York. Denver born trumpeter/composer Kenny\nWarren has been living in Bro
 oklyn since 2006. He has released over a dozen records\nof his own music w
 hich reach across genre\, but always center on some element of\nimprovisat
 ion.\n\nTickets to see Stephan Crump’s Passerine are available online at
  CJS.ticketbud.com.\nGeneral Admission is $30\; $25 for paid supporters of
  the CJS. Call 434-249-6191 for\nmore information.
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LOCATION:Unity of Charlottesville
SUMMARY:Stephan Crump's Passerine 
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