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February 4, 2000
Tony Reedus' Frontiers
Tony Reedus' Frontiers will perform at the Walton Arts Center's Starr Theater Friday, February 4, 2000 at 8:00 PM. Tickets are still availabe (but not many!) by calling the Walton Arts Center at (501) 443-5600.
This group is made up of four worlds class musicians including guitarist J ohn Abercrombie, bassist John Patitucci, saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, and leader, Tony Reedus on drums.
Here is some background on the players.
John Abercrombie's tying together of jazz's many threads made him one of the most influential acoustic and electric guitarists of the 1970s and early '80s. After spending four years at Boston's Berklee School of Music, Abercrombie traveled with drummer Chico Hamilton before first gaining attention with Billy Cobham's Spectrum group. Abercrombie's first album was Timeless, a trio album with drummer Jack DeJohnette and keyboardist Jan Hammer. Gateway, another trio with DeJohnette and Dave Holland followed that in 1975. Abercrombie has also released albums with fellow guitarist Ralph Towner along with numerous others in his 30 year music career. His latest release is Open Land , featuring Abercrombie with Kenny Wheeler, Joe Lovano, Mark Feldman, Dan Wall, and Adam Nussbaum.
Ravi Coltrane, son of jazz legend John Coltrane, was not even two years old when his father passed away. Ravi was passionate about music from the beginning, but it wasn't until his early twenties that he seriously started to play jazz. In 1986 he entered the California Institute of the Arts to study jazz and the saxophone. He gained valuable experience playing with the Elvin Jones Jazz Machine from 1991-93. Since then, Coltrane has performed as a sideman with many top musicians. Ravi released his first album as a leader, Moving Pictures.
One of the top bassist of the 1990s, John Patitucci started playing when he was only 11. Patitucci played with Gap Mangione in 1979, while going to college. From 1982-85 he worked in Los Angeles with Robben Ford, Stan Getz, Larry Carlton, Dave Grusin, as well as others. In 1985 he gained attention when he joined both Chick Corea's Electrik Band and Akoustic Band.
Frontiers is Tony Reedus' latest project, but the veteran drummer's credits as leader and sideman incorporate a wide range of players from his early days as a member of the late trumpeter Woody Shaw's great sextets. Since then he has done other work with players like James Williams and Mulgrew Miller, Joe Lovano, George Coleman, Kenny Garrett and Joanne Brackeen. This is Reedus' second appearance at the Walton Arts Center. He first appeared in Fayetteville with the Four For Phineas piano tribute group in 1995.
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