John Paul Jones + Merce Cunningham
Live performance: 16-19 Apr 2009 -- 7:00 PM
Presented by: JpJones
Public: $25, 45, 65, 75
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Howard Gilman Opera House
Brooklyn, NY -- USA
http://www.bam.org/view.aspx?pid=703

Nearly Ninety, a new work composed by John Paul Jones in collaboration with Sonic Youth and mixed-media sound composer Takehisa Kosugi, will debut at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on April 16 2009 on the occasion of Merce Cunningham's 90th birthday. Jones has composed an evening-length work in the form of a complex Kyma Timeline with live multitracking, processing of live input, synthesis, and (in homage to John Cage) chance elements, which he will perform live at BAM April 16-19. Long a champion of improvisation and collaboration in dance, Cunningham and his dance company have worked with a number of musicians on past performances, including composer John Cage. For more information, see: http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Lifestyle/News/john%2Dpaul%2Djones%2Dsonic%2D311/

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