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Tomas Fujiwara: 7 Poets Trio at Roulette
Courtesy of Kerry Santullo | Posted on September 6, 2018
When
Wed, October 10, 2018
8:00 pm
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Drummer and composer Tomas Fujiwara presents new music written for his latest ensemble, 7 Poets Trio. The group features Fujiwara on drums, Patricia Brennan on vibraphone, and Tomeka Reid on cello. The performance will be centered around the premiere of a new work by Fujiwara, composed specifically for this ensemble, utilizing the distinct musical personalities of his collaborators as well as the unique instrumentation of the trio. The piece seeks to strike a balance between composition and improvisation, to offer each musician a number of roles—foreground and background, soloistic and supportive, melodic and percussive—and, most importantly, to provide an environment for a truly collaborative ensemble sound....