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Wednesday, June 8th
The Core
Justin Ray (trumpet); Jacob Rodriguez (sax)
Bill Bares (piano); Zack Page (bass); Evan Martin (drums)White Horse Black Mountain
7:30-9:30 pm
$12 / $6 studentsThe original members of Hard Bop Explosion reboot as a modern jazz band playing all-original music, where there’ll be more intimacy, risk-taking, chemistry and interactive magic than ever before. We’ll be workshopping our soon-to-be-recorded original music. Thanks to the White Horse for this special opportunity to showcase and refine a different side of what we do! We hope you’ll be able to join us on Wednesday. Book your reservation now!
Monday, June 13Take Two: Bill Bares
+ Christian Howes
ViolinWhite Horse Black Mountain
7:30-9:30 pm
$12 / $6 studentsOk, there are serious musicians and then there’s world renowned violinist Christian Howes. I’ve played with him a couple of times now and I’ll only say that I’ve met very few musicians that can manage to sustain the creative intensity I see from him on a daily basis. He’s a true artist and like most true artists he’s a technical master. He is also a master educator and leads a yearly summer creative strings workshop that is second to none anywhere in the world. He moved to Asheville about a year ago and I’m thrilled we have a musician of this caliber living among us who seems open to playing in all kinds of configurations. His styles run the gamut, from rock to classical, bluegrass and jazz. And he gets some amazing sounds of his violin. Writing music for him should be a blast, as should playing his challenging originals. I hope you make it out to hear this special edition of Take Two!
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