MUSE/IQUE, an innovative cross-genre music organization curated by its noted artistic director/conductor Rachael Worby that embraces the unexpected, continues its popular Uncorked series with “Jazz Laid Down†on Monday, February 11, 2013, 7:00pm.
Featuring legendary bassist Charlie Haden as special guest along with the electro-acoustic jazz, funk and world music of TriTone Asylum and original choreography by Joffrey Ballet choreographer Alice Alyse, the event takes place at a fascinating “pop up†venue, The Castle Press, 1222 North Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena, one of the nation’s busiest printing studios.
A 46-ton press serves as the stage as the worlds of music, dance, printing and motion intersect in an unusual setting where ultra-high tech digital presses and an 1850 Columbian Hand Press still in daily operation sit side-by-side.
Special guest Charlie Haden, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient along with a2012 NEA Jazz Master Award, 16 Grammy nominations, 3 Grammy Awards, the Lifetime Achievement Award from Bassplayer will perform along with TriTone Asylum — Andy Waddell, guitar, Jamieson Trotter, keyboard, Peter Sepsis, bass, Allen Mascari, saxophone, Philip Topping, EVI (Electronic Valve Instrument) and Mark San Filippo, drums. Alyse adds original choreography to the mix. Worby, who ties it all together with distinctive insights and commentar.
Susan and George Kinney are the proprietors of Castle Press, which partners with MUSE/IQUE for this presentation.
For tickets ($60 per person) and information: www.muse-ique.com
