Vitamin S and STAMP present
Marilyn Crispell, Richard Nunns & Jeff Henderson
Supported by the New Pacific Music Ensemble
Friday September 19
8:30pm The Limelight
Aotea Centre
Tickets available from
http://www.the-edge.co.nz
$22.00
Concession - $18.00
An unprecedented evening of iconic and unique music
Vitamin S and STAMP are proud to present the explosive creativity and dynamic personalities of New York pianist Marilyn
Crispell, Richard Nunns and Jeff Henderson.
Marilyn Crispell has garnered a well-deserved reputation as one of the most virtuosic players of both improvised and
contemporary classical music.
Her live performances and extraordinary technique have been described as
“…so personal, so explosive and so devastating that it makes jazz (and most other music) sound like the archaic language
of an ancient people.…even simple melodies seem radiantly beautiful.”
Larry Kelp -San Francisco Express
Crispell will perform solo and then team up with our own national treasure Richard Nunns on Taonga Puoro (Mäori musical
instruments) and the creative forces of Jeff Henderson, both equally heavyweight in the international arena of
contemporary music.
This is not the first time the trio has performed together. In 2002, Henderson toured to sellout audiences his large
ensemble work ‘Urban Taniwha’ with Nunns and Crispell as pivotal figures.
What makes this performance so unique is the collaboration of musical forces and worlds. With the iconic and deeply
traditional sound of Richard Nunn’s Taonga Puoro integrated with Marilyn Crispell’s diverse piano style, and Jeff
Henderson’s personality on reeds, it is a concert that truly could only happen in this time, and be of this place.
Following Marilyn, Jeff and Richard is the New Pacific Music Ensemble. This highly original Auckland group is a
collaboration of Rarotongan drumming and string band instruments with contemporary music, jazz, and improvisation.
Featuring John Bell, Tua Mete, Chris O’Conner, Jacob Unuia, Kingsley Melhuish, Mare Thom, LJ Unuia, and joined for this
special performance by Jeff Henderson and Richard Nunns.
http://www.marilyncrispell.com/index.htm
http://richardnunns.inza.co.nz/
Jeff Henderson - http://sounz.org.nz/contributor/composer/1201
http://www.vitamin-s.co.nz
ENDS