Friday 19 December Doors at 8pm

The Salim Washington Sextet

The Bohemian National Home in-exile will "borrow" the gallery to present the Salim Washington Sextet.

Entrance by donation, suggested minimum $10

“Saxophonist Salim Washington's early career took him from Detroit's Black Bottom to Harvard. In between, he became a member of the original, Sun Ra-influenced, version of Detroit's Sun Messengers- before building his name in the Roxbury, MA music scene. Eventually Salim landed in New York, taking up a position at The Brooklyn College Conservatory. Noted for a Coltrane-esque sound on saxophone, his choice of instrumentation echoes Yusef Lateef - another early influence- he excels on tenor and will often employ flute or oboe. Salim composes most of the music for his groups; his quintet was a hit at our second Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music.

Occasional Detroiter Hakim Jami has played doublebass with everybody from early innovators like Don Byas and Duke Jordan to later innovators like Sun Ra, Don Cherry and Archie Shepp. He's run several important loft venues, including the later era of Lady Fort in New York and the early era of Detroit Art Space, where he presided with his group The Street Band, featuring Faruq Z.Bey, Skeeter Shelton, Michael Carey, Charles Hopkins etc. Although he's in Brooklyn full time now, he still makes it back to Detroit enough to keep up with what's going on.

Frank Lacy is a stellar trombonist who spent some time as a member and music director of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and holds down the trombone chair in The Mingus Big Band. Frank had a long association with Lester Bowie and his playing has also graced works by Dizzy Gillespie, Don Pullen, Henry Threadgill, Oliver Lake, McCoy Tyner and- oddly- The Eurythmics. The group is rounded out by Melanie Dyer on viola and a local rhythm section that will probably consist of Pamela Wise on piano and a drummer.”