Rethinking Jazz
Henry Grimes & Friends
Henry Grimes & Friends will be at REDCAT on October 2
- Henry Grimes, bass
- Wadada Leo Smith, trumpet
- Vinny Golia, woodwinds
- Ben Rosenbloom, piano
- Alex Cline, drums and percussion
Tickets: $30 General Admission / $25 Students
In the 5Os and 6Os, after attending Juilliard, Henry Grimes helped create “avant-garde” jazz alongside Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, and Cecil Taylor. But after a disastrous trip out West in 1968 with a damaged bass he couldn't pay to have repaired, Henry disappeared in downtown Los Angeles. Now Henry is back, living, working, and teaching in New York, playing music with Marshall Allen, Andrew Cyrille, David Murray, Marc Ribot, and more, touring throughout the U.S., Europe, Canada, and the Far East. Henry can be heard on 85 recordings on various labels.
