Endangered Blood Quartet to Perform as Part of UA’s Sonic Frontiers Series

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. —The experimental jazz ensemble Endangered Blood Quartet will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 6, at the Ferguson Center Theatre on The University of Alabama campus.

The concert is free and open to the public.

The concert is part of UA’s Sonic Frontiers series, which is designed to further artistic diversity on campus, said series organizer Dr. Andrew Raffo Dewar, assistant professor in New College and the School of Music.

Based in New York, Endangered Blood consists of internationally acclaimed musicians Chris Speed and Oscar Noriega (saxophones), Trevor Dunn (bass) and Jim Black (drums). The musicians are responsible for some of the most influential experimental jazz in the last few years.

The final Sonic Frontiers concert will feature Nii Noi Nortey, the acclaimed saxophonist and saxophone inventor from Accra, Ghana, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, at the Ferguson Center Theatre. Joining the saxophonist will be Dewar on saxophone and Japanese-American percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani.

In addition, a public screening of a film about Nii Noi Nortey — “Accra Trane Station: The Music and Art of Nii Noi Nortey” — will be held at 5:30 p.m. Monday, April 23, in 132 Lloyd Hall.

Concert sponsors are UA’s New College, Capstone International, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Blount Undergraduate Initiative, the UA School of Music, the Ferguson Center, Honors College, the department of race & gender studies and Creative Campus. For more information on the series, phone 205/348-7884 or visit www.creativecampus.ua.edu.

Under the auspices of UA’s Office of Academic Affairs, Creative Campus is a collaborative system connecting students, faculty and community to nurture innovative thinkers who turn ideas into action. Creative Campus seeks to serve as a hub of collaboration and creative activity at The University of Alabama. At the heart of Creative Campus is the undergraduate and graduate intern program. For more information on Creative Campus visit www.creativecampus.ua.edu.