joe mcphee + bobby bradford live in concert

10.25 // 8:00pm

joe mcphee + Bobby Bradford

2220 Arts + archives (2220 beverly blvd)

Two titans of free jazz and creative music, Joe McPhee and Bobby Bradford, combine in the warm environs of 2220 Arts + Archives for a free, ticketed show brought to you by LAXART, Black Editions & the Unwrinkled Ear.

The show will begin with a solo performance by Joe, followed by Joe and Bobby in duet.

Joe McPhee—who was born in Miami, Florida in 1939, and lives and works in New York—is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, a player of tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone, the trumpet, flugelhorn and valve trombone. He began playing trumpet when he was eight, before learning other instruments. He played in various high school and then military bands before starting his recording career. His first recording came in 1969, when he appeared on the Clifford Thornton album Freedom and Unity. McPhee taught himself saxophone at the age of 32 after experiencing the music of John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, and Ornette Coleman. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, McPhee lectured on jazz music at Vassar College. In 1981, McPhee met composer, accordionist, performer, and educator Pauline Oliveros, whose theories of “deep listening” strengthened his interests in extended instrumental and electronic techniques. With a career spanning over 50 years and over 100 recordings, he continues to tour internationally, forging new connections while reaching for music’s outer limits.

Bobby Lee Bradford (born July 19, 1934) is a jazz trumpeter, cornetist, bandleader, and composer. He is noted for his work with Ornette Coleman. Originally from Dallas, Bradford is a longtime Angeleno, and across a formidable career, has performed with Eric Dolphy, Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Ingebrigt Håker-Flaten, Bob Stewart, Charlie Haden, George Lewis (trombone), James Newton, Frode Gjerstad, Vinny Golia, Paal Nilssen-Love, and David Murray, who was previously a student of his in the 1970s.

This is a 21+ event. Doors open at 7:30pm and the performance will begin at 8:00pm.