Composer Geoffrey Brady and Yid Vicious present an evening of new music exploring world folk music
sources through improvisation-based composition. The concert pays tribute to Fred Katz (1919-2013) an
American cellist/pianist/composer/arranger/ethnomusicologist widely considered the first important
jazz cellist, owing to his work in the renowned Chico Hamilton Quintet in the 1950’s. In 1958, Katz
recorded “Folk Songs for Far Out Folk”, comprised of large-ensemble arrangements of African, Hebrew
and American folk songs. The arrangements and performances on the album present rich sonic
tapestries that mediate the old and the new, combining through-composition with jazz improvisation
and reinforcing the durability of ancient melodies from around the world. Traditional and less-
traditional-but-really good music from locales such as Egypt, Zanzibar, Ghana, the Americas and parts of
the Roma diaspora will be represented in the style to which Yid Vicious listeners have become
accustomed.
Taking the Katz album as a jumping-off point, Yid Vicious will present a program of extended
compositions by Brady that transmogrify folk materials into vehicles for improvisation by the members
of Yid Vicious, Madison’s locally-grown klezmer ensemble.
Far Out Folk is supported by the Greater Madison Jazz Consortium and the Madison Arts Commission
with additional funds from the Wisconsin Arts Board.
Geoffrey Brady and Yid Vicious present
Far Out Folk
Thursday, October 25, 2018, 7:30 pm
Gates of Heaven, James Madison Park, Madison, WI
Free admission, donations accepted at the door
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