Charlie Haden

"Recognizing beauty’s humanizing power, Haden has cultivated it in ways few others attempt... His work resonates with a deep, eternal quality." L.A. Weekly

The legendary jazz bassist, composer, bandleader, educator and all-around innovator is joined by a CalArts ensemble for a special concert of music by his storied Liberation Music Orchestra. Showcasing selections from the recent album Not in Our Name, the ensemble serves up a heady mix of impassioned, lyrical and -- above all -- righteously swinging music. This performance is a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Jazz Studies Program founded by Haden at CalArts -- where successive generations of musicmakers have earned worldwide recognition for pushing the outer limits of jazz.

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Date/Time	G	ST	CA
FRI 12/1 8:30 pm	$18	$14	$10

Date/Time

FRI 12/1
8:30 pm

$18

$14

$10

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REDCAT, CalArts' downtown center for contemporary arts, announces adventurous international and LA performances featured in the Fall of 2019 beginning on September 12, 2019.

In the gallery, Adelita Husni Bey explores healing and activism in her site-specific exhibition of works in CHIRON, where she probes questions about the global immigration crisis, the complexity of collectivity, and the human and social consequences of imperialist ventures. In the theater, acclaimed Dominican-born and Florida-raised Ligia Lewis, who came to REDCAT as part of the PST Festival in 2018, engages gothic imagery to consider entanglements of nature, the feminine, and blackness. The writings of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz are mined by Polish director Natalia Korczakowska in a searing work about protecting our individuality from the soulless social machine of Western civilization. Los Angeles-based Dorian Wood, accompanied by an exquisite string quartet, gives a riveting personal tribute to the legendary Chavela Vargas.

Music highlights include Peter Vermeesch and FLAT EARTH SOCIETY celebrating its 20-year jubilee and the 100th anniversary of Ernst Lubitsch’s landmark 1919 film The Oyster Princess (Die Austernprinzessin); and the Los Angeles premiere of a new opera by Hunter Hunt Hendrix performed with Ulrich Krieger's Sonic Boom and the "black metal" band Liturgy.

Film at REDCAT features premieres of films by James Benning, Alexandra Cuestra, Juan Pablo González, Sylvia Schedelbauer and the special series Mur Murs inspired by Agnès Varda. The Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry presents acclaimed Suquamish poet Cedar Sigo.