September 2022 | Third Thursdays w/ Dave Bryant (ft. Calvin Weston, Hobbs, Fiuczynski, Rivard)

An evening of exciting harmolodic legerdemain with G. Calvin Weston (drums), Jim Hobbs (alto sax), Dave Fiuczynski (guitar), Mike Rivard (bass), and host Dave Bryant (keyboards).
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This performance is September's contribution to Dave Bryant's new "Third Thursdays" initiative of hosting a monthly harmolodic jazz series. Dave will be joined each month by several of his many long-time collaborators hailing from the Boston area and beyond.
The series, which began on Thursday, April 21, 2022, takes place in the beautiful surroundings and impressive acoustics of the vestry of the Harvard-Epworth Church within walking distance of Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA.
The “Third Thursdays with Dave Bryant and Friends” harmolodic jazz series began this past April, with the premise of providing an opportunity for local audiences to experience an approach to jazz improvisation that can best be described as fun challenges. An approach that will be played out once a month by host Dave Bryant, who will be drawing from his large pool of many near and far musical friends, all there to enjoy themselves. All “Third Thursdays” sessions are held on a regular monthly basis within the Harvard-Epworth Methodist Church, located a short walking distance from Harvard Square. Audience seating capacity will abide by whatever health and safety protocols are in place on any given month. The ”Third Thursdays” harmolodic jazz series is funded in part by the Appalachian Springs Foundation (ASF), a private foundation located in Wheeling, WV. As a nonprofit arts and educational organization, ASF has supported dance, film, music, and educational projects. dbryantmusic.com/third-thursdays.

[@murattaner7384]

Better than anything else ı ve heard for a long long time. I can use a zillion words to describe why I think so, so let me just repeat something I heard somebody said before : He brought us something that wasn't here before and when he leaves that will remain with us..:))

[@Baribrotzer]

How and why is this "harmolodic" jazz?
Is that a way of denoting that it's in the stylistic tradition of late Ornette Coleman - free, energetic, and not particularly tonal? Or is that a more formal description of a deep organizing principle it might have? From what I understand, Coleman himself never had one consistent definition for "harmolodics" - it changed, depending upon what year it was, what band he had, and what he was trying to accomplish musically.

[@samkennard2455]

There is no definition the way there was with George Russell's Lydian Chromatic concept as such. You might even say its post-harmolodic since Ornette has passed on the baton to a new generation