Award-winning multi-instrumentalist and film composer Christian X. M. McGhee leads his 10-piece string orchestra and band The Xtet at Dizzy’s Club, premiering his debut album and BMI commission A Winged Resilience. Signaling McGhee’s creative poise and burgeoning mastery, the album combines his love for film scoring with his passion for spontaneity and improvised music, and bonds stylistic elements from classic film compositions, groove music, standard tunes, lyrical melodies, free improvising, and unbound imagination. A Winged Resilience is commissioned by the BMI Foundation on behalf of the Ahrold Family in recognition of the Future Jazz Master Award, and supported by YoungArts.
PERSONNEL
Christian McGhee, drums, composer
Georgia Heers, vocals
Olivia Chindamo, vocals
Imani Rouselle, vocals
Up Next in Upcoming Live Concerts
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May 20, Set 2: Christian X. M. McGhee...
Award-winning multi-instrumentalist and film composer Christian X. M. McGhee leads his 10-piece string orchestra and band The Xtet at Dizzy’s Club, premiering his debut album and BMI commission A Winged Resilience. Signaling McGhee’s creative poise and burgeoning mastery, the album combines his l...
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May 22, Set 1: Sun Ra at 110 – Sulliv...
Celebrating what would have been Sun Ra's 110th birthday on May 22, Grammy-winning New Orleans pianist Sullivan Fortner has summoned his most galactic-minded of friends to delve into Sun Ra's inventive and adventurous music. From swing to free to earthy and spacey, Fortner and his fellow explorer...
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May 22, Set 2: Sun Ra at 110 – Sulliv...
Celebrating what would have been Sun Ra's 110th birthday on May 22, Grammy-winning New Orleans pianist Sullivan Fortner has summoned his most galactic-minded of friends to delve into Sun Ra's inventive and adventurous music. From swing to free to earthy and spacey, Fortner and his fellow explorer...