Rashida Bumbray Performance
Dia Chelsea, May 14, 2023
In conjunction with Leslie Hewitt at Dia Bridgehampton, Rashida Bumbray will present a solo interpretation of a score realized collaboratively by Hewitt and Jamal Cyrus titled For Solo Piano, Alto Saxophone, or Tambourine (This Score May Be Realized in Any Imaginative Way, or in conjunction with or in response to the recording of the song Evidence (Justice) 00:07:55 on the album Monk in Tokyo, Columbia Records (1963) with Thelonious Monk on piano, Charlie Rouse on tenor saxophone, Butch Warren on bass, and Frankie Dunlap on drums or Evidence 00:04:41 on the album Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall, Blue Note Records (1957) with Thelonious Monk on piano, John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Ahamed Abdul-Malik on bass, and Shadow Wilson on drums or Evidence 00:05:00 on the album Evidence, New Jazz (1962) with Steve Lacy on soprano saxophone, Don Cherry on trumpet; Carl Brown on bass, and Billie Higgins (Abdul Kareem) on drums) (2022). This special performance by Bumbray culminates a series of three matinees that punctuated the run of Hewitt’s exhibition. The event follows pianist Jason Moran in November 2022 and saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins in March 2023.
Rashida Bumbray Performance, Audio