Great Music on Sundays @5
July 31 @ 5:00 pm
A Symphony of Crickets
music & spoken word & the poetry of Charles Coe
Charles Coe voice
Ken Field sax & flute
Mark van Bork guitar & voice
Darlene van Alstyne voice
Blake Newman bass
Phil Neighbors drums
“A Symphony of Crickets” is a 75-minute music and spoken word performance based on the poetry of award-winning African American writer & musician Charles Coe. Mr. Coe will read selected works with interludes performed by the musicians. With a wide ranging song list inspired by the text of the poems, the music will traverse jazz, funk, rhythm & blues, delta blues, and even classical styles, strung together in a seamless sequence outlining in words and tones the breadth of the American musical experience.
Music by Charles Coe, J.S. Bach, James Brown, Sam Cooke, George Gershwin, Son House, Scott Joplin, John Lennon, Charles Mingus, Paul McCartney, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Ned Washington, Victor Young & more.
