[ eThe A'c( By John Uhl Daily Music Editor ARTS The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 29, 2000 -9 sound of saxophones: Ames alive this weekend CROSSINGS Continued from Page 5 team. They will be joined by dancer/choreographer Peter Spar- ling, film/video artist Robert Andersen, composer Andrew Mead, filmmaker Jonathan Tyman, producer Tom Bray and Distinguished Senior Research Scientist Fred Bookstein, who is in charge of Internet connections. "What's interesting about Border Crossings," Tillinghast said, "is that it is such an unusual combination of the arts." On top of the immense variety, a unique form of art coming from biomedical research will be an added source of appeal. Book- stein, for the second time ever, will bring EdgeWarp, a pro- gram originally developed to map brain activity, to the art world. Tillinghast said that the cast refers to this creation as "danc- ing grids." These grids will be projected onto a central screen and three panels on either side of the stage. The panels consist of the wall spaces between pilasters that are set into the walls of the auditorium. "Here you have geometrical abstract motion that mimics the human body in dance," Tillinghast said. As the several art forms are being presented, they are meant to bounce off each other and interact, just as an entangled web. These grids wil be another string in this complicated, yet wondrous web. In addition, dancers from Sparling's Company will be per- forming live at a stage in the Media Union. Their images will be projected into Rackham over a form of Internet access called Internet2 developed by Bray. As if these elements weren't impressive enough, the otside of the building also plays a part in the performance. Through the technical knowledge of Andersen, the exterior of Rackham Auditorium will be completely lit. "It'll be a visual show even for those outside of the building, Tillinghast said. * It sounds like spring in Ann Arbor, but instead of chirping birds and the crack of the bat, it's music that's in the air - and lots of it. In the coming days and nights, the city will play host to several unique musicians, from far-out sax- ophonists to Canadian folkies. Ann Arbor jazz fans will have a rare opportunity this weekend to see two of the major saxophone innova- tors of the last few decades. Considering that many avant- garde improvisers work with abstraction, clusters of tones and overtones that don't necessarily establish a standard conception of melody, harmony or rhythm, tenor saxophonist David Murray's playing can be surprisingly melodic. His solos do often progress to climactic shrieks and rapid runs of obscure armonic flurry. Yet he'll take sev- Sral bars of Coltrane-esque sheets of sound and rearrange them to his liking, carving a remarkably sensi- ble pattern out of what some may call noise. Murray's influence has stretched from the realms of the jazz quartet, octet, big band, the rowdy junction of tenor saxophone and organ to his work as a founding member of the World Saxophone Quartet. The "Village Voice" voted him musician of the decade for the 1980s. Joining him tonight at Kerrytown Concert House will be Chicago per- cussionist Kahil EI'Zabar, who is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (the AACM is an organization of tory group was rare in jazz and the music of Monk in particular was still considered rather eccentric. This mutual appreciation for Monk's music brought Lacy and Rudd together last summer to record the recently released album "Monk's Dream," a compilation of compositions by Monk, Lacy and one by Duke Ellington. Photo courtesy of Kerrytown concert House David Murray, saxophonist supreme. musicians notable for promoting outside the lines jazz) and has per- formed with artists as disparate as Dizzy Gillespie, Henry Threadgill, Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon. Like Murray, Steve Lacy's play- ing generally does not find itself completely detached from structure. Schooled by iconoclastic pianist/composer Thelonious Monk, Lacy prefers to dabble with harmo- ny and rhythm. A major figure on the jazz scene since the sixties, Lacy has been the major proponent of the soprano saxophone since Coltrane famously picked the instrument up to play "My Favorite Things." Friday and Saturday evening, for two shows each night, Lacy will be joined by equally respected trombon- ist Roswell Rudd. Lacy and Rudd have collaborated on and off since the late fifties. From 1961-1964, the two formed the innovative School Days quartet, which befuddled the jazz world by exclusively playing Monk tunes. 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