Trumpeter/composer Wadada Leo Smith will celebrate his 70th birthday on December 15 and 16 at Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, each evening at 8 p.m. The concerts will feature Smith in a variety of configurations.
Performing on Thursday, December 15 are Smith with String Quartet plus (with Smith, Thomas Buckner, voice, quartet players TBA), Mbira (Smith, Min Xiao Fen on pipa, and Pheeroan AkLaff on drums) and the Golden Quartet (Smith with Angelica Sanchez on piano, John Lindberg on bass and Pheeroan AkLaff on drums).
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