On Saturday, April 11, Crossroads Music presents a double bill featuring the ensemble of Philadelphia vibraphone legend Khan Jamal and Boston's Debo Band, the first US based band ever invited to appear at the prestigious Ethiopian Music Festival in Addis Ababa. The concert will begin at 7:30 pm at 801 South 48th Street (at Baltimore Avenue). Tickets are $10-20 and are available both at the concert and in advance from Brown Paper Tickets (via our website or at 1-800-838-3006).
Philadelphia vibraphone and marimba player Khan Jamal has long been known to jazz musicians and critics for his technical virtuosity and musical leadership, but his appetite for all musical styles (finding the term “jazz” limiting, he prefers to describe his work as “creative improvised music”) and lack of taste for self-marketing have meant that his 40-year musical career is much less known to general audiences. While often been pigeonholed as an avant-gardist, his music is both sophisticated and highly accessible, combining a strong sense of melody with dazzling harmonic and tonal effects. At Crossroads, he will perform with percussionist Lenny Belasco and a bass player, to be determined.
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