Friday, 10/9/09

Here the World Saxophone Quartet brings it all back home, performing in the high school gymnasium in Lovejoy (AKA Brooklyn), Illinois, a little town (with an interesting history) near St. Louis, where baritone sax player Hamiet Bluiett, now in his 60s, grew up. (If you have time for only one of these clips, check out Part 3, where everyone, including the kids, gets down with the O’Jays’ “For The Love Of Money.”)

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

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For another take on the first of these pieces (“Hattie Wall”)—this one featuring Bill T. Jones, dancer/choreographer extraodinaire—go here.