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Eric Person 4tet at The Falcon
Courtesy of Sally Lynch | Posted on January 23, 2020
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Sun, February 9, 2020
8:00 pm
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The Eric Person 4tet plays the music of Ronald Shannon Jackson (1940 – 2013), a dramatically exciting drummer and one of the most uncompromisingly fearsome exponents of the post-1960s fusion. The antithesis of the tastefully discreet accompanist, he was a force of nature at the kit. Jackson's often thunderous directness appealed to pioneering leaders Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, the vocalist Betty Carter, and the pianists Cecil Taylor and McCoy Tyner. Jackson’s work embodied a sense of play. Pleasure was this artist’s chief objective, and in it, he succeeded brilliantly.Eric performed with the groundbreaking drummer/composer in the 80s, and his music left an indelible mark on the veteran saxophonist....