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Sudden Sound Concert: Steve Gorn & Improvisers Exchange Ensemble
Thursday, February 8th, 2018
Steve Gorn
7:30pm
Krannert Art Museum
500 East Peabody Drive
Champaign
Event Description
Steve Gorn leads Improviser Exchange ensemble members in music reflective of his pioneering work in cross-cultural collaborative music, such as the landmark Indian-Jazz fusion recording “Asian Journal”, his 2011 Grammy winning recording “Miho – Journey to the Mountain,” with Dhruba Ghosh and the Paul Winter Consort, and of his gurus, the late bansuri master Sri Gour Goswami, of Kolkata, and Pt. Raghunath Seth of Mumbai, who he often accompanied in concert.
A pioneering artist in cross-cultural collaborative music, Steve Gorn has performed Indian Classical Music and new American Music on the bansuri bamboo flute, soprano saxophone and clarinet in concerts and festivals throughout the world.