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Sonic Frontiers Presents: Milo Fine

April 9, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Free
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Milo Fine

Tuesday, April 9th, 7:30 PM University of Alabama School of Music

Moody Concert Hall 810 Second Avenue

Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Free Admission

“…a prodigious intellect and visceral sense of sound” Jazz da Gama

 

The University of Alabama’s Sonic Frontiers Concert Series presents Milo Fine on Tuesday, April 9th at 7:30 pm as its final concert, after nearly a decade of world-class adventurous music events in Tuscaloosa. Legendary improviser Milo Fine is equally adept on percussion, clarinet and piano. The Minneapolis-based maverick has pursued his multi-faceted approach to spontaneous composition since 1969, when he founded the group Blue Freedom. Since then, Fine has performed with an A-list cast of musicians including Derek Bailey, Gavin Bryars, Viv Corringham, Peter Kowald, Vienna’s Reform Art Unit, and many more. Mr. Fine is also a pioneer in the DIY community, having practiced a rugged, self-deterministic approach to the documentation of his work for forty years, including publishing and managing his own record label (Shih Shih Wu Ai Records) since 1972, mentoring generations of young musicians, and organizing regular community-centered, under-the-radar performances in Minneapolis throughout his long career. Milo states: “2019 marks my 50th year working exclusively in the field of free jazz/improvised music.”, Milo states: “I was born January 22, 1952 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and am not yet dead.” This will be the final event of the Sonic Frontiers concert series. Series founder Dr. Andrew Raffo Dewar kicked off the series in August 2010 with a two-hour long outdoor concert in the Moundville Archeological Park. Sonic Frontiers presented over 30 events, including well over 100 performers from around the world (e.g. Ghana, Germany, Greece, the UK), including two Macarthur “genius” fellows. The series received national and international press accolades on multiple occasions for its adventurous programming, as well as a major grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Details

Date:
April 9, 2019
Time:
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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Venue

Moody Music Building 125 Concert Hall
810 2nd Avenue
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 United States