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dont misss these events my trumpet playing friends, check out www.fontmusic.org for the full schedule:

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18: THE TEA LOUNGE (837 Union Street, Brooklyn, 718 789 2762), 8:00 PM - NOOK w/Kenny Warren, 10:00 PM - MR. TRUMPET featuring George Colligan, Ralph Alessi and Shane Endsley.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19: THE TEA LOUNGE
The KIRK KNUFFKE QUARTET & THE KENNY WOLLESEN BIG BAND featuring the music of SARAH WILSON

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THURS-SUN, SEPTEMBER 20-23:
NEW JAZZ @ THE JAZZ STANDARD
curated by Dave Douglas and Jeremy Pelt, 116 E. 27th ST., New York, NY, www.jazzstandard.net, 212 576 2232

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 - 7:30 & 9:30: World premiere of Dave Douglas and Jeremy Pelt's, INSPIRATION, with very special guests Eddie Henderson. Uri Caine (Fender Rhodes), Vicente Archer (bass), and Clarence Penn (drums)

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 - 7:30 & 9:30: World premiere of CECIL BRIDGEWATER, EDDIE ALLEN, ROD MCGAHA'S MUSIC OF THE MASTERS, featuring Kenny Davis (bass), Carl Allen (drums) and the music of Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard and more . . .

11:30 - trumpeters CARLOS ABADIE and BRUCE HARRIS, with Jeb Patton (piano), Jason Stewart (bass) and Pete Polinski (drums)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 - 7:30 & 9:30: World premiere of WADADA LEO SMITH'S SEVEN Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet & electronics), Marcus Rojas (tuba), Okiyung Lee (cello), Rubin Kodheli (cello), Skuli Skerrisson (electric bass), John Lindberg (bass with wah-pedals), Martin Obeng (drums & percussion)

11:30 - trumpeters GREGORY RIVKIN & AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 - 7:30 & 9:30: World premiere -
JASON PALMER QUINTET with special guest GREG OSBY
*FONT MUSIC COMMISSION*

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23: ST.MARK'S CHURCH
2:00 PM: THE BRASS MUSIC OF ANTHONY BRAXTON
New York premiere of Composition 103 for Seven Trumpets
Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet), Tim Byrnes, Forbes Graham, Sam Hoyt, John McDonough, Nicole Rampersaud, Nate Wooley (trumpets)

World premiere of Composition 169 for Brass Quintet
Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet), Nate Wooley (trumpet), Mark Taylor (French horn), Reut Regev (trombone), Jay Rozen (tuba)

The Festival of New Trumpet Music is honored to have the opportunity to present two major compositions for brass ensembles by Anthony Braxton, one of today's most innovative and acclaimed living composers.

Braxton's Composition 103 (for seven trumpets) features 145 pages of notated music and choreography for seven costumed instrumentalists. Composed in 1983, the 45-minute piece was first performed in 2005, in a fully staged and costumed realization at Wesleyan University celebrating Braxton's 60th birthday. The FONT Music performance would be the New York premiere, and only the second performance anywhere, of this major interdisciplinary work.

Braxton's Composition 169 is one of the seminal pieces in the composer's oeuvre, yet has never been performed by the intended instrumentation. Originally written for brass quintet (on swivel chairs), 169 consists of an hour of intense and unrelenting rhythmic complexity, contrasting with sections of lush, static harmonies. Braxton never found an ensemble brave enough to tackle the imposing piece, so instead has performed the work in configurations ranging from saxophone quartet to full orchestra. The FONT Music performance will present the world premiere of the composition with its original instrumentation.