Trombonist George Lewis and bassist Edgar Meyer, two of this year's twenty-four MacArthur Grant recipients.
WREK (91.1FM or http://www.wrek.org) will host a two hour special featuring the music of Frode Gjerstad (and Gunda Gottschalk) from 7-9pm on Sunday, Sept 29. Ms. Gottschalk will be performing at Eyedrum in Atlanta on October 7th and at the Flicker Theatre in Athens the following evening. Frode Gjerstad's trio hits Eyedrum on October 10th. For further info on both musicians, please go to: http://www.eyedrum.org.
The Chucho Valdes Quartet gig scheduled for Friday, Sept 27th at the Variety Playhouse has been cancelled due to visa problems.
Kudos to trombonist George Lewis and bassist Edgar Meyer, two of this year's twenty-four MacArthur Grant recipients.