Artists-in-Residence Events: The Campbell Brothers & John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme
• Sacred Steel: A Conversation & Demonstration with The Campbell Brothers •
In town to perform at the Bull Durham Blues Festival, National Heritage Fellow Chuck Campbell and The Campbell Brothers join moderator and long-time roots music radio DJ and recording engineer, Dave Tilley, in a conversation about the sacred steel guitar tradition and its origins in the House of God Church, interspersed with a live demonstration by this Rochester, NY-based family band.
Wednesday, September 3, 6 PM
The Pinhook, 117 W. Main St., Durham
Free & open to the public
• A Love Supreme: A Conversation with Ashley Kahn & Branford Marsalis •
Durham-based, GRAMMY-winning saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Branford Marsalis joins Ashley Kahn, jazz scholar and author of A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane’s Signature Album, in a discussion of the making and influence of Coltrane’s seminal album, a half-century after its recording. Marsalis recorded an acclaimed version of A Love Supreme with his quartet in 2004.
Thursday, September 4, 7 PM
The Carolina Theatre of Durham, Cinema One, 309 W. Morgan St., Durham
Free & open to the public