"Third Thursdays" featuring NYC-based Just Ornette Quartet members joining host/improvising keyboardist Dave Bryant.

Cambridge-based keyboardist and composer Dave Bryant, a long-time sideman of free jazz legend Ornette Coleman, embarks on his second year of presenting his monthly “Third Thursdays” concerts, a harmolodic jazz series, with concert lineups already in place for April and May, which include visiting artists who were also former Ornette Coleman colleagues.

For April 20th, Bryant will be joined by members of the NYC-based Just Ornette Quartet, led by electric piccolo bassist Al MacDowell, a former Coleman collaborator, along with quartet members acoustic bassist Tony Falanga, also a former collaborator, and drummer Tony Lewis. MacDowell’s veteran quartet is guided by Coleman’s groundbreaking free jazz principles and explores his deep and diverse catalog of compositions.

All “Third Thursdays” concerts are held at the Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, located just outside Harvard Square, with the following basic information:

“Third Thursdays” with Dave Bryant and Friends: a monthly harmolodic jazz series. Held on the third Thursday of each month, starting at 8:00 pm. Further updates on each month’s musical guests can be found at dbryantmusic.com/third-thursdays. Admission at the door: $10 (cash/check/charge). Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, 1555 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138. Contact information: [email protected], 617-447-3030.

“Third Thursdays” performances and interviews have been documented at dbryantmusic.com/third-thursdays. Performance videos and interviews with former Coleman colleagues are also available at youtube.com/@davebryantmusic/videos.

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