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Ellen Rowe's "Momentum: Portraits Of Women In Motion" at Kerrytown Concert House
Courtesy of Jennifer Pollard | Posted on January 27, 2019
Where
Kerrytown Concert House
415 North Fourth Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI
Map
734.769.2999
When
Thu, January 31, 2019
9:30 pm
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Musicians
Ellen Rowe
pianoIngrid Jensen
trumpetVirginia Mayhew
saxophone, tenorLisa Parrott
saxophoneJanelle Reichman
woodwindsKaleigh Wilder
saxophone, baritoneMarion Hayden
bass, acousticAllison Miller
drumsJosie Ala
trumpetEliza Salem
drumsAbout
Celebrate the release of a new CD and project, Momentum – Portraits of Women In Motion, with jazz pianist Ellen Rowe and an all-star lineup of women musicians.
“Momentum – Portraits of Women In Motion” is a new album project written in the last year. Each piece is a tribute to and musical portrait of Ellen Rowe's women heroes in the areas of music, sports, social justice, environmental advocacy and politics.The pieces are orchestrated for varying sizes of chamber jazz ensemble, ranging from quintet to octet. Some of the women included in the portraits include Mary Lou Williams and Geri Allen, Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova, unsung black female heroines of the civil rights movement, singer/songwriters Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon and Carole King, Michelle Obama, Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall and long distance runners Joan Benoit Samuelson, Kathrine Switzer and Meghan Canfield Laws.