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Oluyemi Thomas and Kenn Thomas Duet at Kerrytown Concert House

Courtesy of Kenn Thomas | Posted on November 15, 2012

Where

Kerrytown Concert House
415 North Fourth Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI
Map
734.769.2999

When

Mon, November 19, 2012
8pm

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Musicians

About

Oluyemi Thomas moved to Oakland from his native Detroit in 1974. He is a master of many instruments, with a particular predilection for the bass clarinet, C melody saxophone, and musette. Like so many bass clarinetists he has a great fondness for the playing of Eric Dolphy, but this admiration does not extend to imitation and he has developed his own gruff-voiced way with the instrument. Thomas brings to his music a deep spirituality rooted in his Baha’i faith. He is interested in music and instruments from all over the world and often incorporates scales and sounds not often encountered in Western music....

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