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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">Joshua Smith Quartet / Organism</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:white;background-repeat:initial initial">Wednesday, December 19 at </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">7:30pm</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:white;background-repeat:initial initial">O'Shaughnessy Performance
Space, Benildus Hall</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:white;background-repeat:initial initial">Santa Fe University of Art and
Design, 1600 St. Michael's Drive, Santa Fe</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tickets:
$10 (General Public) or $5 (seniors & students w/valid ID) at the door</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color:white;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color:white;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Renowned San Francisco / Bay
Area modern jazz saxophonist / composer Joshua Smith returns to perform at
SFUAD – One Night Only!</span></p><p></p><p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left" align="left"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">“Joshua Smith plays saxophone on a
world-class level. An outstanding technician, he articulates very clearly, and
his improvisations are consistently rich in content.” -Harvey Pekar, Jazziz Magazine</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Joshua Smith Quartet / Joshua Smith Organism<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Quartet:
Joshua Smith – Saxophones; Ben Wright – bass; Robert Muller – piano; Dave
Wayne – Drums & percussion.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Organism: Joshua Smith – Saxophones;
Milton Villarrubia - Drums & electronics, Al Faaet -
Drums & percussion, Chris Jonas – Saxophone, Carlos Santistevan -
Bass, Jeremy Bleich - Bass, plus special guests…</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Fresh off a gig at ‘The Stone’ in New York
City with the Scott Amendola Quartet (w/special guest,
guitarist Nels Cline), Josh brings his saxophone virtuosity to Santa
Fe to make more joyous musical mayhem with long-time associates
Jeremy Bleich (bass / oud / guitar), drummers
Milton Villarrubia and Dave Wayne, saxophonist Chris Jonas, and
others.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Joshua Smith is one of the
leading lights of the always innovative, ever-vital Bay Area music scene. Smith
has recorded and performed with a long list of creative music’s most important
voices such as Joe Maneri, Cuong Vu, Ben Goldberg,
Myra Melford, Karla Khilstedt, Jamey Haddad, and many more. For the
past two years, he has been a regular member of The Scott Amendola Quartet.
His large-scale projects include co-writing and performing the music for the
Harvey Pekar / Dan Plonsey opera collaboration, “Leave Me
Alone,” which debuted at Oberlin Conservatory’s Finney Chapel in January 2009.
This performance drew a rave review from AllAboutJazz.com (
<a href="http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=31852#.ULwx0NuF9AN">http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=31852#.ULwx0NuF9AN</a>)</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Joshua is no stranger to the Santa Fe music community.
The Cleveland, Ohio native performed recently at the GiG Performance
Space with his folk / Americana duo The Old Way (Joshua and Irena
Smith on vocals and guitars), and at several High Mayhem Festivals
with Birth (featuring Santa Fe resident Jeremy Bleich on
bass and Joe Tomino on drums), The Cleveland Trio (with Bleich and
drummer Carmen Castaldi) and Amitosis (with Tomino, Jonas,
and bassist Kurt Kotheimer).</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Guitarist /
vocalist Irena Smith is traveling with Joshua, so don’t rule out a brief
impromptu set by The Old Way.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Please join
us for a night of compelling fringe jazz improvisations at Santa Fe’s premier
venue for new and adventurous music!</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Joshua Smith
is presented in collaboration with Santa Fe University of Art and Design’s
Contemporary Music Program.</span></p>
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