On October 17 at 8 p.m., DACAMERA will kick off its jazz series with an extraordinary concert featuring the Walter Smith III Quartet at the Wortham Theater Center. In his wittily titled new Blue Note release, “three of us are from Houston and Reuben is not,” acclaimed saxophonist Walter Smith III pays tribute to his hometown. …
Composer Gabriela Lena Frank explores the tumultuous relationship between Mexican painters Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera in a new string quartet based on her acclaimed 2021 opera El último sueño de Frida y Diego (The Last Dream of Frida and Diego), a “confident, richly imagined score” (The New Yorker) that “bursts with color and fresh individuality” (Los …
Join this living legend for a rare Sunday afternoon performance as Branford Marsalis brings his trademark energy and virtuosity to a re-imagining of one of the greatest quartet recordings in jazz history, Keith Jarrett’s classic 1974 album Belonging. A three-time Grammy winner and NEA Jazz Master, Marsalis has led his renowned quartet with unmatched clarity and …