A. Spencer Barefield Quartet Soirée in Palmer Woods

Saturday, Sept. 1 • 8 pm
CAC Concert Home in Detroit's Palmer Woods

Barefield, “an extraordinary guitarist/composer” according to JazzTimes, leads a stellar ensemble: Trumpeter Dwight Adams (Stevie Wonder's regular touring sideman); Djallo Djakate Keita on drums; and Canada's national treasure, Juno awardee Dave Young on bass (Oscar Peterson's bassist for decades).

Spencer Barefield Quartet

Left to right: A. Spencer Barefield, Dave McMurray, Djallo Djakate Keita, Dave Young
Photo: ©2011 Barbara Barefield

It's a special opportunity when Dave Young crosses the border from Toronto to perform in Metro-Detroit. Canada's Juno award-winning bassist (Canada's Grammys)—a regular with the famed Oscar Peterson for some 30-year—performs and records with the Spencer Barefield Quartet. The quartet's stellar lineup includes: David McMurray (sax), Dave Young (bass), Djallo Djakate Keita (drums), and A. Spencer Barefield (guitar).

Performances are presented by the Creative Arts Collective with support from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts and Metro Times. Since 1978, the Creative Arts Collective has been committed to presenting the best of cutting-edge jazz and creative music in Detroit and throughout the world. "Soul Steppin' Through the Fabulous Ruins" the Spencer Barefield Quartet's latest CD release, has receiving rave reviews and has delighted jazz aficionados. For more information: 313-891-2514.

B I O G R A P H I E S

"Barefield's lovely solo has the presence of a Segovia piece
with its majestic chords and runs.
His composition constantly shifts from European
to African influences and back with ease.
It is truly a fine musical moment that reveals more of its
complexity with each new listening."

— Cadence Magazine

Guitarist/composer A. Spencer Barefield has received numerous awards for composition and performance from ArtServe Michigan-MCACA, Meet-the-Composer/NEA Commission USA, Lila Wallace/Reader's Digest, National Endowment for the Arts, Michigan Council for Arts, Arts Midwest and others. He has toured and recorded in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, extensively as a leader, soloist, and with Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Oliver Lake, Andrew Cyrille, Richard Davis and others. Barefield's recordings "Live Detroit" and "Xenogenesis 2000" (CAC label), and his Sound Aspects (Germany) releases "After the End" and "Live at Leverkusen" have received rave international reviews and honors. He is the Artistic and Executive Director of the Creative Arts Collective (CAC) — its concerts at the Detroit Institute of Arts and elsewhere earned CAC the Michigan's Governor's Arts Award for excellence and international recognition for its innovative presentations. More than a hundred of CAC's concerts have been broadcast on National Public Radio. Barefield has taught guitar and improvisation at the University of Michigan School of Music and elsewhere.