Production Language English

Country of Origin United States

Description Finale: Night of a Thousand Bands. 1 ticket, 4 theaters, 12 groups, 4 hours, GO -- 25 bucks! (cheap). 
The night of a thousand (OK, a dozen) bands -- new music groups from all worlds in siumltaneous concerts in all 4 BAM theaters. Catch them all -- if you can.

BAM Opera House: The Butthole Surfers, psychedelic hardcore; World Saxophone Quartet with African drummers.

BAM Carey Playhouse: Bobby Previte playing "Claude's Late Morning"; Ned Rothenberg and Paul Dresher, "Opposites Attract"; The Ordinaires, boogies, waltzes and cha-chas in a musical K-Mart.

BAM Lepercq Space: A mini-festival within a festival, "The New Americans" immigrants who combine native traditions with western technology. Aster Aweke (Ethiopia), Thoeung Son Group (Cambodia), Sussan Deyhim with Richard Horowitz (Iran).

BAM Majestic Theater: Tiye Giraud -- this Afro-Caribbean vocalist-percussionist and group explore the trance state; Cachao and Son Primero -- the salsa pioneer in a rare concert of his own compositions; The Horseflies -- neo-primitives who mix bluegrass with everything from minimalism to reggae.

Identifier 1989f.00468

VenueOpera House;Adam E. Max Gathering Space (Lepercq Space, Ballroom, BAM Cafe);Carey Playhouse (Music Hall, BAM Rose Cinema);BAM Strong (Majestic, BAM Majestic, BAM Harvey Theater, The Rudin Family Gallery)

companyNed Rothenberg, Aster Aweke, World Saxophone Quartet, African Drummers, The Butthole Surfers, Bobby Previte's Pocket Orchestra, The Ordinaires, The Horseflies, Cachao And Son Primero, Richard Horowitz

musicianNed Rothenberg, Paul Dresher, Aster Aweke, Thoeung Son, Tiyé Giraud

performerRichard Horowitz, Sussan Deyhim

top billingWorld Saxophone Quartet, African Drummers, The Butthole Surfers