Point 9 Mile Collaborative

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The .9Mile is thrilled to celebrate both the 50th anniversary of legendary Chicago percussionist Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble as well as Hallwalls' own 50th anniversary on February 5th in the 9th Ward. Please join us for this one-of-a-kind concert experience and celebrate 50 years of art & music! tickets available at: https://www.hallwalls.org/music/6487.html

Tomorrow night, not to be missed! The Historic Colored Musicians Club and Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center present the Ricky Ford Quartet live at Hallwalls, get your tickets now: http://www.hallwalls.org/music/6375.html

Born on March 4th 1954, legendary tenor saxophonist Ricky Ford was trained at the New England Conservatory of Music. He studied under Gunther Schuller, Ran Blake, Jaki Byard, George Russell, Joe Allard and Joseph Maneri before Mercer Ellington invited him to join the Duke Ellington Orchestra, just a few months after the passing of Duke Ellington and Paul Gonsalves. Then he went on to work with Charles Mingus (1976-1977), Dannie Richmond (1978-1981), Lionel Hampton (1980-1982), Abdullah Ibrahim (1983-1990), Mal Waldron (1989-1994), not forgetting the many recording sessions with Yusef Lateef, Sonny Stitt, McCoy Tyner, Freddie Hubbard, Amina Claudine Myers, Sathima Bea Benjamin, and Steve Lacy, to just name a few. As a comprehensive musician, he has always strived to master different musical genres, from swing to hard bop to free, Ford never ceases to create music of the highest caliber.