10/09/2024
By Charles Gabriel
The band will be performing selections from “A Second Life,” a new album dedicated to the victims of the AIDS epidemic. Inspired by Kohlhase’s own experiences as a gay man living with HIV, it features original compositions as well as interpretations of works by jazz legends such as Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, Elmo Hope, John Tchicai, and Roswell Rudd.
Alto and baritone saxophonist Charlie Kohlhase has been a mainstay of Boston’s jazz scene for more than 40 years. He is the leader of The Explorer’s Club, an octet with two reeds, trumpet, trombone, tuba, guitar, bass and drums. Kohlhase is active in jazz radio, most recently hosting “Research & Development” on Monday afternoons on WMBR-FM in Cambridge. He also directs the No Boundaries Big Band and the JCM Art Ensemble at the Longy School of Music of Bard College.
Charlie Kohlhase's Explorers Club Presents "A Second Life"
Tuesday, Oct. 22
7-8 p.m.
Fisher Recital Hall, Moloney Performing Arts Center, South Campus
Free and open to the public
Join us in person or watch the livestream.
This event is organized by the Music Department and is co-sponsored by the College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
Learn more about the series at uml.edu/fahss-speaker-series.