December 7 at All Souls at Sundown:

Eli DeGibri, saxophone
Aaron Golberg, piano • Reuben Rogers, bass
and the poetry of Tony Hoagland

Saxophonist Eli Degibri attended the Berklee College of Music and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at New England Conservatory, from which he graduated with honors. For three years, he toured worldwide with the Grammy-award winning Herbie Hancock and his Sextet. Degibri currently performs and tours with the legendary drummer Al Foster, the Charles Mingus Big Band, as well as the Eli Degibri Quintet. His acclaimed debut CD, In the Beginning, was released this year by Fresh Sound Records.

"A young tenor saxophonist from Israel, Mr. Degibri is just starting to be known in New York; he commanded attention when he toured with Herbie Hancock several years ago. Don't miss him. He is a very modern improviser, superartful; his creations are spiky and fractured, but immaculately sculptured."

—Ben Ratliff The New York Times
October 31, 2003

Award-winning poet Tony Hoagland is the author of Sweet Ruin (1992), Donkey Gospel (1998), and What Narcissism Means To Me (2003). He writes "hilarious, searing poems that break your heart so fast you hardly notice you're standing knee deep in a pool of implications." (Marie Howe)