UPCOMING CONCERTS AND EVENTS
Located in the heart of downtown Grass Valley in the historic Union Building, events at Body Balance are up close and personal. No need for binoculars, just be ready to be a part of the action! Past performances include George Lammam, Sister Carol, Mary Youngblood, Alistor Fraser, and now...COMING SOON!
February
FEB 7th - "A Day in the Life of a Shaolin Monk"
Watch in awe as the Shaolin Monks perform Kung Fu and Qi Gong as it has been practiced for over 1,000 years! Register for this event here. Or buy tickets at here!
Sunday, Feb 7th - The Shaolin Experience - Learn Kung Fu from the
JANUARY
REFLECTIONS Featuring the music of Thelious Monk
Upcoming Musical Event
Jan 24, 2010 - Reflections Quartet featuring the music of Thelonious Monk
"The Monk is Pure Genious" - NYT
$40 VIP (Includes front row seating and 1 drink ticket)
$20 General Admission Door
$18 in advance, $5 Lotus Mem
bers (limit 1 ticket)
Tickets available at: Briarpatch, The Bookseller, and Body Balance
(from Wikipedia) Thelonious Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer who, according to The Penguin Guide to Jazz, was "one of the giants of American music". Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy," "'Round Midnight," "Blue Monk," "Straight, No Chaser" and "Well, You Needn't."
Often regarded as a founder of bebop, Monk's playing style later evolved away from that style. His compositions and improvisations are full of dissonant harmonies and angular melodic twists, and are impossible to separate from Monk's unorthodox approach to the piano, which combined a highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of silences and hesitations.
Monk's manner was idiosyncratic. Visually, he was renowned for his distinctively "hip" sartorial style in suits, hats and sunglasses. He was also noted for the fact that at times, while the other musicians in the band continued playing, he would stop, stand up from the keyboard and dance for a few moments before returning to the piano. One of his regular dances consisted of continuously turning in a counterclockwise fashion, which has drawn comparisons to ring-shout and Sufi whirling.
He is one of only five jazz musicians to be featured on the cover of Time (the other four being Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Wynton Marsalis, and Dave Brubeck)
