ARTICLE #6

This synergy is what world-renowned jazz drummer Quentin Baxter and acclaimed artist John Duckworth aim to create with their upcoming show ART MOVES JAZZ.

Set to take place at the Charleston Music Hall on May 7th, 2005 the celebration will depict the four seasons in the Lowcountry – with live jazz composed specifically for the event by Baxter and an original film featuring Duckworth’s artwork series, “Landscape Abstracts.”

“We’re going to take people on a sensory journey...” says Duckworth. “Our aim is elevate our individual art forms through collaboration – to morph jazz and art into a truly unique performance.”

A jazz trio, featuring Quentin Baxter on Drums; St. Helena, South Carolina’s Delbert Felix on Stand-Up Bass; and Atlanta, Georgia’s Kebbi Williams on Tenor Saxophone, will play four original compositions (one for each season; with some improvisation) in the foreground, as an oversized screen displays an original film by John Duckworth, featuring his “Landscape Abstracts” series, behind the band.

With this series, and his film, Duckworth focuses on the reduction of photographic images to the bare essentials - eliminating the details and leaving only the essence of the scene. The resulting images blur the lines between photography and painting. The images are abstract, but the reference to the landscape, the changing of the seasons and the subtle shifts in color and light is readily apparent. And according to Baxter, the music composition incorporates these elements – and highlights the emotional essence of Duckworth’s landscape abstracts.

“It was a wild experience to depict each other’s work through our own art form,” says Baxter. “I can’t wait to share the finished product with an audience.”

In an effort to celebrate both the visual arts and the musical components of the event, ART MOVES JAZZ has partnered with the Gibbes Museum of Art and The Charleston Jazz Initiative. A portion of the proceeds from sales of Duckworth’s Landscape Abstracts will benefit the Gibbes Museum of Art, and share of the sales from Baxter’s ART MOVES JAZZ CDs will benefit The Charleston Jazz Initiative.

ART MOVES JAZZ will take place on Saturday, May 7th at The Charleston Music Hall. Doors will open at 6:30pm, with the performance set to commence at 7:30pm. Tickets are $17.50 – and are available at the door, online at www.artmovesjazz.com, at area Millennium Music stores, and through ETIX – (800) 514-3849 or www.etix.com. For more information, please visit: www.artmovesjazz.com

Charleston artist John Duckworth’s latest series, “Landscape Abstracts,” are Abstract impressionist renderings of the Lowcountry landscape, blending his passion for painting, photography and nature. These limited edition prints are available on paper and canvas – in series or as standalone works of artwork. Over the past five years, Duckworth’s paintings and photographs have been sold to collectors in New York, Charlotte, Los Angeles, Seattle, Atlanta, Charleston, and Canada.