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This season, we celebrate the special concert format of jazz duos—towering musical talents and deep-rooted improvisational minds, presented in the essential, uncluttered, and revelatory forums of musical conversations. Lining up six acknowledged masters in fresh pairings, we welcome back to the Williams Center Mulgrew Miller, Dave Holland, Roy Hargrove, Steve Wilson, Steve Nelson, and Lewis Nash. The series concludes with one of the most enduring musical partnerships in jazz: the great Gary Burton–Chick Corea Crystal Silence reunion tour.
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|  Dave Holland and Steve Nelson 
Saturday, September 8, $18.00
Ed Brunswick Concert
When bassist Dave Holland takes the stage, more than three decades of jazz history informs his music-making. From Miles Davis to Stan Getz, from Sam Rivers to Chick Corea, from Jack DeJohnette to Anthony Braxton, Holland’s numerous musical associations have built an artistic pedigree of remarkable breadth. Following memorable Lafayette performances by Holland’s Quintet (2000) and Big Band (2005), we open our 2007–2008 series with this duo program by Holland and his long-time collaborator, vibraphonist Steve Nelson, himself esteemed as one of the finest musical minds and most graceful performers in jazz.
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 Roy Hargrove and Mulgrew Miller
Friday, November 9, $20.00
Williams Center favorites Roy Hargrove and Mulgrew Miller step aside from leading their own bands to reprise the duo improvisation program that was cited as one of the musical highlights of the 2005–2006 New York jazz season. Miller’s great origi nality and daunting keyboard skills are the perfect complement for the richly expressive palette of Hargrove’s trumpet, by turns soulfully lyrical and blazingly inventive. |
 Lewis Nash and Steve Wilson
Friday,
February 1, $18.00
Williams Center jazz fans will remember that Steve Wilson’s saxophone solo electrified Maria Schneider’s concert last February, and his several appearances here with  Mulgrew Miller’s Wingspan have shown exquisite gifts in phrasing, improvisation, and lyricism. Lewis Nash’s three previous Williams Center appearances, brimming with virtuosic command of rhythm, coloration, and melodic flair, have shown why many consider him the finest drummer in jazz. Their legendary performances as a duo are treasures to enjoy.
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