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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260903T183000
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URL:https://cranbrookartmuseum.org/events/monumental-connection-houston-pa
 tton/
SUMMARY:Monumental Connection: Houston Patton
DESCRIPTION:Monumental Color: Cecily Brown\, Sam Gilliam\, and Joan Mitchel
 l brings together significant artworks by three quintessential abstract
  artists. Through the performance series Monumental Connection\, feature
 d artists engage in dialogue with performers whose work resonates with Sam
  Gilliam’s love for jazz\, Joan Mitchell’s lifelong connection to poet
 ry\, and the frenetic physicality of Cecily Brown’s paintings.  \n\nOn
 e of the great innovators of postwar American painting\, Sam Gilliam (1933
 -2022) once said\, “before painting\, there was Jazz.” He appreciat
 ed not only the freeform sounds\, but the freedom with which the musicia
 ns moved\, referring to the “acrobatics” of improvisation. Join us fo
 r a solo saxophone performance by emerging bandleader Houston Patton in L
 arson Gallery.  \n\nSaxophonist Houston Patton is a jazz musician born 
 and raised in Metro Detroit. Following his father's footsteps\, Houston b
 egan playing the saxophone at a very young age. Houston has explored many
  genres ranging from gospel to hard bop under the mentorship and tutelage 
 of saxophonists such as Harry Patton\, Daryl Beebe\, Jordan Vanhemert\, We
 ndell Harrison\, and Andrew Bishop.  \n\nIn April 2024\, Houston Patton 
 released his first album as a Bandleader entitled "Here We Are" by Quintes
 sential\, now out on most streaming platforms. In December 2024\, Patto
 n received a BFA in Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation from the Universit
 y of Michigan. In February 2025\, Patton made Detroit history by being th
 e youngest bandleader to host a residency at Cliff Bell’s. \n\nThis eve
 nt is free with museum admission.
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CATEGORIES:Monumental Color: Cecily Brown Sam Gilliam and Joan
 Mitchell ,Performance
LOCATION:Cranbrook Art Museum\, Larson Gallery\, 39221 Woodward Ave\, Bloom
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