On the evening of Friday, May 3rd, we proudly presented electronic didgeridoo player/video artist John Hardin (CA), CG Ryan, Al DiLorenzo and Laura Feathers’ multidisciplinary collaboration COLOURS (CMH/NYC), Andrew Chadwick’s solo project Ironing (FL), and jazz improvisation duo Cox/Strange.
Supporters of our 2023-2024 season include the Greater Columbus Arts Council, the Ohio Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Columbus Foundation.
About the artist:
Gerard Cox is a pianist, trumpeter, and percussionist from Columbus with a keen interest in musical surrealism and the percussive nature of the piano. Born to a piano teacher Mom and a jazz saxophone hobbyist father, clear “rockstar” inclinations were shown at age 8 in an appearance as J.S. Bach at an OMTA music festival and at 10 as Billy Idol in a look-a-like contest for the national pop/rock magazine Star Hits. Cox developed a love for jazz in high school on through college, studying both jazz piano and B3 organ. While initially taken with the straight-ahead jazz of Art Blakey and Clifford Brown, he followed John Coltrane’s discography into his later period music and this proved to be the gateway for a fascination with free jazz and all kinds of other outsider/experimental music.
Josh Strange is a Grammy-nominated Instrumentalist (Nas, Lauryn Hill, G Herbo), vibraphonist, composer and trumpet player based in Cincinnati Ohio. Having attended the University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, he is an active performer throughout the United States. In 2014 Josh was awarded the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award as a Fairmont senior.