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Craig Harris
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Acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, composer and bandleader Craig Harris has played alongside the contemporary jazz world's most iconic voices, including Sun Ra, Cecil Taylor, Henry Threadgill, Abdullah Ibrahim and Jaki Byard. The focus of Harris' multimedia symphony Brown Butterfly is another immortal American: Muhammad Ali. Harris and his Septet present an operatic portrait of The Greatest with movements devoted to Ali's bouts with Joe Frazier and Sonny Liston, his association with Malcolm X and The Nation of Islam, and the legend's final fight against Parkinson's. Powered by complex motifs, nuanced musical mastery and an original accompanying video showing highlights of the champ in action, Brown Butterfly captures Muhammad Ali's speed, wit and spirit in a feast for the eyes and the ears.

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