Tuesday, March 25, 2025
7:30-9:30 PM, A902
Join the IML and trombone studio to hear and learn from Chicago-based ethnic band, Butter Chicken on Tuesday night, March 25th at 7:30pm in room Annex 902 at the Eastman School of Music. The band is an interesting take on what happens when New Orleans second line early jazz stylings meet Southeast Asian wedding music! The band is led by trombonist and Eastman alumnus Catie Hickey ’07E (BM/AMU and JCM).
For this session, the band will perform and speak about their founding, organization and evolution.
Butter Chicken explores the intersection of South Asian baraat (the processional part of a Hindu wedding) and a New Orleans-style brass polyphony. Covering a range of sounds from Bollywood to Punjabi rap as well as original compositions, Butter Chicken explores the decolonization of British brass band instruments left behind during the 1948 partition and how these instruments can be used to explore modern sounds. The resulting sound and concert experience combines the community, joy and movement of a wedding ceremony with the power and improvisation of a jazz group.
No registration needed. Learn more about these guests at https://www.butterchickenband.com/.
