M'Boom & World Saxophone Quartet January 23, 2010

M'Boom was a jazz percussion ensemble founded in 1970 by Max Roach. Nearly three decades have passed since a 1981 evening, when an audience of three thousand gathered in the cathedral of St. John the Divine to hear what Max Roach called a "Grand Collaboration": a concert by M'Boom and the World Saxophone Quartet. For those who were there and those who weren't, this "Great Collaboration" is an eagerly anticipated sequel, an event that promises to get 2010 off to a roaring start. The World Saxophone Quartet, founded in 1976, is the most celebrated saxophone ensemble in jazz history, and is made up of three founding members: David Murray, Hamiet Bluiett, and Oliver Lake, plus James Carter in the seat originally occupied by Julius Hemphill.