Leroy Jenkins at Location One

October 10, 2003
Live performance by avant-garde jazz composer and violinist Leroy Jenkins at NYC SoHo art space Location One. Produced by Roulette.

Jenkins worked in a multitude of contexts and was considered a master improviser. His solo concert music has astonished critics, who called him "inspiring, illuminating...dazzles with his unique style". His recording on Tomato, Space Minds, New Worlds, Survival in America has received rave reviews. He performed in solo, trio and quintet contexts, and is also in duo settings with woodwindist Oliver Lake.

It was Jenkins's collective Revolutionary Enemble (co-founded with bassist Sirone and drummer Jerome Cooper) that gained his prominence as the most significant violinist of the modern era.

Jenkins passed away in February, 2007.

to see more videos of Jenkins and other musicians from the New York downtown scene, visit http://location1.org.

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• leroy jenkins
• violin
• roulette
• location one
• avant-garde
• jazz
• violinist
• improvisiation
• downtown
• music

[MiniDudez]

Lol where is the paladin armor? LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEROOOOOOOY JEEEEENKIIINS!

[brianstainless]

This IS the REAL Leroy Jenkins you imbiciles! God bless the REAL Leroy Jenkins, a Jazz Legend who contributed way beyond anything you lames are trying to google.

[AshokaAnandaeSaha]

@brianstainless wouldn't it be funny if they were one and the same?

[22Burnette]

Interesting!

[JamesPlattes]

Liked it!!

[Yo0Yo0Man]

LEEEEERROOYYYYYYY JEEENNNNKINNNNSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lorenzolo95]

EPIC VIOLIN WEAPON!

[Admiralandrian]

@brianstainless I love how you capitalized "Jazz Legend".

[Admiralandrian]

Avant-garde jazz? Isn't that a redundancy?

[heyitsaustin93]

@Uber1337n00bz umad

[Uber1337n00bz]

@heyitsaustin93 uboring :33333