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Pianist/Composer Bakriges Speaks About Opportunities Back In Detroit
CHRISTOPHER BAKRIGES WANTS NEW AUDIENCES TO HEAR HIS MUSIC
Christopher Bakriges lived in Detroit for the first twenty years of his life. His experiences in the Motor City fed his desire to artistically communicate with diverse constituencies. “I operated on multiple levels culturally. We lived for a time a stone’s throw from the original Motown Studios. I crossed many borders, culturally, racially, and socially, to live and perform. It showed me that not only Detroit matters everywhere but that I carry my Detroit-ness within me wherever I go.”Nearly all the big musical legends played Detroit. The best in the universe, whether in a major auditorium or a chittlin’ circuit bar passed through like they were gunslingers. “It was truly a conservatory of the streets,” Bakriges remembers. His first performing and recording opportunities were in that city. Artists like Sun Ra and David Murray alum Jaribu Shahid, Tanni Tabbal, and Motown saxophonist Kasuku Mafie [Norris Patterson] were nothing but encouraging.




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