George Cartwright (saxophone, guitar, and who knows what else) and Steve  Hirsh (percussion)  

George Cartwright is a Minnesota-based composer, performer, band leader,  producer and musical collaborator, with a prolific career spanning over  30 years. His career began in his home state of Mississippi, shaped by a  childhood woven through with early memories of singing in church and  learning songs at his grandfather’s knee. He grew up on rock-n-roll and  fell in love with jazz after hearing Charles Lloyd’s iconic “Forest  Flower,” and like the British bands that he listened to in high school,  he was also heavily influenced by the blues being played literally in  his own backyard of the Mississippi Delta.  

Steve Hirsh is a drumset player who performs with some of the area’s  finest improvisers. His recent ensembles have included Le Voyage (with  Donald Washington, Matt Trice and Dick Studer), Fero (with Douglas  Ewart, Donald Washington and Babatunde Lea), GH2 (with Brad Holden and  Josh Granowski), and Original Mind (with Brad Holden and Dick Studer).  Born and raised in New York City, over the last 30 years he has lived  and performed in Bemidji, St, Paul, and the woods of greater Pine  County. He is just tickled to be back playing at the East Side Freedom  Library, a social, political and artistic harbinger of the world we  strive to create.

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