Ernest Dawkins Black Star Line: The Chicago Outet Project is comprised of Ernest Dawkins, Hamid Drake, Junius Paul, and James Baker. The pieces conceived/composed by these four musicians reflect all phases of their erudite abilities, their singular as well as collective approaches to the music, both compositionally and improvisational, while specifically highlighting everyone’s virtuosity. The music crosses barriers displaying every conceivable aspect of the Great Black Music language with a spiritual zeal. Jonathan Woods will provide improvised visuals for this performance.