The Meeting of Edgard Varèse and Charlie Paker

Lévy Gorvy hosted a special concert led by Peter Evans, in celebration of the exhibition Willem de Kooning | Zao Wou-Ki, which was on view at the gallery’s New York location from January 19 – March 11, 2017.

Evans and his ensemble explored the historic and unlikely meeting of Edgard Varese and Charlie Parker, performing the music that inspired the lives and work of Willem de Kooning and Zao Wou-ki. de Kooning and the New York School painters loved jazz and were known to hang out at the famous Five Spot jazz club. In 1964 Zao Wou-Ki painted a massive work entitled, “Homage a Edgard Varese,” dedicated to his friend.

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