Dr. Belsidus is one of the newest performance personas of composer and multi instrumentalist David Boykin. Utilizing turntables, drum machines, samplers, and synthesizers, Boykin creates and perform golden era hip-hop production sample based music through the lenses of a 21st century Chicago based free jazz musician and the 20th century militant Pan African Revolutionary character Dr Belsidus from George Schuyler's classic Black sci-fi novel, Black Empire.  He will be joined by Maya Jensen on bass, Chris Courtney on percussion and Adam Zanolini on bass/flute/keys? - The Opening set will feature an improvised duet between David Boykin on saxophones and drum set and painter Alexandra Antoine using magic water color paper and water so that the images she creates evaporate and disappear as do the musical sounds that David Boykin makes.

8:30pm David Boykin & Painter Alexandra Antoine

9:30 pm Dr. Belsidus & Friends

$15 / $10 w/ Student ID -
Tickets Available at the Door

Visual Artist Alexandra Antoine

Percussionist Chris Courtney

Dr. Belsidus (nee David Boykin)

Bassist Maya Jensen

Multi-Instrumentalist Dr. Adam Zanolini