Question: When did the Blue Man Group start in the birthplace of the man who performed You Know the Number?

<P0-S0> Brown grew up in Chicago and attended Wilson College, where he met musicians such as Jack DeJohnette, Henry Threadgill, Roscoe Mitchell, and Joseph Jarman. <P0-S1> He played piano in R&B and soul outfits into the 1960s, then switched to saxophone in 1965. <P0-S2> He joined the AACM in 1971, and also played with The Awakening in the early 1970s. <P0-S3> In 1974 he lost several teeth in a car crash, and temporarily switched to piano again until he recovered. <P0-S4> He played sax later in the 1970s with McCoy Tyner, Don Patterson, and Sonny Stitt. <P0-S5> In the 1980s, he worked with Lester Bowie, Von Freeman, Bobby Watson, and Anthony Braxton, and in 1989 he became a member of Kahil El'Zabar's trio. <SEP> <P1-S0> the mandolin's popularity in the united states was spurred by the success of a group of touring young european musicians known as the estudiantina figaro, or in the united states, simply the "spanish students." <P1-S1> the group landed in the u.s. on january 2, 1880 in new york city, and played in boston and new york to wildly enthusiastic crowds. <P1-S2> ironically, this ensemble did not play mandolins but rather bandurrias, which are also small, double-strung instruments that resemble the mandolin. <P1-S3> the success of the figaro spanish students spawned other groups who imitated their musical style and costumes. <P1-S4> an italian musician, carlo curti, hastily started a musical ensemble after seeing the figaro spanish students perform; his group of italian born americans called themselves the "original spanish students," counting on the american public to not know the difference between the spanish bandurrias and italian mandolins. <P1-S5> the imitators' use of mandolins helped to generate enormous public interest in an instrument previously relatively unknown in the united states. <SEP> <P2-S0> instruments were marketed by teacher-dealers, much as the title character in the popular musical the music man. <P2-S1> often, these teacher-dealers conducted mandolin orchestras: groups of 4-50 musicians who played various mandolin family instruments. <P2-S2> however, alongside the teacher-dealers were serious musicians, working to create a spot for the instrument in classical music, ragtime and jazz. <P2-S3> like the teacher-dealers, they traveled the u.s., recording records, giving performances and teaching individuals and mandolin orchestras. <P2-S4> samuel siegel played mandolin in vaudeville and became one of america's preeminent mandolinists. <P2-S5> seth weeks was an african american who not only taught and performed in the united states, but also in europe, where he recorded records. <P2-S6> another pioneering african american musician and director who made his start with a mandolin orchestra was composer james reese europe. <P2-S7> w. eugene page toured the country with a group, and was well known for his mandolin and mandola performances. <P2-S8> other names include valentine abt, samuel adelstein, william place, jr., and aubrey stauffer. <SEP> <P3-S0> New York City at the Astor Place Theatre (1991 -- present) Boston at the Charles Playhouse (1995 -- present) Chicago at the Briar Street Theater (1997 -- present) Las Vegas at the Luxor Hotel and Casino (November 18, 2015 -- present) Orlando at the Blue Man Group Theatre at CityWalk at the Universal Orlando Resort (June 6, 2007 -- present) World Tour (March 29, 2016 -- present) - a celebration of life in full color with the launch of a World Tour beginning March 29, 2016 in Singapore. <SEP> <P4-S0> You Know the Number is an album by Henry Threadgill released on the RCA Novus label in 1986. <P4-S1> The album and features six of Threadgill's compositions performed by Threadgill's Sextett with Frank Lacy, Rasul Siddik, Fred Hopkins, Diedre Murray, Pheeroan akLaff and Reggie Nicholson.