SATURDAY: Voices of Healing & Liberation Concert with Amina Claudine Myers, Samora Pinderhughes & more
Join us this Saturday at Bedford Central Presbyterian Church in Crown Heights for what promises to be a special night of music, poetry, and synergy between the two. This concert will interweave performances from musicians Amina Claudine Myers, Samora Pinderhughes & the Healing Project, Courtney Bryan and Brandon Lopez with poetry delivered by Fred Moten and Alexis Pauline Gumbs.
Get $5 off your ticket with code HEAL5.
TONIGHT: Courtney Bryan Artist Talk
Tonight at 6pm at Medgar Evers College, pianist and scholar Dr. Courtney Bryan will deliver her talk, "Composing Music for Healing and Liberation," sharing the process that led to her writing such pieces as “Sanctum,” “Yet Unheard,” and her own interpretations of classic spirituals.
TONIGHT: Drummer Anwar Marshall @ Café Erzulie
Join us tonight at Café Erzulie for another installment of the Soundoff Sessions, JGI’s biweekly series highlighting NYC’s finest musicians followed by an open jam session. DJ Late 4 Dinner opens the night spinning vinyl followed by drummer Anwar Marshall and the Soundoff Session to close the night.
Doors at 7PM, show at 9, session at 10.
The Jazz Generations Initiative cultivates creative futures in jazz performance and scholarship by celebrating the music's past and keeping its present rooted in community. Backed by a grant from the Mellon Foundation, and support from the Jazz Foundation of America, we’re most excited to be working with you: the audience, the artists and community that we’re bringing together around this music in New York, New Orleans and in the digital sphere.