Val Jeanty, Imani Uzuri, Roscoe Mitchell at Oberon

On the bill: Fusing electronics and African Vodou rhythms, Val Jeanty’s NiteBjuti; vocalist, composer and librettist Imani Uzuri’s solo cantata, Conjure Woman; and a set by NEA 2020 Jazz Master Roscoe Mitchell w/ his Quartet, all part of the Fromm Players at Harvard series Black Speculative Musicalities. “The title Black Speculative Musicalities is meant to celebrate African American artists who, through their powerful imaginations, have challenged and expanded our notions of what music is, what it can be, and what it can do. These events shine a bright light on the radical sonic imaginings of the African diaspora,” says Vijay Iyer, curator of this year’s Fromm Players at Harvard concerts...

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On the bill: Fusing electronics and African Vodou rhythms, Val Jeanty’s NiteBjuti; vocalist, composer and librettist Imani Uzuri’s solo cantata, Conjure Woman; and a set by NEA 2020 Jazz Master Roscoe Mitchell w/ his Quartet, all part of the Fromm Players at Harvard series Black Speculative Musicalities. “The title Black Speculative Musicalities is meant to celebrate African American artists who, through their powerful imaginations, have challenged and expanded our notions of what music is, what it can be, and what it can do. These events shine a bright light on the radical sonic imaginings of the African diaspora,” says Vijay Iyer, curator of this year’s Fromm Players at Harvard concerts.

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