The Makanda Project Featuring Jay Hoggard at Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building

Saturday, November 2, 7:00 to 9:30 pm
Presented by VISIONS, Inc. Contact: 617-750-3842 Email: jsnjk@verizon

Renowned vibraphonist Jay Hoggard joins the 13-piece Makanda Project for their next free concert at the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building in Dudley Square, Roxbury. There will also be live painting sponsored by MassArt’s sparc! the ArtMobile.

Kurtis Rivers, Arni Cheatham, Paavo Carey, Sean Berry, Charlie Kohlhase (saxophones); Franz Hackl, Ryan Kapoor (trumpets); Ku-umba Frank Lacy, Tyler Bonilla, Bill Lowe (trombones); John Kordalewski (piano); Wes Brown (bass); Yoron Israel (drums)....

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Saturday, November 2, 7:00 to 9:30 pm
Presented by VISIONS, Inc. Contact: 617-750-3842 Email: jsnjk@verizon

Renowned vibraphonist Jay Hoggard joins the 13-piece Makanda Project for their next free concert at the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building in Dudley Square, Roxbury. There will also be live painting sponsored by MassArt’s sparc! the ArtMobile.

Kurtis Rivers, Arni Cheatham, Paavo Carey, Sean Berry, Charlie Kohlhase (saxophones); Franz Hackl, Ryan Kapoor (trumpets); Ku-umba Frank Lacy, Tyler Bonilla, Bill Lowe (trombones); John Kordalewski (piano); Wes Brown (bass); Yoron Israel (drums).

The Makanda Project, directed by pianist,composer,arranger John Kordalewski , is an ensemble dedicated to performing the previously unrecorded compositions of Makanda Ken McIntyre. Makanda was a brilliant composer, with compositions marked by a distinctive rhythmic and lyrical quality, along with how effectively he could do the unexpected.

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