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Nelson Mandela Tribute on MLK Day 2014 at Woodlands Tavern
Courtesy of Michael Vander Does | Posted on January 1, 2014
Where
Woodlands Tavern
1200 W 3rd Ave
Columbus, OH
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When
Mon, January 20, 2014
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Michael Vander Does
tromboneStan Smith
guitarRoger Hines
bassDebra James Tucker
vocalsEddie Bayard
saxophoneAbout
Over 20 of Columbus’s top jazz musicians will gather to say goodbye and thank you to Nelson Mandela at Woodlands Tavern, 1200 W 3rd Ave, at 8:00 pm on MLK Day, January 20. They will perform songs from the South African and American experiences in the struggle for freedom and human dignity.
At least one song, Nkosi Sikelel’I Afrika, the South African National Anthem, will be performed by all the musicians. Other songs on the program include Hugh Masekela’s Mbombela and Bring Him Back Home, Coltrane’s Song of the Underground Railroad, the African-American National Anthem Lift Every Voice and Sing, and Sweet Honey in the Rock’s Biko....