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Ambrose Akinmusire at Harlem Stage at The Gatehouse
Courtesy of Deirdre May | Posted on January 19, 2024
When
Sat, March 30, 2024
7:30 pm
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Musicians
Ambrose Akinmusire
trumpetCosmo Lieberman
saxophone, altoEmmanuel Michael
guitar, electricEstaban Castro
pianoJeremiah Edwards
bassTimothy Angulo
drumsAbout
Composer, trumpeter, and bandleader Ambrose Akinmusire returns to Harlem Stage during its 40th Anniversary Season to present banyan seed. He builds on his interest in the intersection of the griot, mentor, and oral historian in social history to develop a multi-part suite. Like the banyan tree, which starts as a plant growing on another plant to become a tree of far-flung roots and interwoven vines, the project incorporates interviews with jazz elders to share ideas, knowledge, history, and community with younger musicians, and to connect audiences to the living stories of jazz — its social innovation and endless creativity...