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Francisco Mora Catlett's Afro-horn at Jazz Libre! at The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center
Courtesy of Arts for Art | Posted on October 22, 2021
Where
The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center
Jazz Libre!
107 Suffolk Street
New York, NY
Map
212.260.4080
When
Thu, November 11, 2021
7:00 pm
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Musicians
Francisco Mora Catlett
drumsSam Newsome
saxophone, sopranoRoman Diaz
percussionRashaan Carter
bass, acousticAlex Harding
saxophone, baritoneJames Weidman
pianoFrancisco Mora Catlett AfroHORN
band / ensemble / orchestraAbout
“A Function at the Junction: Ancestral Bridge, Musical Streams”.
“Una Función en el Cruce: Puente Ancestral, Corrientes Musicales”
Featuring Michele Rosewoman's New Yor-Uba, to be joined by Francisco Mora Catlett's Afro Horn and Roman Diaz's Rumba Ensemble, Arts for Art will co-present an evening of live performance on November 11, 2021 at the Clemente Soto Velez Center, Flamboyan Theater NYC, to be filmed for subsequent broadcast through the HotHouseGlobal platforms and via National Cuban TV.
Afro Horn is an avant-garde ensemble that highlights the African presence in the Americas through an assemblage of prime musicians and a repertoire of written and improvised jazz expressions and Cuban folkloric influences. Mr. Mora is especially known for his work with Motown, Sun Ra and Max Roach and as co-founder of the Oyu Oro Afro-Cuban Experimental Dance Company (2000) with his wife Danys Perez Prades, performing dance and music from the African Diaspora. ...