JAZZmeetsPOETRY: Celebrating The Black Poets at The Nash

7:30-10:00 pm; Advance tickets: $15, $8 Students (25 & under w/ ID). At the door: $20, $10 Students (25 & under w/ ID). The kick off to Season 2 of the series! Part theatre, part concert, poets and jazz musicians take center stage to make art that is expressive, interactive and captivating. The show is a tribute to The Black Poets anthology edited by the legendary Dudley Randall (1914-2000), director of Broadside Press and a visiting professor of African-American poetry at the University of Michigan. Originally published in 1971, The Black Poets anthology was re-released April 1985. SPECIAL MUSICAL GUEST: Jazz pianist legend and Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame inductee Charles Lewis, performing an excerpt of his Langston Hughes tribute...

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7:30-10:00 pm; Advance tickets: $15, $8 Students (25 & under w/ ID). At the door: $20, $10 Students (25 & under w/ ID). The kick off to Season 2 of the series! Part theatre, part concert, poets and jazz musicians take center stage to make art that is expressive, interactive and captivating. The show is a tribute to The Black Poets anthology edited by the legendary Dudley Randall (1914-2000), director of Broadside Press and a visiting professor of African-American poetry at the University of Michigan. Originally published in 1971, The Black Poets anthology was re-released April 1985. SPECIAL MUSICAL GUEST: Jazz pianist legend and Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame inductee Charles Lewis, performing an excerpt of his Langston Hughes tribute. POETRY BY: The Power of 10, a mix of Valley spoken word artists.

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