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AfroHORN at Lovin' Cup Brews & Bistro
Courtesy of Ticketmaster | Posted on February 10, 2022
Where
Lovin' Cup Brews & Bistro
300 Park Point Drive
Rochester, NY
Map
585 292 9940
When
Thu, March 24, 2022
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Francisco Mora Catlett AfroHORN
band / ensemble / orchestraAbout
*To secure your seating for this show, please call the venue at (585) 292-9940 to make a reservation (only after everyone in your party has purchased a SEATED ticket). A seated ticket guarantees you admission and some form of seating, but if you dont make a reservation, your whole party may not be sat together and/or some members may have to sit at the bar or other areas.The metaphor at the center of Henry Dumas short story Will the Circle Be Unbroken is the Afro Horn, an instrument so mythically potent that it simultaneously unites and empowers the African diaspora through the sounds of jazz.Francisco Mora-Catlett and his New York-based jazz ensemble, AfroHORN, draws from the metaphor of the Afro Horn an imperative to explore, intone, and celebrate African cultures and their expressive, artistic, and political possibilities.The music is African; not African-inspired, not African-derived, not African-influenced, Mora-Catlett pronounces emphatically, it is African.For an AfroHorn jazz performance Mora-Catlett brings together: Aruan Ortiz on piano, Alex Harding on baritone saxophone, and soprano saxophonist Sam Newsome...