The Apollo and Afropunk present Race Music Featuring Kamasi Washington at Apollo Theater

As the Apollo continues its season long, SAY IT LOUD theme, the Theater partners with the international cultural movement, AFROPUNK, to continue the Unapologetically Black series with Race Music a powerful weekend of film and music that examines the musicians role as a change agent and catalyst for progress. The program will be anchored by a special concert performance by the incomparable artist, Kamasi Washington. Considered this generations torchbearer for progressive, improvisational music, Washington and his 10-piece band, The Next Step, take audiences on adventurous odysseys that cross musical genres from jazz, to hip-hop, classical and R&B music...

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As the Apollo continues its season long, SAY IT LOUD theme, the Theater partners with the international cultural movement, AFROPUNK, to continue the Unapologetically Black series with Race Music a powerful weekend of film and music that examines the musicians role as a change agent and catalyst for progress. The program will be anchored by a special concert performance by the incomparable artist, Kamasi Washington. Considered this generations torchbearer for progressive, improvisational music, Washington and his 10-piece band, The Next Step, take audiences on adventurous odysseys that cross musical genres from jazz, to hip-hop, classical and R&B music. Additionally, the weekends film series will be curated by ImageNation Cinema Foundation, an innovative Harlem-based non-profit created to develop cinemas and audiences for independent films and music, that depict the global Black experience.

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