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The Blues and Its People at Apollo Theater
Courtesy of Ticketmaster | Posted on November 17, 2022
Where
Apollo Theater
253 West 125th Street
New York, NY
Map
212-531-5300
When
Sat, February 18, 2023
8:00 pm
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About
Join us for The Blues and Its People, an electrifying evening-length concert featuring critically acclaimed composer and trumpeter Russell Gunn and his Royal Krunk Jazz Orchestra that brings to life poet and author Amiri Baraka's groundbreaking work, Blues People: Negro Music in White America. Special guests include Jazzmeia Horn, Stefon Harris, Craig Harris, Weedie Braimah, jessica care Moore, Oliver Lake and Davell Crawford and more. This exciting one-night-only exploration of jazz, gospel, and blues, commissioned by the Apollo, traverses Baraka's text through song and readings curated by Fredara Hadley, Ph.D, ethnomusicologist at The Julliard School of Music...