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The Sachal Jazz Ensemble at Williams Center for the Arts
Courtesy of Jennifer Philburn | Posted on July 17, 2017
Where
Williams Center for the Arts
317 Hamilton Street
Easton, PA
Map
(610) 330-5009
When
Thu, November 2, 2017
8:00 pm
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In defiance of years-long Taliban influence on local culture, Pakistan’s classical masters preserved their music and improvisational techniques underground, emerging in 2011 with an ambitious recording covering Western jazz standards on traditional instruments. The Sachal Jazz Ensemble’s angle on Paul Desmond’s “Take Five” went viral, earning them world-wide recognition and an invitation from Wynton Marsalis to perform at Lincoln Center. In this cross-cultural, genre-bending concert, works by Mancini, Brubeck, and Grusin converse with practices from a cradle of civilization on sitar, flute, sarangi, and tablas—truly the quintessence of “world music.”