By Mabel Pais

‘Jazz at Lincoln Center’ closes out its 2023-24 concert season – a year-long celebration of community – with the final inspirational performance: ‘RHYTHMS OF INDIA: the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) with Wynton Marsalis’, reflecting the organization’s commitment to bridging divides and strengthening a global jazz community.

The concert takes place in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater located at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, at 60th Street and Broadway in New York City.

‘Rhythms of India’ featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) with Wynton Marsalis unites a range of cultural influences, multigenerational perspectives, and international traditions, serving the organization’s local patrons and virtual audiences.

PROGRAM

WHAT:  RHYTHMS OF INDIA: THE JLCO WITH WYNTON MARSALIS

WHEN:  FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2024 @ 8:00 PM

SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2024 @ 1 PM & 8 PM

WHERE: ROSE THEATER, FREDERICK P. ROSE HALL

BROADWAY @ 60TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY

THE CONCERT

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis continues its proud commitment to international community building and cross-cultural exchange, joining master Indian musicians to blend two vibrant and storied musical traditions. An exhilarating evening of cross-cultural exchange: Jazz meets Indian music. Featuring the JLCO with Wynton Marsalis.

A free pre-concert lecture takes place before each 7pm performance.

NOTE: There will be no pre-concert lecture for the Saturday 1 pm matinee performance.

In collaboration with master Indian artists – vocalists Malini Awasthi and Roopa Mahadevan, flautist Jay Gandhi, tabla artist Anubrata Chatterjee, ghatam artist Ghatam Umashankar and music consultant Kavi Mani Kapoor, the JLCO fuses the melodies and rhythms of raga-based music and different folk styles with traditional jazz.

Drawing inspiration from iconic Indian compositions like ‘Kesariya Balam,’ echoing the voices of Rajput princesses welcoming home their beloveds, and classic raga ‘Miyan Malhar,’ evoking thundering clouds and pouring rain, this Rose Theater performance invites listeners on a journey through colorful soundscapes and moving stories. From the lively Punjabi folk song ‘Kothe Te Aa Mahiya’ to the soul-stirring Thumri ‘Ka Karu Sajni,’ each piece reflects a unique aspect of Indian culture and history. For more information, visit jazz.org/india.

AFTER-SHOW

Keep the party going after the show by taking your ticket stub to Dizzy’s Club for a complimentary cover to that evening’s Late Night Session at 11:00pm.

Jazz at Lincoln Center

Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2023-24 season focuses on the concept of community; the broader community of jazz; the numerous communities that nurtured its master practitioners across its timeline; the communities of consciousness that influenced these practitioners; the music’s power to bridge divides and coalesce these distinct communities; and the role of jazz – and the arts writ large – in maintaining the human connection in the digital era.

Throughout its 2023-24 season, ‘Jazz at Lincoln Center’ explored these subjects with concerts featuring the forward-thinking composers, virtuosic improvisers, and ingenious conceptualists that populate the ‘Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’ with Wynton Marsalis. Implicitly or explicitly, season concerts, education programs, advocacy initiatives, and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra tours directly evoke themes that illuminate, as Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis puts it, the notion that, “Our music has the exceptional ability to bring people together.” For more information on the next season, visit jazz.org/24-25.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Health and Safety Guidelines

Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall is committed to employing all measures to ensure the safety of patrons and its artists and staff. Learn more about the venue’s health and safety guidelines at jazz.org.

TICKETS

Learn about different options to purchase tickets and fees by visiting the Box Office (ground floor) or at jazz.org.

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INDIGENOUS FILMMAKERS’ WORK MAKES ITS ROUNDS IN THE USA

By Mabel Pais

The 2024 SUNDANCE INSTITUTE INDIGENOUS FILM TOUR, a 83-minute short film program featuring selections from past editions of the Sundance Film Festival and alumni of Sundance Institute’s Indigenous Program makes its tour this summer and fall.

The Indigenous Film Tour curates vibrant works by Native filmmakers, providing audiences with a glimpse into the present and future of Indigenous cinema. This year’s program will include eight short films from Indigenous filmmakers: four from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival program, three from the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and one short film from the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.

The tour begins June 8 and runs throughout the month at venues in California, Michigan, New Mexico, and Oklahoma before expanding to museums, festivals, and theaters throughout the summer and fall.

The Sundance Film Festival and Sundance Institute Indigenous Program have a long history of supporting and launching talented Indigenous directors including Erica Tremblay, Blackhorse Lowe, Sterlin Harjo, Sky Hopinka, Taika Waititi,  Caroline Monnet, Fox Maxy and Shaandiin Tome.

Adam Piron, Director of the Sundance Institute Indigenous Program, said, “These eight shorts include narrative and documentary projects, some from Native storytellers outside the U.S., and they’ve all resonated with Sundance Film Festival audiences in the past – it’s our pleasure to take such a diverse cross-section of Indigenous cinema on tour.”

SCHEDULE, TICKETS

For more information and to purchase tickets to the Sundance Institute Indigenous Short Film Tour, visit sundance/programs/indigenous-program

The Sundance Institute

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(Mabel Pais writes on The Arts and Entertainment, Social Issues, Cuisine, Spirituality, Health & Wellness, Business, and Education)