Amiri Baraka, born in 1934, in Newark, New Jersey, USA, is the author of over 40 books of essays, poems, drama, and music history and criticism, a poet icon and revolutionary political activist who has recited poetry and lectured on cultural and political issues extensively in the USA, the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe.
“New York's Longest Running Jazz Concert Series"
TRIBECA Performing Arts Center
Borough of Manhattan Community College
199 Chambers Street
TRIBECA Box Office at (212) 220-1460
Thursday, April 12th, 2007 @ 8pm
Thelonious Monk 90th Birthday Celebration
Featuring
Kenny Barron
Ben Riley and his Monk Legacy Septet and award-winning actor Rome Neal as “Monk"
Monk Legacy Septet: Bruce Williams, alto sax; Wayne Escoffery, tenor sax; Jay Brandford, baritone sax; Freddie Bryant, guitar; Don Sickler, trumpet & arranger; Ben Riley, drums & leader; Kiyoshi Kitgawa, bass
Kenny Barron's unmatched ability to mesmerize audiences with his elegant playing, sensitive melodies and infectious rhythms is what inspired the Los Angeles Times to name him “one of the top jazz pianists in the world" and Jazz Weekly to call him “The most lyrical piano player of our time."
Ben Riley is one of the most richly experienced drummers in jazz today. The Georgia-born drummer came up in Harlem during the second wave of bebop in the fifties, playing with Randy Weston and others. He was at Minton's with saxophonist Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis and anchored the saxophonist's two-tenor quintet with Johnny Griffin, but his true claim to fame came during his years with iconoclast pianist Thelonious Monk. Later, Riley had important tenures with pianist Alice Coltrane, the New York Jazz Quartet, bassist Ron Carter and pianist Kenny Barron. He revived Monk's music with the cooperative group Sphere and now leads his own unique band, Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Septet. The all-Monk program features arrangements by trumpeter Don Sickler.
Rome Neal is the Artistic Director of the Nuyorican Poets Caf theatre program. Mr. Neal received an Obie Grant with Caf founder Miguel Algarin for excellence in theatre. Over the years he has received five Audelco Awards for his direction of Pepe Carril's “SHANGO de IMA" and Samuel Harp's “Don't Explain." Mr. Neal also received two AUDELCOS for his acting: one for Lead Actor in Gabrielle N. Lane's “SIGNS," and one for Solo Performance in his critically acclaimed “MONK," by Laurence Holder.
$30 General Admission / $27.50 Students
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