OKAN Will Perform Virtual Concert From Flushing Town Hall Next Month
Co-leaders Elizabeth Rodriguez and Magdelys Savigne will be available for a live Q&A after the performance.by BWW News Desk
On May 14, Flushing Town Hall presents the award-winning, contemporary duo OKAN in a virtual performance for audiences across the globe. Co-leaders Elizabeth Rodriguez and Magdelys Savigne will be available for a live Q&A after the performance.
Taking their name from the word for heart in the Afro-Cuban religion of Santeria, OKAN is a women-led ensemble that fuses Afro-Cuban roots with jazz, folk, and global rhythms in songs about immigration, courage and love.
Jane Bunnett embodies the spirit of cultural diversity
By John Devenish
The Artistry of… Jane Bunnett
There is a welcome and infectious Canadian spirit of curiosity. It is rich in inclusion and discovery of everything about cultures of the world. This curiosity is enshrined in the national psyche. It stems proudly from a spirited national reality of diversity in its own national community, and Jane Bunnett embodies this most sweetly Canadian of Canadian spirits.
She is a five-time Juno Award winner, recognized especially for her spirited work in the music of Cuba. She has been nominated for Grammy Awards and is abundantly recognized for her artistry as a recipient of the Order of Canada, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, and the Premier’s Award for Excellence. Her bands and recordings are truly artistic showcases of the musical arts of North America.
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Short List with Host Bob Naujoks
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Short List: “The Hits”
The Short List continues its feature of great jazz in the popular mind. This week, host Bob Naujoks again spotlights albums that crossed over into mainstream popularity. Listen for Jean Pierre-Rampal & Claude Bolling’s
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Cannonball Adderley – 1955 thru 1957
Craig begins a 6-part series of shows that will chronologically cover the relatively brief career of superstar saxophonist Cannonball Adderley. In this first installment, we’ll hear classic material from Adderley’s early days on the national scene … beginning with a June, 1955 Kenny Clarke recording date for Savoy Records, and ending wi
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THERE is no doubt that we live in challenging times. But challenges can also lead to opportunities and lessons about how we might live our lives differently. Referencing the life-changing moment in which we are living, author and activist Arundhati Roy writes: “Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next.”
Music, too, has long been an important catalyst for imagining, and indeed often enacting, new ways of living together in the world. Social theorist Jacques Attali famously wrote in his book