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Deep Tones For Peace presents “Change has Come.' The event will be presented on January 21st, the day after the Presidential Inauguration.

On Monday, December 28 at 7 p.m. EST, Baltimore-based pianist, composer and bandleader Lafayette Gilchrist will perform a livestream solo piano concert presented by An Die Musik in Baltimore. 

Bang on a Can will stream performances from all four 2020 Bang on a Can Online Marathons - “A Marathon of Marathons” for on-demand viewing from December 24, 2020 - January 1, 2021 at marathon2020.bangonacan.org.

With the election so close, the division so fractious and potentially explosive, we feel a special event is needed for the public on Election Day.

Nonprofit the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance teams up with today's foremost jazz, classical, and global artists alongside preeminent speakers for a 'get out the vote' initiative, Notes 4 Votes, to be broadcasted on ALJA's Facebook page on Sunday, October 25, 2020 at 8:30pm EST.

a??a??a??a??a??a??a??When the pandemic hit, Jimmy and Dena Katz, creators of Giant Step Arts, the groundbreaking, artist-focused non-profit dedicated to supporting visionary jazz musicians as they create adventurous new music, realized that it would be a while before they could continue their work commissioning, showcasing and recording music by some of modern jazz's most innovative artists.

Groundbreaking artist-focused non-profit Giant Step Arts creates Walk With The Wind a?" a free series of performances in Central Park honoring the legacy of U.S. Representative and civil rights leader John Lewis.

Acclaimed pianist and composer Lafayette Gilchrist and percussionist Kevin Pinder will present Percussion Discussion 2 on Monday, August 31 at 7 p.m. EDT. The livestream event is the second installment in a new series hosted by An Die Musik Live.

Pianist/composer Lafayette Gilchrist and saxophonist David Murray perform livestream duo concerts, Friday & Saturday, August 28a?'29 at the Village Vanguard.

HBO Max and WarnerMax’s original feature film, Unpregnant, adapted from the young adult HarperCollins novel by authors Jenni Hendriks (How I Met Your Mother) and Ted Caplan (music editor for The Hate U Give, The Greatest Showman), is set to premiere on the platform Thursday, September 10.

Pianist/composer Lafayette Gilchrist and percussionist Kevin Pinder will launch A Percussion Discussion, a new online series, beginning Monday, June 29. The livestream will take place at 7 p.m. EDT from An Die Musik in Baltimore.

Acclaimed pianist and composer Lafayette Gilchrist previews his upcoming double-disc NOW in a special Baltimore pre-release live streaming concert on Friday, June 12 at 7 p.m. as part of the Baltimore-based An Die Musik Quarantine Concert Series.

A Soldier's Play opened last night on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre (227 West 42nd Street). Check out photos from the opening night red carpet!

Littleglobe is delighted to present Musiciancomposer Thollem McDonas and video artist ACVilla, returning to Santa Fe with their newest work-in-progress, The Now Of US. Known as Silver Ochre, the duo is launching their second multimedia experience of the U.S. after their 2016 48-state odyssey, Who Are US. This time, the focus is on the immediacy of present-day America through murals and collaborative music. Thollem and ACVilla will be premiering the project this evening with a profile of Albuquerque muralist Nani Chacon and new footage of murals throughout NM. Visit Silver Ochre's site to learn more about the duo and the project: www.silverochre.com

"There's probably no frame wide enough to encompass the creative output of the pianist Vijay Iyer," The New York Times observed. His Ph.D. in cognitive science from UC Berkeley is just the start. He's been recognized as a bona fide "genius" by DownBeat magazine and was named by GQ India as one of the 50 most influential Indians. The jazz pianist is also a prolific recording artist and his quintet will play the final Jazz Club performances of The Soraya's 2018/19 season on May 10 and 11.

Just a few meditative blows, colorful touches, poetic spirit, telepathic communication and a playful sense of adventure. Fascinating music, rich with imagination, colors and trust. - All about Jazz

Coastal Jazz & Blues Society announced today the Innovation Series - Ironworks, Ironworks Late Night, and Roundhouse Performance Centre at the 2019 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival, which runs this summer from Friday, June 21 to Monday, July 1.

Just a few meditative blows, colorful touches, poetic spirit, telepathic communication and a playful sense of adventure. Fascinating music, rich with imagination, colors and trust. - All about Jazz

New York-based free jazz organization Arts for Art collaborates with The Kitchen to present free jazz ensembles in a multidisciplinary program of improvisation over the course of three evenings, March 7-9, 2019, at The Kitchen. From jazz, dance, and poetry to political discourse, these concerts consist of musical and discursive interjections among participants, which segue into conversations that are inclusive of audiences. The events aim to foster and celebrate new interrelationships among participants and audiences as they revolve around our conceptions of social justice. Titled IDENTITY: FREEDOM, the project declares liberation in both self-possession and movement.

The Kitchen presents the world premiere of Mass of Dissolution, a new work from composer Lea Bertucci that takes an intensely industrial approach to contemporary percussion music (January 24). Conceived as an incantation against the blind violence of military-industrial power dominating global dynamics, and composed for percussion trio Tigue (Matt Evans, Amy Garapic, and Carson Moody), the work combines extended techniques for percussion with dislocated fragments of traditional American drum corps music. Bertucci will appear in performance to open the evening with a set by her newly formed duo with composer and vocalist Amirtha Kidambi. Called 'ingeniously contemporary' by the New York Times, this project features improvisations by Kidambi processed by Bertucci through idiosyncratic misuse of tape machines. Organized by Matthew Lyons.