An African Nubian Suite

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Randy Weston An African Nubian Suite

Institute of African American Affairs at NYU

Presents the Premiere of

An African Nubian Suite

Randy Weston with his African Rhythms Orchestra

An African Nubian Suite composed and performed by Randy Weston with his African Rhythms Orchestra

featuring

Jayne Cortez

Robin D. G. Kelley

Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012, 7:00 pm

NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts

566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square, NY, NY

Ticket prices: $15 (regular); $10 (NYU students, faculty, staff);

For more information please visit

www.nyuskirball.org/calendar/weston

To purchase tickets please visit the Skirball website or call

212-352-3101 / 866-811-4111

With:

Special Guest: Wayne B. Chandler

Musicians:

T. K. Blue (Sax & Flute)

Alex Blake (Bass)

Billy Harper (Tenor Sax)

Candido (Percussion)

Cecil Bridgewater (Trumpet)

Howard Johnson (Tuba)

Lewis Nash (Drums)

Martin Obeng (Balafon)

Neil Clarke (African Percussion)

Robert Trowers (Trombone)

Ayodele Maakheru (Banjo)

Salieu Suso (Kora)

Min Xiao Feng (Pipa)

Tanpani Demda Cissoko (Singer)

Lhoussine Bouhamidy (Ganawa)

Randy Weston is an internationally renowned pianist, composer, bandleader and cultural ambassador, whose compositions encompass the vast rhythmic heritage of Africa. He is an NEA Jazz Masters and 2011 Guggenheim Fellow. An African Nubian Suite was developed with support of the Guggenheim Foundation. An African Nubian Suite salutes the Nubians who were the first human race on earth and the oldest of the great civilizations in Africa. The suite was conceived through Weston’s relationship with the traditional peoples of Aswan where he married his wife. Listeners can expect to hear the spirituality of Africa with music and poetry.

Books will be available for purchase and signing by authors: African Rhythms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston Composed by Randy Weston, Arranged by Willard Jenkins and Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times by Robin D. G. Kelley...