Musica Nueva 5: Big Band Poetry Jam & Beyond

(Past) Fri, May 11 at 8 pm (Past) Sat, May 12 at 8 pm Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space $50/$40/$30; Members $40/$32/$24; Students, Seniors, Children $15 music

GRAMMY winners Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra's fifth annual new music concert features a spoken word jam curated by poet, musician, and visionary Angel R. Rodriguez, Sr., and includes a lineup of guest poets, who will be accompanied by the ALJO. DJ Logic will help the Orchestra and poets mix the classic sound of boogaloo, mambo, and salsa with hip-hop, acid jazz, and alternative improvisation in this celebration of the Latino community and the Nuyorican poetry movement! Just added: Lin-Manuel Miranda, actor and Tony Award-winning creator and composer-lyricist of Broadway's In the Heights!

Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

Guest Curator: Angel R. Rodriguez, Sr.

Featuring Special Guests:
Lin-Manuel Miranda
DJ Logic

Poets:
Angel R. Rodriguez, Sr.
Sandra María Esteves
Tato Laviera
Odilia Rivera Santos
Caridad "La Bruja" De La Luz
Circa '95 (PattyDukes & RephStar)
Christopher "Chilo" Cajigas

Arrangers:
Arturo O'Farrill
Todd Bashore
Adam Kromelow
Jason Linder
Adam O'Farrill
Jay Rodriguez
Bill Ware