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Event Program
THUR, FEBRUARY 24
Meshell Ndegeocello
with
Christopher Bruce
Abraham Rounds
Jebin Bruni
Cole Kamen-Green
Justin Hicks
Jade Hicks
Jake Sherman
Tonight’s program will run approximately 75 minutes with no intermission
Meshell Ndegeocello has been trying her best since 1968.
Max Roach is regarded as one of the most influential jazz drummers in history. A composer and pioneer of the bebop style, he was a collaborator of jazz giants such as Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Dinah Washington, and many others. Roach composed “We Insist!” in partnership with lyricist Oscar Brown and vocalist Abbey Lincoln to commemorate the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, and to explore themes of the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement.
Max Roach is regarded as one of the most influential jazz drummers in history. A composer and pioneer of the bebop style, he was a collaborator of jazz giants such as Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Dinah Washington, and many others. Roach composed “We Insist!” in partnership with lyricist Oscar Brown and vocalist Abbey Lincoln to commemorate the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, and to explore themes of the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement.
From the liner notes of Max Roach’s 1960 album We Insist:
“A revolution is unfurling—America’s unfinished revolution. It is unfurling in lunch counters, buses, libraries and schools—wherever the dignity and potential of men are denied. Youth and idealism are unfurling. Masses of Negroes are marching onto the stage of history and demanding their freedom now!” -A. Philip Randolph
This program is made possible by Susan Bay Nimoy, the NYC COVID-19 Response and Impact Fund in The New York Community Trust, the Howard Gilman Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, the Charina Endowment Fund, the Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, The Achelis and Bodman Foundation, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, the Michael Tuch Foundation, the Vidda Foundation, the Lemberg Foundation, and The Grodzins Fund.
This program is also made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Music programming also receives support from an endowment established by The Bydale Foundation, Mary Flager Cary Charitable Trust, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Christopher and Barbara Dixon, the Herman Goldman Foundation, William and Angela Haines, Walter and Marge Scheuer, and Zabar’s.
Symphony Space thanks our generous supporters, including our Board of Directors, Producers Circle, and members, who make our programs possible with their annual support.
It’s a truly extraordinary moment to be here for the 21/22 Symphony Space season! We are so grateful to the independent venue operators who banded together to initiate the Save Our Stages campaign, which became the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant. Through the leadership of Senator Chuck Schumer, and with bipartisan support from many Senators and Representatives, the creative community was bolstered by this special funding. All of us at Symphony Space extend our heartfelt thanks to each and every individual who recognized the unmistakable power and importance of the arts in this most critical moment.
Kathy Landau Executive Director
Peg Wreen Managing Director
Isaiah Sheffer*
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1988)
Artistic Director (1988-2010)
Founding Artistic Director (2010-2012)
Allan Miller
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1988)
Darren Critz Director of Performing Arts Programs
Sofia Frohna, Assistant Producer of Performing Arts Programs
*in memoriam