Miles Okazaki & Rajas: Contemporary Jazz Improv
MIT Bartos Theater
20 Ames St
MA
42.3609892676684
-71.08784942952394
Description
Ampersand is a collaborative monthly concert series hosted by WMBR & the List Visual Arts Center at MIT. Musicians perform in Bartos Theatre, accompanied by visual art that they have created or curated.
Doors: 7:30PMShow: 8PM (ends by 10PM)Tickets: $5 (http://universe.com/ampersand-23), $3 w/MIT ID (cash @ the door)More Info: http://wmbr.org/ampersand
Miles OkazakiMusic: https://soundcloud.com/milesokazakiVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cE3fgdFZ8Y
Miles Okazaki is an American guitarist and composer - a Washington native in NYC since '97. Trickster, his 4th album of original compositions will be released later this year. As a sideman, Okazaki has recently worked with Steve Coleman, Jonathan Finlayson, Amir El Saffar, and many others. He will be acompanied by Swiss born saxophonist, composer, and educator María Grand. Recently she became the protégée of legendary musicians such as Steve Coleman, Billy Harper, Antoine Roney, and Von Freeman. Okazaki and Grand will present music arranged for duet, focusing on layered rhythms, melodic counterpoint, and improvisation within forms written for recent projects. Many of these compositions are modular in nature and will be used to build larger forms with elements that are introduced by the other musicians.
RAJASMusic: https://soundcloud.com/rajnaswaminathan/sets/rajasVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yin6_RB8vXU
RAJAS brings together contemporary musicians from the Indian classical and jazz/creative music scenes in NYC and is led by Rajna Swaminathan. The Vedantic term rajas refers to the inner human energy that compels us to act, to pursue our passions, to create, and to preserve ourselves. Through collectively improvised textures and rhythmically centered explorations, the musicians of RAJAS contemplate new possibilities for musical ideas and sensibilities at the nexus of multiple creative traditions.
Don't forget to stop by before the show starts to check out the List Gallery upstairs. Free admission!
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Start:
2017-03-09T19:30:00-05:00
End:
2017-03-09T22:00:00-05:00
Category
Music
Tickets
GA
5.0
USD
85