Raices Latin Music Collection Exhibition on View at Jazz at Lincoln Center April 8 - April 30, 2006
Raices Exhibition on View at Jazz at Lincoln Center April 8 - April 30, 2006 Tuesday - Sunday 10:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. and 6:00 p. m. to 10:00 p. m. The Raices Latin Music Collection is pleased to have a special exhibition on view at Jazz at Lincoln Center during April, National Jazz Appreciation Month beginning Saturday, April 8th through April 30th. The exhibit may be viewed Tuesday - Sunday 10:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. and 6:00 p. m. to 10:00 p. m. The Raices installation will coincide with a unique presentation by Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra with Arturo O'Farrill with New York’s own Ballet Hispanico in the world premiere of a new ballet, “Palladium Nights,” on April 21st and 22nd at 8 p. m. in Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall.
New York, NY (PRWEB) April 12, 2006
The Raices Latin Music Collection is pleased to have a special exhibition on view at Jazz at Lincoln Center during April, National Jazz Appreciation Month beginning Saturday, April 8th through April 30th. The exhibit may be viewed Tuesday - Sunday 10:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. and 6:00 p. m. to 10:00 p. m. The Raices installation will coincide with a unique presentation by Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra with Arturo O'Farrill with New York’s own Ballet Hispanico in the world premiere of a new ballet, “Palladium Nights,” on April 21st and 22nd at 8 p. m. in Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall.
Choreographed by Willie Rosario under the artistic direction of Ballet Hispanico’s Tina Ramirez, with musical direction by Arturo O’Farrill, the evening-long work will tell the story of a typical night at New York City's Palladium. With the dancers of Ballet Hispanico giving form to the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra’s interpretations of the music of the legendary, Tito Puente and Chico O’Farrill and the inclusion of the Raices exhibition, Jazz at Lincoln Center will be filled with “sabor Latino.” Frederick P. Rose Hall is located at Broadway and 66th Street.
The Raíces Latin Music Collection is dedicated to the musical, cultural, and historical preservation of Latin music, particularly the forms rooted in Afro-Caribbean traditions, which encompass Salsa and Latin Jazz. Founded as a grassroots initiative in l979 by musician/educators Louis Bauzo, and Ramon Rodriguez, at Boys & Girls Harbor, Raices has since grown into an unprecedented multimedia collection of more than 19,000 items, making it the largest and most diverse collection in the country devoted to the evolution and impact of Latin music. Presently located in East Harlem, the Collection is a Designated Official Project of Save America’s Treasures and an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution.
As an early-stage museum, Raíces is engaged in four distinct areas of programming: preservation and expansion of its Collection, public education and outreach such as concerts, exhibitions, symposiums and festivals, and capacity building for access by national audiences. An important function of the Collection is as library for the Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts, which uses the scores, arrangements, and recordings held by Raices to instruct and mentor the next generation of Latin musicians. Raices enthusiastically invites donations to support its preservation activities, and also of materials for preservation. Items of interest include: photographs, rare recordings, books and periodicals, sheet music, concert posters, instruments, and memorabilia. For information regarding material donations please call Ramon Rodriguez, Raices Director at 212/427-2244 ext. 572.
The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO) is led by pianist and musical director Arturo O'Farrill. The ALJO is the second resident orchestra of Jazz at Lincoln Center, joining the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. Comprised of 18 prominent soloists from the Latin jazz scene, this large ensemble plays classics of the Afro-Latin jazz tradition, commissions new works and leads educational events. With the founding of this new ensemble in 2002, Jazz at Lincoln Center helps to continue the long tradition of artistic collaboration between jazz and Latin musicians. The ALJO performs the very best of the compositions in the canon of the Afro-Latin genre and provides an instrument for a new generation of composers, arrangers and instrumentalists to further progress this craft. In 2006, the band’s debut album, Una Noche Inolvidable, on Palmetto Records, was nominated for a GRAMMY® in the Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album category.
Ballet Hispanico has been recognized around the world as the foremost dance interpreter of Hispanic culture in the United States. Founded in 1970 by Artistic Director Tina Ramirez, Ballet Hispanico's innovative repertory fuses ballet, modern and Latin dance forms into a spirited image of contemporary Hispanic-American culture. Acclaimed by audiences and critics alike, the company has performed for over two million people. Over 75 new works have been commissioned by Ms. Ramirez for Ballet Hispanico's repertory from choreographers of international stature such as Alberto Alonso, Talley Beatty, Graciela Daniele, George Faison, Vicente Nebrada, Ann Reinking and William Whitener, and such dynamic young artists as Alexandre Magno, Susan Marshall, Ramón Oller, Pedro Ruiz and Sergio Trujillo. Ballet Hispanico also includes a year-round school of dance unique in its emphasis on ballet, modern and Spanish dance as its core curriculum, and extensive educational programming, both in New York and around the country, entitled "Primeros Pasos." Ballet Hispanico is housed in its own $2 million facility in Manhattan renovated especially for dance.
Jazz at Lincoln Center is a not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to jazz. With the world-renowned Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra and a comprehensive array of guest artists, Jazz at Lincoln Center advances a unique vision for the continued development of the art of jazz by producing a year-round schedule of performance, education, and broadcast events for audiences of all ages. These productions include concerts, national and international tours, residencies, weekly national radio and television programs, recordings, publications, an annual high school jazz band competition and festival, a band director academy, a jazz appreciation curriculum for children, advanced training through the Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies, music publishing, children’s concerts, lectures, adult education courses and student and educator workshops. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis, Chairman of the Board Lisa Schiff, Executive Director Katherine E. Brown, Advisor to the Board Derek E. Gordon, and Jazz at Lincoln Center board and staff, Jazz at Lincoln Center will produce hundreds of events during its 2005-06 season. In October 2004, Jazz at Lincoln Center opened Frederick P. Rose Hall -- the first-ever performance, education, and broadcast facility devoted to jazz. For more information, visit www. jalc. org.
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