"Jazz Legends
& Mentors":
Avery Sharpe Quintet-
Monday, September 22 at 10:30 am; Grades 5-12;
1 hour; $12.50; Presented in FlynnSpace—the Flynn's intimate 150-seat theater!
Jazz music is a uniquely American art form, with deep roots in African-American culture that reach across continents to Latin America and Africa. Bassist Avery Sharpe has played with many of the biggest names in jazz, and pays tribute to three of his mentors in this concert: McCoy Tyner, Archie Shepp and Yusef Lateef. From a rousing Latin anthem to a haunting tune based on the five-note Rwandan Pygmy scale, Sharpe and his amazing quintet trace the influence of these three giants on the history of jazz.
Links with African-American history, Africa, Latin America, and jazz music.
VT Stan.: 5.1, 5.2, 6.5, 6.19.
Note: Grade levels are recommended based on show content and curriculum connections. Grades outside the
recommendations are welcome to attend, at the teacher’s discretion. Some special preparation may be useful.
The Expeditions program of the New England
Foundation for the Arts, which receives major support
from the National Endowment for the Arts with additional
support from the state arts agencies of New England and the
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, for support of
Noche Flamenca.
The Argosy Foundation for support of two Flynn educational initiatives relating to the quadricentennial of Samuel de Champlain’s arrival on Lake Champlain. Liz Lerman Dance Exchange’s Genome Project is funded in part by
the National Endowment for the Arts. Flynn Center Endowments—The Susan E. Quinn Memorial Fund , created in memory of Flynn volunteer Susan Quinn and held at the Vermont Community Foundation; the Flynn Jazz Endowment , initiated by a challenge grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and matched by generous community donations; the Flynn General Endowment, which received challenge grants from the Ford Foundation New Directions/New Donors program and the Argosy Foundation that were matched by generous community donations. Vermont Community Foundation, Walter Cerf Fund, Freeman Foundation, and Turrell Fund (applications pending).
Additional funding received after
April 21, 2008 will be
recognized in the 2008-09 Flynn Program Guide.
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