The program will celebrate the Nuyorican Poetry movement and the Latino community, and the artists will mix the classic sound of mambo, boogaloo, and salsa with hip-hop, acid jazz, and alternative improvisation. Additional guests for the evening include poet and curator Angel R. Rodríguez, Sr., as well as Tony Award-Winner Lin-Manuel Miranda and turntablist DJ Logic. Spoken word artists include Sandra María Esteves, Tato Laviera, Odilia Rivera Santos, Caridad "La Bruja" De La Luz, Circa '95 (PattyDukes & RephStar), and Christopher "Chilo" Cajigas. The arrangers for the two-night engagement include O'Farrill, Todd Bashore, Adam Kromelow, Jason Lindner, Adam O'Farrill, Jay Rodríguez, and Bill Ware.
** Rehearsals will be open to members of the media, with the opportunity to shoot B'roll. **
WHEN:
Rehearsal Dates:
Tuesday, May 8 @ Local 802
10AM-11AM: Sandra Maria Esteves & Jay Rodriguez ("Ode to the Moon")
11AM-12PM: Tato Laviera & Eddie Conde ("Guarachera del Mundo")
12PM-1PM: Christopher "Chilo" Cajigas & Jason Lindner ("They Came")
2PM-3PM: Caridad "La Bruja" De La Luz & Todd Bashore ("Nuyorico")
3PM-4PM: Odilia Rivera Santos & Arturo O'Farrill ("When I Arrived in Cuba")
4PM-5PM: Circa '95 (PattyDukes & RephStar) & Adam O'Farrill ("Free Lunch")
Thursday, May 10 @ Carroll Music
10AM-11AM: Sandra Maria Esteves & Adam Kromelow ("Ode to Being Alive")
11AM-12PM: Tato Laviera, Bill Ware, & Jorge Quevedo ("Instrument")
1PM-2PM: Lin-Manuel Miranda & Arturo O'Farrill ("Piragua")
2PM-4PM: Angel R. Rodriguez, Sr. & Arturo O'Farrill ("El Desempleo y El Joseo")
4PM-5PM: Finale
Performance Dates:
Friday, May 11 - 8PM
Saturday, May 12 - 8PM
WHERE: (Rehearsals)
Local 802, 322 West 48th St., New York, NY 10036
Carroll Music, 625 West 55th St., New York, NY 10019
Performances:
Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th St., New York, NY 10025
Founded in 2002 by O'Farrill to perform the full repertory of big band Afro Latin jazz and commission new works to advance this culturally rich genre, the ALJO was a resident orchestra at Jazz at Lincoln Center from 2002 to 2007. In 2007, the ALJO left Lincoln Center to pursue the twin goals of developing new audiences for big band Afro Latin jazz and of creating a robust educational program for young performers. O'Farrill founded the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance that same year to pursue both the performance and educational aspects of this uniquely pan-American art form.
The ALJO is currently in its fifth season in residence at Symphony Space, and it continues to tour nationally and internationally to critical acclaim, performing over the past several years at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Boston Symphony Hall, the Newport Jazz Festival, The Joyce Theater (with Ballet Hispanico), Megaron Concert Hall (Athens, Greece), and the Taichung Jazz Festival (Taichung, Taiwan), among countless other venues. The ALJO received a GRAMMY® nomination for its 2005 album, Una Noche Inolvidable (Palmetto), and in 2009 earned a GRAMMY® for Best Latin Jazz Album for its release Song for Chico (Zoho). The Orchestra's newest album, 40 Acres and a Burro (Zoho), was a 2012 GRAMMY® nominee for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.
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