Jazz Coalition Featured Series Part 1 Feat. Darius Jones, Amirtha Kidambi, James Brandon Lewis

Wednesday, October 20th, 2021

NuBlu 151 Avenue C, New York, NY 10009

Doors @ 7pm

Darius Jones “Colored School No. 3”

Are three lessons taught by Elijah McCain, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. For Alto Sax, Contrabass, and Percussion.

Darius Jones - alto sax

Dezron Douglas - bass

Connor Parks - drums

Amirtha Kidambi “New Monuments”

Is an ode to the Racial Justice Movement. To those who lost their lives, to those who took to the streets, and to the possibility of a new future.

Amirtha Kidambi - vocals, harmonium, synthesizer

Matt Nelson - soprano saxophone

Eva Lawitts - bass

Max Jaffe - drums and sensory percussion

Lester St. Louis - cello

James Brandon Lewis “Even the Sparrow”

“During this time of COVID, there has been much confusion, disparity, uncertainty, and death. I offer this piece as uplift, a timely mediation to focus on the good and possibilities of the future with the glimmer of hope peeking through cracks of what may feel like infinite darkness. Let us be resilient at this moment and look forward.”

Look at the sparrow; they do not know what they will do in the next moment. Let us literally live from moment to moment. - Mahatma Gandhi

James Brandon Lewis - tenor sax

Kirk Knuffke - cornet

Anthony Pirog - guitar

Josh Werner - bass

Brandon "Buz" Donald - drums

Alexis Marcelo - keys