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Memory in the Center, an Afro-opera

Thu, Sep 14

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Chicago

Ernest Dawkins Live The Spirit Residency Big Band-- Memory in the Center, an Afro-opera

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Memory in the Center, an Afro-opera
Memory in the Center, an Afro-opera

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Sep 14, 2023, 6:00 PM CDT – Sep 15, 2023, 9:00 PM CDT

Chicago, 513 W 72nd St, Chicago, IL 60621, USA

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Ernest Dawkins Live The Spirit Residency Big Band-- Memory in the Center, an Afro-opera

Memory in the Center, an Afro Opera: Homage to Nelson Mandela is by saxophonist and composer Ernest Dawkins and the Live the Spirit Residency Big Band. David Whiteis of JazzTimes called the composition a "fusion of postbop melodic and rhythmic thrust, jubilant swing, freedom-bound improvisation and militancy leavened by compassion and spiked with acerbic wit," and commented: "Once again, Ernest Dawkins has given us a work that exemplifies the inseparability of struggle and celebration, both in music and in life."

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