Guardians of Sound and Spirit
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Date: September 26, 2008; Time: 7:30 PM; Location: First United Methodist Church of Santa Monica; Address: 1008 11th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90403 , Santa Monica, 90403. North Beach Area Phone: (310) 398-8258. Admission: Free. Accessibility: Wheel Chair Access. Website: http://www.festivalofsacredmusic.org/0926LesaTerry.html Description: Honoring and continuing the tradition created by the great all-female jazz bands of the 1940s, Lesa Terry and the Women’s Jazz Orchestra (WJO) celebrate diversity in spirituality, ethnicity, and gender. The WJO offers a unique interpretation of symphonic and vocal sacred music. Compositions by Mary Lou Williams, Margaret Bonds, Lesa Terry, and Kimberly Diaz draw on African, African American, and Afro-Latin genres, highlighting the importance of these cultural roots, and demonstrating the intimate connection between sacred music and jazz. The WJO’s innovative instrumentation - comprised of Nedra Wheeler on bass, Maria Martinez on drums, Lori Andrews on jazz harp, and a big-band string section - fulfills a dual role, supplying both a rhythmic foundation and improvisational expression. Gospel singers Elaine, Francine and Janine Martin add tasty vocals to this fine blend of delectable distaff musicianship. [The African American composer Margaret Allison Bonds (1913-1972) is profiled at AfriClassical.com]
Festival of Sacred Music
September 26, 2008
Women's Jazz Orchestra
Margaret Allison Bonds
African American Composer
African American Pianist
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