Co-presentation by Asian Pacific Cultural Center and Bayview Opera House
Produced by Jon Jang Performances and Asian Improv aRts
“Can’t Stop Cryin’ for America: Black Lives Matter!,” is a music work by composer Jon Jang in collaboration with poet performer Amanda Kemp.
Tickets: $10 advance, $15 door ($10 seniors and students)
Doors: 6:30PMConcert 7 PMQ&A with artists 8 PMFollowed by reception for the artistsNo host bar (cash only)
ARTIST WEBSITEjonjang.com
The work will be organized into seven vignettes named after each black victim group killed by the police and/or white supremacists this past year: Eric Garner (New York), John Crawford III (Ohio), Michael Brown (Ferguson, Missouri), Tamir Rice (Ohio), Freddie Gray (Maryland), 6 black mothers & 3 black men (Charleston, South Carolina) and Sandra Bland (Texas), The final vignette, “Five Young Black Men,” will memorialize Emmett Till, Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, John Powell and Mario Woods.
ARTIST PERSONNELJon Jang pianoHitomi Oba tenor saxophoneNick DePinna tromboneGary Brown bassDeszon X. Claiborne drumsAmanda Kemp spoken word
https://www.youtube.com/watch
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Produced by Jon Jang Performances and Asian Improv aRts
“Can’t Stop Cryin’ for America: Black Lives Matter!,” is a music work by composer Jon Jang in collaboration with poet performer Amanda Kemp.
Tickets: $10 advance, $15 door ($10 seniors and students)
Doors: 6:30PMConcert 7 PMQ&A with artists 8 PMFollowed by reception for the artistsNo host bar (cash only)
ARTIST WEBSITEjonjang.com
The work will be organized into seven vignettes named after each black victim group killed by the police and/or white supremacists this past year: Eric Garner (New York), John Crawford III (Ohio), Michael Brown (Ferguson, Missouri), Tamir Rice (Ohio), Freddie Gray (Maryland), 6 black mothers & 3 black men (Charleston, South Carolina) and Sandra Bland (Texas), The final vignette, “Five Young Black Men,” will memorialize Emmett Till, Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, John Powell and Mario Woods.
ARTIST PERSONNELJon Jang pianoHitomi Oba tenor saxophoneNick DePinna tromboneGary Brown bassDeszon X. Claiborne drumsAmanda Kemp spoken word
https://www.youtube.com/watch
Co-presentation by Asian Pacific Cultural Center and Bayview Opera House
Produced by Jon Jang Performances and Asian Improv aRts
“Can’t Stop Cryin’ for America: Black Lives Matter!,” is a music work by composer Jon Jang in collaboration with poet performer Amanda Kemp.
Tickets: $10 advance, $15 door ($10 seniors and students)
Doors: 6:30PMConcert 7 PMQ&A with artists 8 PMFollowed by reception for the artistsNo host bar (cash only)
ARTIST WEBSITEjonjang.com
The work will be organized into seven vignettes named after each black victim group killed by the police and/or white supremacists this past year: Eric Garner (New York), John Crawford III (Ohio), Michael Brown (Ferguson, Missouri), Tamir Rice (Ohio), Freddie Gray (Maryland), 6 black mothers & 3 black men (Charleston, South Carolina) and Sandra Bland (Texas), The final vignette, “Five Young Black Men,” will memorialize Emmett Till, Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, John Powell and Mario Woods.
ARTIST PERSONNELJon Jang pianoHitomi Oba tenor saxophoneNick DePinna tromboneGary Brown bassDeszon X. Claiborne drumsAmanda Kemp spoken word
https://www.youtube.com/watch
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Produced by Jon Jang Performances and Asian Improv aRts
“Can’t Stop Cryin’ for America: Black Lives Matter!,” is a music work by composer Jon Jang in collaboration with poet performer Amanda Kemp.
Tickets: $10 advance, $15 door ($10 seniors and students)
Doors: 6:30PMConcert 7 PMQ&A with artists 8 PMFollowed by reception for the artistsNo host bar (cash only)
ARTIST WEBSITEjonjang.com
The work will be organized into seven vignettes named after each black victim group killed by the police and/or white supremacists this past year: Eric Garner (New York), John Crawford III (Ohio), Michael Brown (Ferguson, Missouri), Tamir Rice (Ohio), Freddie Gray (Maryland), 6 black mothers & 3 black men (Charleston, South Carolina) and Sandra Bland (Texas), The final vignette, “Five Young Black Men,” will memorialize Emmett Till, Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, John Powell and Mario Woods.
ARTIST PERSONNELJon Jang pianoHitomi Oba tenor saxophoneNick DePinna tromboneGary Brown bassDeszon X. Claiborne drumsAmanda Kemp spoken word
https://www.youtube.com/watch
show less
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