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Da Camera JAM Closes Jazz Appreciation Month with Mwenso & the Shakes

April 26, 2018 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

FREE

 

KTSU Celebtrates Jazz Appreciation Month

Mwenso & the Shakes, a New York-based revue comprised of vocalists and an ensemble of international musicians, presents “Protest Songs: From Africa to America,” a program tracing the soul-stirring historical power of protest songs in both America and Africa.

Whether fulfilling the role of vocalist, emcee, showman, or impresario, Michael Mwenso conveys both the sophistication and spontaneity of hardcore jazz and the music’s folkloric roots with impeccable craft, creativity, and communicative flair. Most frequently, Mwenso performs as leader — or ringleader — of Michael Mwenso and The Shakes, a revue comprising between three to five vocalists (they include himself, Brianna Thomas, Charenee Wade, and Vuyo Sotashe) and a rotating ensemble that includes rising stars like drummers Joe Saylor and Jamison Ross, pianist Chris Pattishall, trumpeters Alphonso Horne and Bruce Harris, and tenor saxophonist Tivon Pennicott.

 

Details

Date:
April 26, 2018
Time:
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost:
FREE
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Website:
www.dacamera.com

Organizer

Da Camera JAM
Phone
(713) 524-5050
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Venue

Discovery Green
1500 McKinney
Houston, TX 77010 United States
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Phone
(713) 400-7336
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