Free Concert
Iraqi Jazz Fusions: Amir ElSaffar's Two Rivers
Saturday, February 7th
7:30 pm, Georgetown University, Meyer Auditorium
Pre-concert gallery tour, Arts of the Islamic World, 6:45 pm
Iraqi American jazz artist Amir ElSaffar leads this cross-cultural quintet in a performance of Two Rivers, an original work inspired by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the composer's Iraqi and American heritage, and the common ground between American jazz and Iraqi classical music. ElSaffar sets the modes of Arab music to innovative grooves, free ensemble playing, and multilayered sound textures, resulting in a work that the BBC praised as "harrowing to absorb, full of as much beauty as pain." He performs on trumpet and santur with Rudresh Mahanthappa, saxophone; Nasheet Waits, drums; Carlo DeRosa, bass; and Zaafir Tawil, oud, violin, and dumbek.
Cosponsored with the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University. Free tickets available in advance through Ticketmaster www.ticketmaster.com and at the door beginning at 6:30 the night of the performance.
The Free Georgetown Shuttle only runs Mon-Fri I just found out. The University is best reached by car or metro bus. See www.wmata.com for best bus access.
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