This innovative and inspiring collaboration pairs text by the virtuosic speaker, scholar, and activist Dr. Cornel West with compositions by Arturo O’Farrill for the Grammy Award-winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra.
Having been commissioned by the Apollo Theatre and premiered in May 2016, this innovative and inspiring collaboration pairs text by the virtuosic speaker, scholar, and activist Dr. Cornel West with compositions by Arturo O’Farrill for the Grammy Award-winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra. Inspired by the innate musicality of West’s words, this performance brings together big band jazz, Latin music, and the power of spoken word activism. This exciting collaboration bridges the soulful connection of music and inspiration of social change.
$35-$65
Phone: 301-581-5100
2018/02/02 - 2018/02/02
Music Center at Strathmore
5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD 20852
For full parking information and directions, please visit www.strathmore.org/your-visit/directions-and-parking
Parking in the Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro garage is $5.20 during the week and free on weekends. Strathmore is also accessible via Metro's Red Line, Grosvenor-Strathmore station.
Limited short-term parking also is available at specially marked meters along Tuckerman Lane, which do not require payment after 7pm.