AVANT-JAZZ at ROULETTE: MATANA ROBERTS

May 5, 2006

Type: event
Starts: May 19 2006 at 12:00AM
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ROULETTE presents
at Location One 20 Greene St (between Canal and Grand St)
8:30 PM Admission $15 Students $10 MEMBERS FREE
TICKETS/RSVP: 212.219.8242
Roulette 228 West Broadway New York, NY 10013
contact: [email protected] http://www.roulette.org/

Also! Please check out our new ROULETTE BLOG for excerpts of our artists' music, podcasts featuring interviews with the artists and Roulette TV clips, and musical discussion: http://www.roulette.org/blog/index.php

*MATANA ROBERTS*
Saxophonist/composer Matana Roberts presents CoinCoin: Installation 1, the first performance of her in-progress musical narrative, which explores the defining moments of an extraordinary, yet classic African American history using the traditions of jazz- and improvisation-inspired music, original compositions and various ensemble configurations. With Hill Greene (bass), Jessica Pavone (viola), Layla McCalla (cello) and Mazz Swift (violin.) Commissioned by Roulette with support from the Jerome Foundation.