the New School for jazz and contemporary music
Highlights fall 2010 public programs

Jazz Presents New School Jazz Ritmo del Baile
Featuring the Yosvany Terry Quintet and Bobby Sanabria's Quinteto Okobio

NEW YORK, September 16, 2010, This fall, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music will present several concerts highlighting Ritmo del Baile (Rhythm of the Dance) with two groups that blend American jazz traditions with Afro-Cuban roots, creating sounds that make it impossible to sit in your seat. These special collaborations are led by prominent New School Jazz faculty joined by eminent players from the jazz community, students, and alumni. This year’s annual Jazz Presents series begins on Wednesday, October 13 at 8:00 p.m. with the Yosvany Terry Quintet featuring celebrated New School Jazz faculty member Yosvany Terry, who the New York Times calls "a major force in the jazz scene whose talent and breadth of knowledge crosses many artistic boundaries."

The second Jazz Presents features Quinteto Okobio, led by renowned faculty member and multi-Grammy nominee Bobby Sanabria performing on Wednesday, November 3 at 8:00 p.m. Both Jazz Presents performances will take place at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music Performance Space, 55 West 13th Street, 5th floor. The Jazz Presents series is funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts.

Yosvany Terry Quintet
Thursday, October 13, at 8:00 p.m.
$10; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with valid ID
The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music Performance Space, 55 West 13th Street, 5th floor
Box Office Information: please contact [email protected] or call 212.229.5488

”Yosvany Terry combines modern influences with folkloric source material, to wonderful effect," a recent reviewer wrote. Born in Cuba, New School Jazz faculty member Yosvany Terry, alto and soprano sax and chekere player, received classical music training and graduated from the prestigious National School of Arts (ENA). In his quintet, Terry will be joined by Avishai Cohen, trumpet, Osmany Paredes, piano, Yunior Terry, bass, and Obed Calvaire, drums; and New School Jazz students Javier Santiago, piano, and Ben Flocks, tenor sax sitting in.

Quinteto Okobio
Wednesday, November 3, at 8:00 p.m.
$10; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with valid ID
The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music Performance Space, 55 West 13th Street, 5th floor
Box Office Information: please contact [email protected] or call 212.229.5488

Okobio is the Efik/Abakua word for fraternity, brotherhood, and earth. Faculty member and multi-Grammy nominee Bobby Sanabria leads this explosive band as they explore cross-cultural rhythms. Quinteto Okobio features Bobby Sanabria on drums, vocals, percussion, Leo Traversa, electric bass, Enrique Haneine, piano, vocals, percussion, Peter Brainin, tenor and soprano sax, flute, vocals, percussion, and Jean Caze, trumpet, vocals, percussion; with New School alumni John Beaty, alto saxophone, and Joe Beaty, trombone.

The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music is the musical manifestation of The New School and its legacy. Steeped in progressive tradition while moving forward into new frontiers of sound and experimentation, New School Jazz is a rarity among conservatory music schools. With instructors who are active, professional musicians and the backing of a major university, the school provides its students with the leeway and encouragement to break through artistic barriers, the counsel of veterans in maneuvering through the terrain of the music world, and a solid academic foundation to sustain and enrich their efforts and evolution. For more information, visit http://www.jazz.newschool.edu.

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