Afro Solos Jazz in the Gardens

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AfroSolo’s Jazz in the Gardens is a component of the AfroSolo Arts Festival, a celebration of African American artists giving voice to the Black experience. Co-presented with YBGF.

In collaboration with the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, AfroSolo presents its seventh free jazz concert in the gardens. Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Lester Young, James Moody – this year, AfroSolo celebrates the saxophone and the jazz innovators who pioneered today’s modern saxophone sound. Pack a picnic and bring a
blanket and enjoy a wonderful afternoon of jazz featuring Richard Howell, 15 year-old Bay Area musical prodigy Razel Merritt, and Robin Nzinga Smith presenting three diverse takes on jazz saxophone.

Vocalist and instrumentalist Richard Howell has worked with Babatunde Lea, the Bay Area Afro/Indian/jazz improvisational group The Supplicants, jazz/poetry ensemble Upsurge, and the Big Belly Blues Band. He lectures on jazz history and is currently developing jazz education programs.

Razel Merritt is a member of the Oaktown Jazz Workshops. Although young in age, he has garnered a reputation for his tonal quality and has performed with many of today’s leading jazz artists.

Robin Nzingah Smith studied at Harlem’s Jazzmobile, Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, and the Berkeley School of Music. She plays with Music She Wrote, a band dedicated to music composed by women and is the lead alto saxophonist in the Count Basie Tribute Band.

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http://www.ybgf.org

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415-543-1718 (Box Office)

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