ANTHONY BROWN'S ASIAN AMERICAN ORCH.
- When
- Wed Sep 23, 2009
- Where
- Yoshi's San Francisco - Live Music & Japanese Restaurant - CLOSED
- Time
- 8 pm show
- Cost
- $20
- Tags
- Music
Description
The GRAMMY-nominated Asian American Orchestra (AAO) has received international critical acclaim for blending Asian instruments and sensibilities with the sonorities and improvisation of the jazz big band. The intercultural AAO was founded in San Francisco in 1998 with federal funding to support a national education program about the Japanese American internment experience during World War II. As the flagship performing and recording ensemble of the Asian American Jazz Movement launched during the student activism of the 1960s and 70s, the Asian American Orchestra continues the tradition of advocacy and activism for social justice in San Francisco Bay Area communities. Five AAO recordings showcase a distinctive legacy of innovative collaborations with guest artists from various genres and idioms including jazz, classical, world and popular music, performance arts and poetry. (http://www.anthonybrown.org)8pm show $20
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