Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber: We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite
HAMMER | 7:30 p.m., Hammer Museum
Described by Rolling Stone as "a fleet-footed big band, sliding and swaggering through galactic R&B, brawny jazz, and electric funk like a Sun Ra–size spin on Miles Davis’s On the Corner band," Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber began as a forum for New York improvisational musicians to compose, record, and perform an eclectic range of music. Led by Greg Tate, these masters of experimental soul-jazz-hip-hop will perform Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach’s legendary We Insist! Freedom Now Suite.
Event Date: Thursday, Oct. 26, 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Hammer Museum
Price: Free
The Hammer is located at the corner of Westwood and Wilshire boulevards in Westwood Village, three blocks east of the 405 freeway’s Wilshire exit.
Parking is available under the museum.