Posted on May 25, 2012
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Lincoln Center Out of Doors which runs from July 25 to August 12 will feature 100 free performances across the plazas of Lincoln Center. Seventeen premieres and debuts highlight the three weeks of this latest edition of one of the country’s longest-running, free, outdoor festivals. Additional artists and programs have been added to the schedule. A new chronological listing of performances follows, or visit:
www.LCOutofDoors.org Valerie Simpson, half of the legendary songwriter/producer/performer team Ashford & Simpson, will lead Valerie Simpson and Friends: Tribute to Nick Ashford in Damrosch Park on August 10. The beloved duo responsible for “ “Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing,” “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand),” “I’m Every Woman,” “Let’s Go Get Stoned,” “Solid (As a Rock)” and other era-defining tunes, also wrote and/or produced hits for a “Who’s Who” of music stars including Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell, Ray Charles, Diana Ross, Whitney Houston, and Chaka Khan. Their concert debut as a duo took place at Lincoln Center 40 years ago as part of the groundbreaking “Soul at the Center” festival. On the heels of her just-released solo album, Dinosaurs Are Coming Back Again (a project she and Ashford had worked on for a number of years), Simpson salutes her work- and life-partner who died last year, alongside a line-up of artists associated with the Sugar Bar, the Upper West Side hot spot owned by the couple.
Opening on July 25, continuing throughout Out of Doors, and punctuated by a live 60-piece percussion performance featuring the Talujon Percussion Group on August 3, is the world premiere of the Lincoln Center commission, Phil Kline’s dreamcitynine in honor of John Cage’s Centennial anniversary. Kline’s newest work was inspired by Cage’s one-minute stories from Indeterminacy. He takes the concept a step further with this work that uses a downloadable GPS-based app. As users walk the Lincoln Center campus, the app will randomly “trigger” the 60 new, original, one-minute texts written by contributors from the world of music, art and ideas. Joining previously announced contributors, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, historian Luc Sante, American novelist/playwright Darryl Pinckney, composers Philip Glass, Julia Wolfe, Elliott Sharp, and David T. Little, musicians Theo Bleckmann, Nadia Sirota, and Mary Rowell, and radio personality John Schaefer, are choreographer Bill T. Jones, composer Meredith Monk, musician Nona Hendryx, and actor, activist, poet and spoken-word artist Caridad de La Luz (La Bruja).
Two great musical artists, powerhouse Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Melissa Manchester and theater/cabaret singer Kate Ferber (One Child Born: The Music of Laura Nyro) have just been added to the roster of performers taking part in The Triple Goddess Twilight Revue – Celebrating The Music of Laura Nyro, on August 11, part of this year’s “Roots of American Music” series at Out of Doors. They join Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash of Labelle (collaborators on the 1971 album Gonna Take a Miracle), a rare reunion of Desmond Child & Rouge, and others, who will pay tribute to this distinctive American artist whose unconventional style embraced r&b, gospel, jazz, and Brill Building pop with piano-driven songs that broke new ground. The band will include drummer Bernard “Pretty” Purdie, who was featured on Nyro’s final studio recording Walk the Dog and Light the Light, and Screen Gems songwriter and vocalist Toni Wine, featured in Out of Doors’ 2011 Girl Group’s celebration “She’s Got the Power.”
Memphis-born singer/songwriter William Bell was one of the architects of the Stax-Volt sound, writing, co-writing, and performing a series of songs from the early ‘60s on including “You Don’t Miss Your Water,” and his 1966 R&B hit, “Share What You Got (But Keep What You Need).” He also wrote the oft-covered blues classic “Born Under a Bad Sign.” His career has included collaborations with Booker T. Jones, Judy Clay, and Chuck Jackson, among others. Bill joins Dan Penn and Teenie Rogers for “Roots of American Music’s” Soulful Songwriters Circle for an insightful, round-robin discussion-performance session on August 12.
As part of “Roots of American Music,” on the evening of August 11, Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls All-stars: Sister Songwriters, a multi-generational super group including current students, recent grads, and teaching artists from the renowned music and mentoring program, will play songs by influential female artists of color, including Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin. Leading the group is Willie Mae founding member, drummer/composer LaFrae Sci. Sci, also a member of Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber, is on the faculty of the Middle School Jazz Academy at Jazz at Lincoln Center. She has recorded and toured with a range of jazz, blues, pop, rock and hip-hop artists including Kelis, Dr. Lonnie Smith, David “Fathead” Newman, Cyndi Lauper, Irene Cara and Melvin Van Peebles’ Laxative.
Pioneering jazz-rock guitarist Larry Coryell is the new addition to GLOBAL FUSION, Dr. L. Subramaniam’s concert on August 8. Coryell, a member of Chico Hamilton’s band in the late 1960s, worked with Gary Burton and Herbie Mann (on his Memphis Underground album) and in the early 70s co-founded the jazz-rock band Eleventh House. As an acoustic guitarist he has worked with a wide-range of artists and projects ranging from jazz and blues, to world and classical music. Classical Indian Carnatic violin master Subramaniam is also joined by his wife, celebrated singer and Bollywood star, Kavita Krishnamurthi Subramaniam, American blues harmonica master and blues composer/pianist Corky Siegel, and Bindu Subramaniam and Ambi Subramaniam.
A new addition to “Heritage Sunday’s” (August 5) Ayiti Rasanble! line-up is Afro-Haitian dance troupe Feet of Rhythm. Founded in 1994 and led by Artistic Director, dancer and teacher Nadia Dieudonne, the folkloric dance company’s mission is to preserve and promote the rich culture of Haiti. The group has appeared the Brooklyn Museum, Summerstage, Dance Theater Workshop and international festivals in Canada and Japan. Feet of Rhythm join previously announced Kongo featuring renowned dancer Peniel Guerrier, Le Troupe Makandal, and Raram. Ayiti Rasanble! is co-presented with long-time Out of Doors collaborating partner, the Center for Traditional Music and Dance.
Tangle, a project of Australia’s Polyglot Theatre that has its U.S. premiere on July 26, is a huge, fun, interactive event that is part mass visual arts installation, part performance, part playground, and part dance party. To live music, children and family members create a giant installation by weaving colored elastic through 25 poles of different heights set on a large platform base. Weavers (company members) use big crooks to assist kids in placing elastic up and through the growing tangle of strands. As time passes and the structure becomes denser, it morphs into a huge, bouncy playground. Tangle will be constructed in 30-minute performances on four days on Josie Robertson Plaza: on Thursday and Friday, July 26 and 27 at 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., on Saturday, July 29 (Lincoln Center Out of Doors’ Family Day) at 11 a.m., 12 noon, 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. and on July 29 at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 12 noon, 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE and take place on the Lincoln Center campus. Visit LCOutofDoors.org for complete schedule or call 212-875-5766 to request a brochure.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
July 25 – August 12, 2012
(All programs, artists and show times subject to change)
Wednesday, July 25 – Sunday, August 12 – ongoing
Phil Kline’s dreamcitynine (World Premiere, commissioned by Lincoln Center Out of Doors)
Ongoing GPS-based audio app installation piece inspired by John Cage’s Indeterminacy
Technology developed by Rockmore Tech
(See also live performance on August 3 at 6:30 pm)
Wednesday, July 25
7:30 p.m. Damrosch Park Bandshell
Nile Rodgers & The CHIC Organization
DJ KS*360 aka Kwikstep presents Behind the Groove
Thursday, July 26
2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Josie Robertson Plaza
Polyglot Theatre: Tangle (US premiere)
Interactive family theatrical play piece
6:30 p.m. Josie Robertson Plaza – parade sets
G.R.U.B.B. (Gypsy Roma Urban Balkan Beats) (US debut)
The Stooges Brass Band
7:30 p.m. Damrosch Park Bandshell – concert sets
G.R.U.B.B. (Gypsy Roma Urban Balkan Beats) (US debut)
The Stooges Brass Band
Friday, July 27
2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Josie Robertson Plaza
Polyglot Theatre: Tangle (US premiere)
Interactive family theatrical play piece
7:30 p.m. Damrosch Park Bandshell
Los Irreales de Ondatrópica (US debut)
Presented by Quantic and Frente Cumbiero
Featuring: Michi Sarmiento, Alfredito Linares, Pedro Ramayá Beltran, Markitos Mikolta,
and Wilson Viveros
All-star intergenerational band of Colombian master musicians with the leaders of the next generation
Wil-Dog el Gavachillo featuring Banda Sol de Santa Cruz (NY Debut)
Ozomatli’s Wil-Dog fronts a Mexican-style banda, playing banda, new wave and punk classics
Saturday, July 28
11 a.m., 12 noon, 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Josie Robertson Plaza
FAMILY DAY
Polyglot Theatre: Tangle (US premiere)
Interactive, family theatrical play piece
2 p.m. & 3:30 p.m. Hearst Plaza
FAMILY DAY
Chinese American Arts Council Acrobatic Group: From Chinatown with Love
2:30 p.m. & 4 p.m. Hearst Plaza
FAMILY DAY
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus
Family Day is sponsored by Disney
7:30 p.m. Damrosch Park Bandshell
Istanbulive IV presents:
Selda Baðcan (US Debut)
Ilhan Erþahin’s Wonderland featuring Hüsnü Þenlendirici
The Secret Trio
Presented in collaboration with Serdar Ilhan & Mehmet Dede with the support of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Sunday, July 29
10 a.m., 11 a.m., 12 noon, 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Josie Robertson Plaza
Polyglot Theatre: Tangle (US premiere)
Interactive family theatrical play piece
2 -10 p.m. – various locations
‘OurLand’: Celebrating Irish Culture in America! The Music, The Bards, The Magic
Artistic Director: Joe Hurley
Presented in association with The Consulate General of Ireland
2–5 p.m. Hearst Plaza Stage
Gathering The Bards: From Galway to Rockaway
Poets, Novelists, A Capella Singers, Actors, Musicians and Comics weave “The Importance of Being Irish”
Featuring Cara Seymour, Peter Quinn, Angelica Page, Gina Forsyth, Malachy and Alphie McCourt, others tba
5–6 p.m. Josie Robertson Plaza
The Auld Triangle: Buskers, Poets, Traditional Sessions, and Sing-alongs
6 p.m. Damrosch Park Bandshell
Joe Hurley’s All Star Irish Rock Revue!
Co-Hosted by Ed Rogers
Featuring Willie Nile, Michael Cerveris, Tami Lynn, Antonique Smith, Ellen Foley, and members of The Mekons, Cracker, Alice Cooper Group, Bob Dylan Band, Blue Oyster Cult and more tba
Musical Directors: Chris Flynn, Jon Spurney
Joe Hurley & The Gents
Featuring Tony Garnier, Ken Margolis, James Mastro, including a performance of Let The Great World Spin, Hurley’s song-cycle CD created in collaboration with National Book Award winner Colum McCann
A Parting Glass: Celebrating ALAN LOMAX’s work preserving Ireland’s Musical Heritage
Moderated by Don Fleming, Director of the Lomax Archives
Featuring round-robin performances in the Americana-Irish world with very special guests tba
Wednesday, August 1
7 p.m. Damrosch Park Bandshell
Yemen Blues
Khaira Arby
UkanDanZ (New York debut)
Yemen Blues is presented with support from the Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in New York
Thursday, August 2
7:30 p.m. Damrosch Park Bandshell
The Bad Plus: On Sacred Ground (NY Premiere, co-commissioned by Lincoln Center Out of Doors)
Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble (US debut)
The Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble are presented with support from Goethe Institute.
Friday, August 3
6:30 p.m. Josie Robertson Plaza
Phil Kline’s dreamcitynine (World Premiere, commissioned by Lincoln Center Out of Doors)
Technology developed by Rockmore Tech
Performed by Talujon Percussion Group and friends
Live performance featuring 60 percussionists, with audio app
7:30 p.m. Hearst Plaza
Chio-Tian Folk Drums and Arts Group (US debut)
8:30 p.m. Damrosch Park Bandshell
Kimmo Pohjonen & Helsinki Nelson – Accordion Wrestling (US premiere)
Made possible in part by The Consulate General of Finland, The Foundation for the Promotion of Finnish Music (LUSES), The Finnish Performing Music Promotion Centre ESEK, Finn Spark, Inc., and Finlandia Foundation National.
Originally created for the Turku Cultural Capital of Europe Program in 2011.
Saturday, August 4
7 p.m. Hearst Plaza
Heidi Latsky Dance: GIMP (NOTE: new time; previously 7:30)
8:30 p.m. Damrosch Park Bandshell
Kimmo Pohjonen & Helsinki Nelson – Accordion Wrestling (US premiere)
Made possible in part by The Consulate General of Finland, The Foundation for the Promotion of Finnish Music (LUSES), The Finnish Performing Music Promotion Centre ESEK, Finn Spark, Inc., and Finlandia Foundation National.
Originally created for the Turku Cultural Capital of Europe Program in 2011.
Sunday, August 5
1 p.m.–6 p.m. North Plaza
HERITAGE SUNDAY
Ayiti Rasanble!
Feet of Rhythm (just added to schedule)
Kongo featuring Peniel Guerrier
La Troupe Makandal
Raram
Presented in collaboration with the Center for Traditional Music and Dance
7:30 p.m. Damrosch Park Bandshell
Las Caras Lindas de Mi Gente Negra – Homenaje a Tite Curet Alonso
featuring Grupo Esencia (NY debut) and Viento de Agua with special guest Lalo Rodríguez
Tribute to the iconic salsa composer Tite Curet Alonso
Presented in collaboration with the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute with support from Banco Popular
Wednesday, August 8
7:30 p.m. Damrosch Park Bandshell
Dr. L. Subramaniam – Global Fusion
featuring Kavita Krishnamurti Subramaniam, Larry Coryell*, Corky Siegel,
Bindu Subramaniam and Ambi Subramaniam *(just added to schedule)
The Alaev Family (US Debut)
Alaev Family presented with support from the Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in New York
Thursday, August 9
7:30 p.m. Josie Robertson Plaza
!!! (aka Chk, Chk, Chk)
Lenny Williams
Friday August, 10
7 p.m. Damrosch Park Bandshell
Valerie Simpson and Friends: Tribute to Nick Ashford NEW TO SCHEDULE
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble
The presentation of Fusion was made possible by the MetLife Community Connections Fund of the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project. Major support for NDP is also provided by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Saturday, August 11
12:00 p.m. Hearst Plaza
La Casita
Poetry and spoken word performances by
Abiodun Oyewole, Aneta Brodski & Tahani, Briceida Cuevas, Charlie Chin, Franny Choi,
Gypsee Yo, Intikana, Iyaba Ibo Mandingo, Peggy Robles–Alvarado, and Rachel McKibbens
Musical performances by Gerard Edery, Kit (Kuenta I Tambú) (US debut), Mireya Ramos & 809 Ladies Band, Tulali, and Said Damir
MC: Simply Rob
La Casita is sponsored by PepsiCo.
Produced in cooperation with Claudia Norman, Claudia Norman Management
Co-curated by: Bill Bragin, Lincoln Center Out of Doors; Melody Capote, Caribbean Cultural Center; Lillian Cho, Consultant; C. Daniel Dawson; Caridad de la Luz, Claudia Norman, Claudia Norman Management; Richie Villar, Acentos Foundation: Shawn Termin, The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.
Briceida Cuevas is presented with additional support from the Mexican Cultural Institute.
Kit (Kuenta I Tambú) is presented with additional support from the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Saturday, August 11
29th Annual Roots of American Music Festival
5:00 p.m. Damrosch Park Bandshell
Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls All-stars: Sister Songwriters
Musical director: LaFrae Sci (NEW to schedule)
Otis Clay & the Platinum Band
Soulful Songwriters Circle: William Bell*, Teenie Hodges, Dan Penn *(NEW to schedule)
The Triple Goddess Twilight Revue – Celebrating The Music of Laura Nyro
featuring Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash, Melissa Manchester*,
Desmond Child & Rouge and Kate Ferber* *(NEW to schedule)
The Roots of American Music Festival is presented in association with the Ponderosa Stomp Foundation
Sunday, August 12
3:00 p.m. –8:00 p.m. Teatro Pregones in the Bronx
La Casita
See artist line-up for August 11
Sunday, August 12
29th Annual Roots of American Music Festival
12 noon – 5:30 p.m. Hearst Plaza
Erin McKeown
Taylor Mac
Tom Paxton
Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird
Pura Fé Trio
6:00 p.m. Damrosch Park Bandshell
Pardon Our Analysis: An All-Star Gathering for Gil Scott-Heron
Performed by the Black Rock Coalition Orchestra and Guests
LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, Artistic Director
featuring Brian Jackson, Sapphire, Martha Redbone, Abiodun Oyewole, Sandra St. Victor,
Carl Hancock Rux, A. Van Jordan, Gordon Voidwell, Hanifah Walidah, Willie Perdomo
and surprise guests.
Presented by Black Rock Coalition and Poetry Society of America
In cooperation with the Estate of Gil Scott-Heron
Aloe Blacc
Swamp Dogg
The Roots of American Music Festival is presented in association with the Ponderosa Stomp Foundation
The Ponderosa Stomp Foundation (PSF) is a 501(c) (3), not-for-profit educational organization whose mission is celebrating the legacy, revitalizing the careers, and preserving the history of American music & musicians. We work to ensure that the unsung heroes of American music are given their due: celebrated, included, and remembered, but most of all, heard – during their lifetimes. We provide both a voice and a stage to overlooked sidemen, session musicians and other influential pioneers whose contributions have shaped American culture for over 50 years.
All events are FREE; no tickets required
Visit LCOutofDoors.org for complete schedule or call 212-875-5766 to request a brochure.
This year’s Lincoln Center Out of Doors brochure has been designed by noted illustrator Mark Alan Stamaty.
Events take place on LINCOLN CENTER’S PLAZAS between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenues, from West 62nd Street to West 65th Street (except where noted). Take No.1 IRT to 66th Street/Lincoln Center Station) OR the A, B, C, D and No. 1 trains to 59th St/Columbus Circle.
Performance and event Locations:
BROADWAY PLAZA
Corner of Broadway and West 65th Street (grandstand plaza in front of Alice Tully Hall)
DAMROSCH PARK
West 62nd Street, between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenue.
DAVID RUBENSTEIN ATRIUM
Broadway, between West 62nd and West 63rd Streets
HEARST PLAZA / BARCLAYS CAPITAL GROVE
North of the Metropolitan Opera House, in front of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and Lincoln Center Theater, near West 65th Street
JOSIE ROBERTSON PLAZA
Main plaza of Lincoln Center, fronting Columbus Avenue, between 63rd and 64th Street.
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