Afro-Algonquin 2018 | Vision Festival 23 (2 of 4)

Mixashawn Rozie - sax / Rick Rozie - bass / Royal Hartigan - drums
Sat, May 2, 2018 at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY as part of Vision Festival 23.
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"Afro-Algonquin began as a project I started back in the 1970s. Its original intent was to celebrate the fusion of Afro-American and Indigenous music of the Americas. Today I have expanded the concept to embrace full the Atlantic World (the Americas, Africa, Europe and the various fusions of these cultures overtime). Resulting in Indigenous to Bebop, Conga to Funk, Ragtime to no time, music that freely spans styles and labels driven by the inner pulse of creativity that we call jazz." - Mixashahn Rozie
Lee Mixashawn Rozie has been a practicing multi-disciplinary and internationally acclaimed Jazz artist for the past three decades. Mr. Rozie holds a degree in History and Ethnomusicology from Trinity College and is equally at home in academic and cultural settings. Beginning from the point of Indigenous artist, using ancient cultural principles, maritime arts and historical data, both written and oral, he has developed a system of "Hemispheric Principles'' to inform and guide his artform, more directly referred to as "Wave Art:” sonic, aquatic percussive and harmonic. Mixashawn offers musical performance and educational workshops on Indigenous music traditional and contemporary, as well as original workshops that utilize his extensive experience as performer, Indigenous artist and educator to inspire creativity and natural expression for all ages. mixashawn.band...
Rick Rozie grew up in East Hartford and began playing piano before switching to drums. Rosie picked up the double bass in high school. Since then he's played with the Kansas City Philharmonic and taught double bass and jazz bass. He helped originate the Afro Algonquin trio with his brother Mixashawn Lee Rozie and Rashied Ali. In the following years he played in the quartet of James Newton and Anthony Davis. He's appears on albums by Allan Jaffe, the World Bass Violin Ensemble, Jay Hoggard, Chico Freeman and Andrea Bocelli, and others. Rozie has also been a member of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra for more than 30 years, where he is the principal of the bassists.
Royal Hartigan is one of the most unique artistic, influential drummers and scholars of our time, is a percussionist, pianist, tap dancer, educator, and author. for more than three decades, he has worked with master artists and musicians, dancers, visual artists, poets, social activists, and others to bring people together in celebration of our common humanity across cultures and national boundaries, through the medium of creative music in the african american tradition. royalhartigan....
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Length
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