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| LIVE in Brooklyn - April 16th - Jay Rodriguez Trio with beat poets We open our Brooklyn: Many Voices One Breath - 2023 series with an event continuing to celebrate the publication of our book, At the Crossroads: The One Breath Rising Anthology of Poetry and Prose. This will include performances by poets EJ Antonio and Robert Gibbons with the Jay Rodriguez Trio, and will highlight the rhythmic beat of their poetry performances. We're also thrilled to bring back poet Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, who is celebrating the recent publication of two books, We Are Not Wearing Helmets and Mama Phife Represents - a tribute to her departed son, Malik 'Phife Dawg' Taylor of the legendary hip-hop trio, A Tribe Called Quest. We were so thrilled by the impromptu celebration of Robert with Jay's trio last summer that we decided to expand this concept to a whole event! Jay Rodriguez is a Grammy nominated saxophonist, flautist, clarinetist, film composer, producer and arranger. Jay Rodriguez is a visionary artist. He will be accompanied by Yayoi Ikawa on piano/keyboards and Xavier Hill on drums. E.J. Antonio has received fellowships in Poetry from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Hurston/Wright Foundation and the Cave Canem Foundation and is a founding board member of One Breath Rising. Cheryl Boyce-Taylor is a poet, author, and curator. Cheryl's verse memoir, Mama Phife Represents, stands as a tribute to her late son, hip hop icon Malik "Phife Dawg" Taylor of A Tribe Called Quest. Robert Anthony Gibbons has been published in over thirty literary magazines and in several notable anthologies, and is on the board of One Breath Rising. write your comments about the article :: © 2023 Jazz News :: home page |