A recent rehearsal for the Makanda Project included pianist John Kordalewski (above) and horn players (below, from left) Kurtis Rivers, Arnie Cheatham, Lance Bryant, Jerry Sabatini, and Bill Lowe. Below right: Lowe.
(photos by John tlumacki/globe staff)
A tribute to an unsung jazz master
Musicians and dancers honor Makanda Ken McIntyre
A recent rehearsal for the Makanda Project included pianist John Kordalewski (above) and horn players (below, from left) Kurtis Rivers, Arnie Cheatham, Lance Bryant, Jerry Sabatini, and Bill Lowe. Below right: Lowe.
(photos by John tlumacki/globe staff)
Makanda Ken McIntyre was a Boston native who left a generous academic legacy, a lengthy discography, and a colossal trove of unrecorded compositions when he died in 2001. On Saturday and Sunday at Roxbury’s Hibernian Hall, the Makanda Project, a collective of 13 musicians devoted to interpreting McIntyre’s expansive repertoire, marks the 10th anniversary of his death and what would have been his 80th birthday with unique performances accompanied by New York choreographer Mickey Davidson and her dancers.
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