Asian Art Museum Announces Schedule for 19th Asian American Jazz Festival.Entertainment Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2000 ASIAN AMERICAN JAZZ Asian American jazz is a musical movement in the United States begun in the 20th century by Asian American jazz musicians. Although Asian Americans had been performing jazz music almost since that music's inception, it was not until the late 20th century when a distinctly 2000, September 22-24, 2000 This September 22nd through 24, the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is a museum in San Francisco, California, United States. It has one of the most comprehensive collections of Asian art in the world. and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center will serve as hosts to Asian American Jazz 2000 -- an innovative series of performances, showcasing an all-star cast of musicians of many ethnic and musical backgrounds. Highlighting this year's event is the world premiere Noun 1. world premiere - (music) the first public performance (as of a dramatic or musical work) anywhere in the world performance, public presentation - a dramatic or musical entertainment; "they listened to ten different performances"; "the play ran for 100 of Wave Twisters--the first hip-hop animated movie, featuring the sounds of DJ QBert, who will appear in person to introduce the film and to present a demonstration of his award-winning skratch skills. Among the other artists scheduled to perform at Asian American Jazz 2000 are: Circle of Fire (Mark Izu Mark Izu is an American jazz double bass player and composer. He is of Japanese ancestry and frequently combines jazz with Asian traditional musics (particularly the ancient Japanese court music known as gagaku) in his compositions. , Zakir Hussain Zakir Hussain may be:
Pair of small drums, the principal percussion in Hindustani music of northern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. The higher-pitched daya, played with the right hand, is a roughly cylindrical one-skinned drum, usually wooden, normally tuned to the raga's tonic. master Zakir Hussain; Gagaku master Suenobu Togi; Noh drummer Shonosuke Okura; African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. percussionist Anthony Brown; and Persian American multi-instrumentalist Hafez Modirzadeh). This diverse ensemble is inspired by Japanese, Chinese, Persian and Indian musical traditions, while emphasizing jazz and new music motifs. Asian American Jazz 2000 will also serve as the venue for the world premiere of the animated hip hop film Wave Twisters. The film combines sounds from QBert's skratch-concept album of the same name released last year, with the arresting hard-edged graphics of long-time graffiti artist Doug Cunningham producing an arresting audio and visual hip-hop mix. QBert will make a special guest appearance to introduce the video and demonstrate skratching, as well as answer questions from the audience. ASIAN AMERICAN JAZZ 2000: SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling (415) 379-8879 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2000 8:00 PM Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th Street (at Webster), Oakland Tickets: $15 Asian Art Museum Asian Art Museum is the usual name for a number of museums, including:
$22 at the door Asian Crisis featuring Jason Jong, John Kim, Meena Makhijani, Francis Lacsamana, Art Hirahara, Leon Lee, and Jeff Chan Jon Jang in collaboration with Melody of China, featuring new works by Jon Jang and Hong Wang, artistic director of Melody of China Mark Izu and Circle of Fire featuring Zakir Hussain, Suenobu Togi, Shonosuke Okura, Hafez Modirzadeh and Anthony Brown. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2000 2:00 PM, 4:30 PM, 8:00 PM Asian Art Museum Trustees' Auditorium, Golden Gate Park This article is about the park in San Francisco. For the US National Recreation Area just north of there, see Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, is a large urban park. At 1017 acres (4.1 km², 1. Tickets: $10 advance purchase / $12 (at the door) Premiere of Hip-Hop animated film WAVE TWISTERS. Guest appearance and demonstration by DJ QBert. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2000 2:00 PM Asian Art Museum Trustees' Auditorium, Golden Gate Park Tickets: $15 Asian Art Museum members/ $17 Advance purchase/ $22 at the door Tribute to the late Glenn Horiuchi by Francis Wong and Gathering of Ancestors featuring John Carlos Perea, Negmeddin Shaheen, Melody Takata, Donna Kwon, Jeff Chan, and guest artist William Roper. - Zakir Hussain and special guest - Mark Izu and Circle of Fire (see September 22) For more information regarding the San Francisco schedule of events, please call (415) 379-8879 or visit www.asianart.org. |
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