The Makanda Project at the Roxbury Library

(Seats remain for 8:30 show only. Reservations are recommended; for reservations, email [email protected] and specify which show and how many people.)

The Makanda Project, a creative big band featuring several of Boston's leading jazz musicians, has been performing free concerts at the Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library since 2008. Most of the concerts feature renowned guest artists and highlight the guests' work. Once a year, the group performs at the Library without a guest, featuring solos by the group members and the results of its continued efforts to explore the music of Makanda Ken McIntyre (1931-2001).

Makanda Ken McIntyre was a Boston native and a significant yet under-appreciated jazz innovator. In addition to the 75 original compositions that he recorded, he wrote an additional 350, most of which had not been heard in public at the time of his passing. The Makanda Project was formed to explore this music and bring it to public attention. After nearly two decades, the musicians' appreciation for the depth and beauty of Dr. McIntyre's compositions has only grown, and the group continues to add new pieces to the repertoire.

The April 6 concert will include two newly-arranged pieces that have never been heard in public, along with others the group has only recently begun playing.

Kurtis Rivers - alto saxophone

Nick Brust - alto saxophone, flute

Sean Berry - tenor saxophone

Temidayo Balogun - tenor saxophone

Charlie Kohlhase - baritone saxophone

Jerry Sabatini - trumpet

Haneef Nelson - trumpet

Alfred Patterson - trombone

Richard Harper - trombone

Bill Lowe - bass trombone

John Kordalewski - piano

Avery Sharpe - bass

Yoron Israel - drums

Bithyah Israel - cello

Alexia Martinez - cello

Jahsias Rivers - cello

Rhea Gibson - cello

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