Where:
First Church in Roxbury
10 Putnam Street
Roxbury, MA 02119
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Music
Event website:
https://makandaproject.com
The Makanda Project's annual summer concert series on the lawn of First Church in Roxbury kicks off this year on Saturday, July 12. There will be two sets of music by Boston's acclaimed 13 piece jazz ensemble, The Makanda Project, poetry by Massachusetts Poet Laureate Regie Gibson, and additional performances by neighborhood youth. All under the shade trees on a summer afternoon.
Kurtis Rivers - alto saxophone
Seth Meicht - alto saxophone
Brian Price - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
Temidayo Balogun - tenor saxophone
Charlie Kohlhase - baritone saxophone
Jerry Sabatini - trumpet
Haneef Nelson - trumpet
Alfred Patterson - trombone
Richard Harper - trombone
Sarah Politz - trombone
John Kordalewski - piano
Avery Sharpe - bass
Jocelyn Pleasant - drums