After reopening its Brooklyn waterfront theater last fall, St. Ann’s Warehouse is launching its second post-shutdown season with a continuation of large-scale outdoor performance and public art presentations that address urgent humanitarian issues.
Multi GRAMMY Award-winning pianist/composer Arturo O'Farrill and nonprofit the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance present a riveting video performance on Sunday, May 30, 2021 (8:30pm EST on Virtual Birdland) and Friday, June 4, 2021 (7pm EST on La Plaza) featuring repertoire from O'Farrill's famed recording catalogue.
Multi GRAMMY Award-winning pianist/composer Arturo O Farrill and nonprofit the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance will present in partnership with co-producer Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (Los Angeles, CA) and ShapeShifter Lab (Brooklyn, NY) the exclusive virtual premiere of a riveting live video performance on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 (7pm EST, Tickets: $20, LINK) featuring repertoire from the independent film, Fandango at the Wall (now available on HBO Max). Alongside O Farrill and his acclaimed 18-piece Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, special guest artists Mandy Gonzalez, The Villalobos Brothers, Julia del Palacio, and Victor Murillo perform with Mexico-based son jarocho artists Patricio Hidalgo, Ramón Gutiérrez Hernández, Tacho Utrera, Wendy Cao Romero, Fernando Guadarrama, and Jorge Francisco Castillo (Founder, Fandango Fronterizo Festival). Fandango at the Wall The ShapeShifter Sessions is directed by Taylor Krauss who seamlessly integrates awe-inspiring per
GRAMMY® Award-winning pianist/composer
Arturo O Farrill and nonprofit the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance (ALJA) announce they have reached their crowd-funding goal of $100,000 raised through the ALJA Emergency Artist Fund (GoFundMe) and Giving Tuesday initiative to help New York/New Jersey-based jazz musicians during the COVID-19 global pandemic. New York City s community of independent musicians have faced extreme economic challenges since March 2020. ALJA s efforts to raise funds through generous donations from the community at large hits a milestone of $100,000 going directly to artists through individual grants and fees for performance and teaching.
The ALJA Emergency Artist Fund provides immediate assistance to musicians and other performing and teaching artists who are the recipients of over 200 individual grants. The on-going work of artists will continue to be funded into 2021 to recognize their tireless work presenting master classes for youth and adults, online classes