{"id":543,"date":"2011-09-15T14:41:27","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T18:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/?p=543"},"modified":"2019-09-12T22:19:16","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T02:19:16","slug":"nyc-new-music-post-911-to-fall-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2011\/09\/nyc-new-music-post-911-to-fall-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"NYC new music post-9\/11 to fall 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

“The decade that followed 9\/11\/2001 has been marked by jazz and new music makers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 determination not to be deterred from what the Taliban and Tea Party alike may consider marginal activities, if not outright affronts to God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dominion,” I write in my latest\u00c2\u00a0CityArts column<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0“Whether the city suffers attacks from abroad, natural disasters or economic collapses caused by the financial services sector that thrives in our midst, the minds of composers and the bands of improvisers play on.”<\/p>\n

An excerpt from the article regarding Amina Figarova’s September Suite<\/em> (written in advance of her performance on 9\/11 at the Metropolitan Room) has already been published here<\/a> — I attended that show by Figarova and her sextet, and found the music beautifully played, very affecting. But read the column for mention of a couple enduring jazz\/new music campaigns taking their next steps this autumn: the biggest news being Roulette<\/a>‘s rich season of concerts by uncompromisingly exploratory in a brand new space,\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0and the celebration by resolute Arturo O’Farrill<\/a> (pictured above) with three special programs at Symphony Space\u00c2\u00a0of the tenth year of his Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra.<\/p>\n

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“The decade that followed 9\/11\/2001 has been marked by jazz and new music makers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 determination not to be deterred from what the Taliban and Tea Party alike may consider marginal activities, if not outright affronts to God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dominion,” I write in my latest\u00c2\u00a0CityArts column.\u00c2\u00a0“Whether the city suffers attacks from abroad, natural disasters or economic collapses […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-543","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-main","8":"category-uncategorized","9":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/arturo-ofarrill.jpeg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1i3CL-8L","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":183,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2009\/04\/manhattan_jazz_residencies_my.html","url_meta":{"origin":543,"position":0},"title":"Manhattan jazz residencies (my new City Arts column)","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"April 16, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra\u00c2\u00a0at the Village Vanguard on Monday night since 1967\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0The Mingus Big Band, Orchestra and Dynasty ensemble in regular rotation on Mondays at the Jazz StandardGuitarist Les Paul, at age 94 a genuine hipster, the Ben Franklin of American popular music, Monday nights at Iridium forever.These are a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "main"","block_context":{"text":"main","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/category\/main"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":404,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2011\/06\/american_composer_orchestra_ja.html","url_meta":{"origin":543,"position":1},"title":"American Composer Orchestra: Jazz composers welcome","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"June 27, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The American Composers Orchestra gave eight jazz-oriented composers a year to work up five minute pieces and composer-mentors to help, then staged readings conducted by George Manahan during one of the busiest weeks of the jazz summer. 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