Listening Session: André Martinez Thurs, Apr 21, 2016, 12 pm

Listening Session: André Martinez

Thurs, Apr 21, 2016
12 pm

A lone figure stands in the empty fifth floor galleries of the Whitney Museum lit at night
A lone figure stands in the empty fifth floor galleries of the Whitney Museum lit at night

Whitney Museum of American Art, Neil Bluhm Family Galleries, Floor Five. Photograph by Timothy Schenck

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Floor Five, Neil Bluhm Family Galleries

Leader of the ensemble Earth People, esteemed percussionist André Martinez hosts a listening session as part of Open Plan: Cecil Taylor. Martinez performed in hundreds of shows as a member of the Cecil Taylor Unit from 1981 to 1992. He will share selections from his archive, which contains countless rare audio and video recordings of the Unit’s concerts during this period. 

Free with Museum admission.


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