A nod to the spirit of the Beat Generation, Gil Scott-Heron’s The Revolution Will Not Be Televised;    Gunther Schuller’s Third Stream synthesis of jazz and classical; jazz bassist Charles Mingus and The Last Poets, who’s blending of spoken word and music influenced today’s rap and hip hop. 

Commissioned by and premiered at Symphony Space, NYC

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