| Ensemble | Wynton Marsalis Septet |
|---|---|
| Date | Friday, November 12th, 2004 |
| Time | 8:00pm |
| Event Type | Concert |
| Festival | Jack Johnson Festival |
| Project | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson |
| Venue | Frederick P. Rose Hall |
| Address | Broadway at West 60th Street |
| Location | New York, NY, United States |
| Venue Phone | +1 212-721-6500 |
| Admission | $10, $40, $75, $100, $115 and $150 |
Jazz at Lincoln Center hosts a screening of excerpts from a new film, “Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson”, by documentary filmmaker Ken Burns (PBS January 2005). In 1908, Jack Johnson became the first African-American to claim the boxing heavyweight crown. He was also flamboyantly defiant of any attempts to curtail his pursuits of liberty in this post-Civil War, pre-Civil Rights era. This defiance cost him his title, and for a time, his country. Project collaborator Wynton Marsalis joins Burns in a rousing discussion of this champion boxer, author, patent-holding inventor, and aspiring bass player. The Wynton Marsalis Septet performs music from the soundtrack to round out a knockout evening!
