
Ensemble | Wynton Marsalis |
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Date | Saturday, September 6th, 2014 |
Time | 8:00pm |
Event Type | Concert |
Event Name | NBAF Legends Celebration |
Venue | Rialto Center for the Arts |
Address | 80 Forsyth St NW |
Location | Atlanta, GA, United States |
Venue Phone | +1 404-413-9849 |
The Legends Celebration is a festival favorite recognizing artistic luminaries across the NBAF disciplines. Spotlight Series curator Wynton Marsalis is this year’s Music Legend, and he is joined by Melvin van Peebles (Film), Ntozake Shange (Theatre), Dr. Samella Lewis (Visual Arts), and Maurice Hines (Dance). The Legends Celebration boasts an exciting new award-show format and ​celebrates the five 2014 Legends through tribute performances from Anika Noni Rose, Melissa Aldana and Crash Trio, Marcus Belgrave, the Manzari Brothers and more!
Personnel
- Pablo Menares – bass
- Francisco Mela – drums
- Gary Motley – piano
- Melissa Aldana – tenor sax
- Marcus Belgrave – trumpet