The New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band—Holiday Concert—Pan American Nutcracker
On Sunday, December 14th, the George Flynn Classical Concerts series is proud to present the New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band. Celebrating their 25th anniversary, The Latin Grammy® Award-winning New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band (NYABABB) is an Afro-Cuban jazz ensemble featuring first call Jazz and Afro-Cuban musicians based in New York City who collectively perform with the greatest names in the business. For this concert, the band will be presenting their own unique version of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, complete with dancers!
NYABABB was founded and is led by drummer and Clinton resident, Joe McCarthy. The music of NYABABB has long been inspired by the great Bebop tradition, married to the rich cultural stylings of African, Afro-Caribbean, Brazilian and other multi-ethnic styles of music. The New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band has been featured at Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and The Smithsonian’s Jazz Appreciation Series, among many others.
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