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Free on
Zoom
Mon, Oct 30 @ 7PM
Throughout time, the instruments, vocals and rhythms of diverse cultures
and heritages blend to create new musical forms. Much of what we listen to
today can be traced back hundreds of years to the African slave trade. In
the Americas and the Caribbean, enslaved people influenced the indigenous
music of the region with drumming, upbeat rhythms, call and response and
more. To this day, African music underpins Latin American styles such as
bachata, cumbia, samba and reggaeton.
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Standing
in Solidarity will discuss the influence of African slaves on
the creation and legacies of Latin American musical and dance forms. Our PSEG True Diversity Film Series
selection is Buena Vista
Social Club, a documentary about the musicians in Havana who
popularized Cuban jazz.
How to
participate:
- Register here.
- Watch Buena Vista Social Club for
free at home.
- Join us for a virtual conversation on Mon, Oct 30,
at 7PM.
Our
panel will be moderated by Neyda
Martinez, independent producer and founder of
Habana/Harlem® and Director of the Media Management Graduate Program at The
New School.
Our
panelists include:
Juan Cartagena,
performer, composer, instructor, researcher and writer of Puerto Rican drum
music and cofounder of the percussion and dance ensemble Segunda Quimbamba
Sofia Rei,
award-winning vocalist, songwriter, producer and professor at NYU’s Clive
Davis Institute of Recorded Music
Andrea R. Thompson,
director of development of the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance and Afro-Cuban
dancer
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