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Kenyetta Festival of Women in Jazz Remembers and Celebrates Nina Simone
Friday March 27, 2015 08:00 PM EDT
Cost: Free
From the venue:
The music and civil rights activism of legendary singer/songwriter Nina Simone will be celebrated at the 5th Kenyetta: A Festival of Women in Jazz with a series of presentations, lectures, and musical performances, including a featured concert by the Geri Allen Trio with special guest artist Carmen Lundy. This year’s festivities include lectures by Dwight Andrews, Ph.D., Spelman Distinguished Visiting Scholar, and Salamishah Tillet, Ph.D., associate professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, and musical performances by the Terrie Harper/Henry Conerway Trio featuring LaTosha Brown and the Spelman College Jazz Ensemble.