The Jazz Curators series is dedicated to exploring the life, music, and history of the acclaimed jazz masters. The ensembles include musicians from the widely respected JAS Quintet, along with other premiere regional musicians, performing authentic takes on the master’s music while also sharing stories about the featured artist’s life and influence.

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The Jazz Curators are excited to restage our fifth show, 1959 – The Shape of Change to Come in Flandreau! The JAS Quintet, joined by host Katrina Lehr-McKinney, will discuss the the year that changed Jazz.
 
In 1959, music, culture, and politics were all in a state of radical flux. The beginnings of the fully-fledged Civil Rights movement, Castro taking Cuba, Miles Davis punched by a cop for hailing a cab for a white woman, and the roots of all jazz that came after Be-Bop all came from this year. We’ll play selections from some of these seminal records, including Miles Davis Kind of Blue, John Coltrane Giant Steps, Dave Brubeck Time Out, Horace Silver Blowin’ the Blues Away, Ornette Coleman The Shape of Jazz to Come, and Charles Mingus Mingus Ah Um.
 
The Jazz Curators series is dedicated to exploring the life, music, and history of the acclaimed jazz masters. The ensembles include musicians from the widely respected JAS Quintet, along with other premiere regional musicians, performing authentic takes on the master’s music while also sharing stories about the featured artist’s life and influence.

Tickets: See more at https://www.crystaltheatre.com/contact-us/.

The Crystal Theater
213 E Second Ave
Flandreau, SD 57028