The Delta Comes to Brooklyn, NY - Two Extraordinary Double-Bills
651 ARTS presents two nights, two extraordinary double-bills
MARIE KNIGHT AND JIMMY “DUCK” HOLMES
COREY HARRIS AND LOBI TRAORÉ
Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts
at Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
Flatbush Ave bet. DeKalb and Willoughby
Tickets: $20-$25 | www.651arts.org
As part of Mississippi Delta Heritage Project, 651 ARTS proudly presents two nights of spectacular double-bills at Long Island University’s Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts.
Both evenings beautifully illustrate how the sounds of the Mississippi Delta reverberate through various cultures and musical styles — from gospel to Bentonia blues; from Mali to America; the blues has deep connections to a wide range of musical forms and geographic areas.
On Thursday, June 5, 651 ARTS presents legendary gospel singer, Marie Knight, on a bill with Bentonia, Mississippi bluesman, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes — musicians with two distinct styles for one night of pure Delta blues and gospel.
On Friday, June 6, the sounds of the Delta are evoked by critically-acclaimed musician Corey Harris with his 5X5 Band, plus from Mali, celebrated Bambara bluesman Lobi Traoré.
MARIE KNIGHT PLUS JIMMY DUCK HOLMES
Thursday, June 5 at 8pm
Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts
at Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
(Flatbush between DeKalb and Willoughby)
$20 | $15 students and seniors w/ID
For tickets: 718.488.1624 | www.651arts.org
In partnership with New York Blues & Jazz Society
MARIE KNIGHT
"It is the sort of music that infects one with joy, from an artist that is incredibly rare and sacred." singer, Madeleine Peyroux
Marie Knight’s vocal talents were recognized early on. When she was five years old, Marie—who was raised in Newark, New Jersey—sang the gospel number Doing All the Good We Can at her parents’ church where the congregants marveled at her poise. A member of the youth choir, she was soon elevated to soloist and taught herself to play piano. By her early twenties, Knight had gained experience touring the national gospel circuit. In 1946, she met Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the nationally famous gospel singer-guitarist, who recognized something special in Marie’s compelling contralto and her elegant stage presence. The two became gospel’s preeminent duo of the 1940s, recording hits for Decca Records, including Didn’t It Rain, Up Above My Head, and the gorgeous Beams of Heaven. In the 1960s, Marie cultivated a rhythm-and-blues career, touring with the likes of Brooke Benton, the Drifters, and Clyde McPhatter. After a hiatus, she re-emerged in the mid-1970s to record gospel music. Marie Knight is a minister at Gates of Prayer Church in New York, founded by the late Dolly Lewis.
In January 2002, Marie entered a recording studio to pay tribute to her old singing partner, Rosetta Tharpe, doing a solo version of their old hit Didn’t It Rain. Marie’s continuing vitality as a singer and performer—led to her first full-length recording in over 20 years, Let Us Get Together (2007).
Knight’s voice has changed since the earliest days of youth recitals in Newark, but Marie Knight’s gift—the one recognized early on by her church—remains undiminished by time.
JIMMY “DUCK” HOLMES
“…it is hard to believe that Holmes has remained hidden for so long. He is a huge talent and Back to Bentonia can only be described as a traditional blues masterpiece…” Blues in Britain
Born and raised in Bentonia, Mississippi to share-cropper parents, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes is a practitioner and conscious advocate of a distinctive blues style called Bentonia blues, made famous by blues pioneers, Skip James and Jack Owens.
Bentonia blues is deep country blues at its most authentic. Like many isolated enclaves in the Delta region, Bentonia developed its own distinct blues sound, characterized by distinctive open tunings, the use of falsetto, dark lyrical themes, and an overall eerie quality. This is a sound that conjures up images of hard times, black cats and the ever-lurking devil, and evokes an older Mississippi.
Recorded initially by Alan Lomax in the 1970s, Holmes has only recently found critical and popular acclaim outside of his home-state, in particular, with his critically-acclaimed CDs, Back to Bentonia, and Done Got Tired of Tryin’. James is also proprietor of one of the longest-standing juke joints in Mississippi, The Blue Front, also located in Bentonia.
COREY HARRIS AND THE 5X5 BAND PLUS LOBI TRAORÉ
Thursday, June 5 at 8pm
Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts
at Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
(Flatbush between DeKalb and Willoughby)
$25 | $20 students and seniors w/ID
For tickets: 718.488.1624 | www.651arts.org
COREY HARRIS
"To me, the blues is the blueprint. You can go from that blueprint and build whatever house you want." Corey Harris
In a career that spans more than a decade; critically-acclaimed musician Corey Harris is a musical explorer. More than a bluesman, Harris has traveled the world in search of his music’s earliest origins — from beyond the Mississippi to the continent of Africa. His sounds travel both within and outside of the blues tradition to reggae, hip-hop, Latin, funk, and R&B. Over the years he has worked with some of the most respected musicians playing today — including Wilco and Ali Farka Touré. His critically-acclaimed albums include, Mississippi to Mali; Daily Bread; and Zion Crossroads. In addition to his prolific work in the recording studio, Harris also starred in the Martin Scorsese documentary, Feel Like Going Home, an installment that took him to Mali for the blues series that aired on PBS in 2003. In 2007, Harris was awarded a MacArthur Award for excellence.
LOBI TRAORÉ
Lobi Traoré is called the inventor of Bambara blues — a sound which is associated with the Bambara people of Mali and also resembles the progression in a twelve-bar blues. “Traore's fiery guitar style is somewhere between John Lee Hooker and Jimmy Page, and against a backdrop of frantic percussion, the whole works like a trance-inducing chant” writes Chris Moss of the BBC. Lobi’s breakthrough album, Bamako, produced by Ali Farka Touré, was released in 1994, was voted one of the best rock albums of the year by Libération, and one of the best world music albums by Le Monde. Lobi will be joined onstage by bass player, Brehima Kouyate (also of Mali) and a band of NYC-based musicians for this singular Brooklyn event.
NEW YORK BLUES & JAZZ SOCIETY
The New York Blues & Jazz Society is a not-for-profit, all-volunteer organization that exists through membership and donations. We are dedicated to educating the public about blues and jazz music, and supporting area musicians who perform these important cultural genres.
Founded in 1988, 651 ARTS is Brooklyn's premier performing arts presenter of contemporary dance, theater, music, and humanities programming celebrating the breadth of the African Diaspora. 651 ARTS has brought culturally resonant arts programming and artists to its home at the BAM Harvey Theater and surrounding geographic area for the past 18 years, with over 700 artists and artistic ensembles—from Cuba to Trinidad, Senegal to South Africa, Brooklyn to Brazil. 651 ARTS continues to expand programming to encompass a panoramic view of the arts of the African Diaspora, solidifying a vital connection to its community and its changing demographics, while maintaining its high standards of artistic excellence.
651 ARTS SPONSORS
651 ARTS’ 2007 Season is sponsored in part by the following: Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, Lila Acheson Wallace Theater Fund, New York State Music Fund, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, Independence Community Foundation, Axe-Houghton Foundation, Tides Foundation, Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Harkness Foundation for Dance, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, National Dance Project, Carnegie Corporation, Con Edison, American Express, Altria Group, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs, Council Member Letitia James, National Performance Network, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Network of Cultural Centers of Color, and Emmanuel Baptist Church.
THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA HERITAGE PROJECT
651 ARTS has dedicated its entire 2008 season to the culture, artists and influence of the Mississippi Delta in The Mississippi Delta Heritage Project (MDHP). While the history and impact of the Delta Blues tradition is undisputed, few are aware of the contemporary artistry that continues to thrive in the region. The Mississippi Delta Heritage Project provides a glimpse of this flourishing artistic culture to New York audiences.
Additional 2008 MDHP performances include:
DELTA RISING by Ping Chong & Co. directed by Talvin Wilks
Wed. and Thur., May 28 and 29 at 8pm
BRICstudio
TOSHI REAGON AND BIGLOVELY
SHARDE THOMAS AND RISING STAR FIFE AND DRUM BAND
Sun., June 1 at 7pm
Brooklyn Masonic Temple
PEACHES, PLUMS AND PONTIFICATIONS by Olu Dara & Dianne McIntyre
Tues. and Wed., June 3 and 4 at 8pm
BRICstudio
THE LATE NIGHT JUKE JOINT SERIES featuring:
T-MODEL FORD, Tues., June 3
TERRY “HARMONICA” BEAN, Wed., June 4
ROBERT “WOLFMAN” BELFOUR, Thur., June 5
Frank’s Cocktail Lounge at 10pm
MICHAEL HILL
Sat., June 7 afternoon
The New York Mississippi Picnic in Central Park
CASSANDRA WILSON
Sat., June 7 at 8pm
BAM Harvey Theater
MARIE KNIGHT AND JIMMY “DUCK” HOLMES
COREY HARRIS AND LOBI TRAORÉ
Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts
at Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
Flatbush Ave bet. DeKalb and Willoughby
Tickets: $20-$25 | www.651arts.org
As part of Mississippi Delta Heritage Project, 651 ARTS proudly presents two nights of spectacular double-bills at Long Island University’s Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts.
Both evenings beautifully illustrate how the sounds of the Mississippi Delta reverberate through various cultures and musical styles — from gospel to Bentonia blues; from Mali to America; the blues has deep connections to a wide range of musical forms and geographic areas.
On Thursday, June 5, 651 ARTS presents legendary gospel singer, Marie Knight, on a bill with Bentonia, Mississippi bluesman, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes — musicians with two distinct styles for one night of pure Delta blues and gospel.
On Friday, June 6, the sounds of the Delta are evoked by critically-acclaimed musician Corey Harris with his 5X5 Band, plus from Mali, celebrated Bambara bluesman Lobi Traoré.
MARIE KNIGHT PLUS JIMMY DUCK HOLMES
Thursday, June 5 at 8pm
Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts
at Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
(Flatbush between DeKalb and Willoughby)
$20 | $15 students and seniors w/ID
For tickets: 718.488.1624 | www.651arts.org
In partnership with New York Blues & Jazz Society
MARIE KNIGHT
"It is the sort of music that infects one with joy, from an artist that is incredibly rare and sacred." singer, Madeleine Peyroux
Marie Knight’s vocal talents were recognized early on. When she was five years old, Marie—who was raised in Newark, New Jersey—sang the gospel number Doing All the Good We Can at her parents’ church where the congregants marveled at her poise. A member of the youth choir, she was soon elevated to soloist and taught herself to play piano. By her early twenties, Knight had gained experience touring the national gospel circuit. In 1946, she met Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the nationally famous gospel singer-guitarist, who recognized something special in Marie’s compelling contralto and her elegant stage presence. The two became gospel’s preeminent duo of the 1940s, recording hits for Decca Records, including Didn’t It Rain, Up Above My Head, and the gorgeous Beams of Heaven. In the 1960s, Marie cultivated a rhythm-and-blues career, touring with the likes of Brooke Benton, the Drifters, and Clyde McPhatter. After a hiatus, she re-emerged in the mid-1970s to record gospel music. Marie Knight is a minister at Gates of Prayer Church in New York, founded by the late Dolly Lewis.
In January 2002, Marie entered a recording studio to pay tribute to her old singing partner, Rosetta Tharpe, doing a solo version of their old hit Didn’t It Rain. Marie’s continuing vitality as a singer and performer—led to her first full-length recording in over 20 years, Let Us Get Together (2007).
Knight’s voice has changed since the earliest days of youth recitals in Newark, but Marie Knight’s gift—the one recognized early on by her church—remains undiminished by time.
JIMMY “DUCK” HOLMES
“…it is hard to believe that Holmes has remained hidden for so long. He is a huge talent and Back to Bentonia can only be described as a traditional blues masterpiece…” Blues in Britain
Born and raised in Bentonia, Mississippi to share-cropper parents, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes is a practitioner and conscious advocate of a distinctive blues style called Bentonia blues, made famous by blues pioneers, Skip James and Jack Owens.
Bentonia blues is deep country blues at its most authentic. Like many isolated enclaves in the Delta region, Bentonia developed its own distinct blues sound, characterized by distinctive open tunings, the use of falsetto, dark lyrical themes, and an overall eerie quality. This is a sound that conjures up images of hard times, black cats and the ever-lurking devil, and evokes an older Mississippi.
Recorded initially by Alan Lomax in the 1970s, Holmes has only recently found critical and popular acclaim outside of his home-state, in particular, with his critically-acclaimed CDs, Back to Bentonia, and Done Got Tired of Tryin’. James is also proprietor of one of the longest-standing juke joints in Mississippi, The Blue Front, also located in Bentonia.
COREY HARRIS AND THE 5X5 BAND PLUS LOBI TRAORÉ
Thursday, June 5 at 8pm
Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts
at Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
(Flatbush between DeKalb and Willoughby)
$25 | $20 students and seniors w/ID
For tickets: 718.488.1624 | www.651arts.org
COREY HARRIS
"To me, the blues is the blueprint. You can go from that blueprint and build whatever house you want." Corey Harris
In a career that spans more than a decade; critically-acclaimed musician Corey Harris is a musical explorer. More than a bluesman, Harris has traveled the world in search of his music’s earliest origins — from beyond the Mississippi to the continent of Africa. His sounds travel both within and outside of the blues tradition to reggae, hip-hop, Latin, funk, and R&B. Over the years he has worked with some of the most respected musicians playing today — including Wilco and Ali Farka Touré. His critically-acclaimed albums include, Mississippi to Mali; Daily Bread; and Zion Crossroads. In addition to his prolific work in the recording studio, Harris also starred in the Martin Scorsese documentary, Feel Like Going Home, an installment that took him to Mali for the blues series that aired on PBS in 2003. In 2007, Harris was awarded a MacArthur Award for excellence.
LOBI TRAORÉ
Lobi Traoré is called the inventor of Bambara blues — a sound which is associated with the Bambara people of Mali and also resembles the progression in a twelve-bar blues. “Traore's fiery guitar style is somewhere between John Lee Hooker and Jimmy Page, and against a backdrop of frantic percussion, the whole works like a trance-inducing chant” writes Chris Moss of the BBC. Lobi’s breakthrough album, Bamako, produced by Ali Farka Touré, was released in 1994, was voted one of the best rock albums of the year by Libération, and one of the best world music albums by Le Monde. Lobi will be joined onstage by bass player, Brehima Kouyate (also of Mali) and a band of NYC-based musicians for this singular Brooklyn event.
NEW YORK BLUES & JAZZ SOCIETY
The New York Blues & Jazz Society is a not-for-profit, all-volunteer organization that exists through membership and donations. We are dedicated to educating the public about blues and jazz music, and supporting area musicians who perform these important cultural genres.
Founded in 1988, 651 ARTS is Brooklyn's premier performing arts presenter of contemporary dance, theater, music, and humanities programming celebrating the breadth of the African Diaspora. 651 ARTS has brought culturally resonant arts programming and artists to its home at the BAM Harvey Theater and surrounding geographic area for the past 18 years, with over 700 artists and artistic ensembles—from Cuba to Trinidad, Senegal to South Africa, Brooklyn to Brazil. 651 ARTS continues to expand programming to encompass a panoramic view of the arts of the African Diaspora, solidifying a vital connection to its community and its changing demographics, while maintaining its high standards of artistic excellence.
651 ARTS SPONSORS
651 ARTS’ 2007 Season is sponsored in part by the following: Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, Lila Acheson Wallace Theater Fund, New York State Music Fund, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, Independence Community Foundation, Axe-Houghton Foundation, Tides Foundation, Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Harkness Foundation for Dance, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, National Dance Project, Carnegie Corporation, Con Edison, American Express, Altria Group, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs, Council Member Letitia James, National Performance Network, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Network of Cultural Centers of Color, and Emmanuel Baptist Church.
THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA HERITAGE PROJECT
651 ARTS has dedicated its entire 2008 season to the culture, artists and influence of the Mississippi Delta in The Mississippi Delta Heritage Project (MDHP). While the history and impact of the Delta Blues tradition is undisputed, few are aware of the contemporary artistry that continues to thrive in the region. The Mississippi Delta Heritage Project provides a glimpse of this flourishing artistic culture to New York audiences.
Additional 2008 MDHP performances include:
DELTA RISING by Ping Chong & Co. directed by Talvin Wilks
Wed. and Thur., May 28 and 29 at 8pm
BRICstudio
TOSHI REAGON AND BIGLOVELY
SHARDE THOMAS AND RISING STAR FIFE AND DRUM BAND
Sun., June 1 at 7pm
Brooklyn Masonic Temple
PEACHES, PLUMS AND PONTIFICATIONS by Olu Dara & Dianne McIntyre
Tues. and Wed., June 3 and 4 at 8pm
BRICstudio
THE LATE NIGHT JUKE JOINT SERIES featuring:
T-MODEL FORD, Tues., June 3
TERRY “HARMONICA” BEAN, Wed., June 4
ROBERT “WOLFMAN” BELFOUR, Thur., June 5
Frank’s Cocktail Lounge at 10pm
MICHAEL HILL
Sat., June 7 afternoon
The New York Mississippi Picnic in Central Park
CASSANDRA WILSON
Sat., June 7 at 8pm
BAM Harvey Theater
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