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Arts for Art Jazz Libre
To keep our community safe, audience members must show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 and photo ID to attend. Face masks are required at all times. 


Jazz Libre! Celebration

November 11 - 13​, 2021
In-Person and Live Streaming

Co-Presented with The Clemente for BORIMIX Puerto Rico Fest
At The Clemente's Flamboyan Theater
107 Suffolk St, NYC 10002
November 11: In-Person: $25/night | Live Stream: $10
November 12 & 13: Free, Donations Encouraged
RSVP & Watch Livestream

Thursday, November 11 - Curated by Michele Rosewoman
Buy Tickets | Buy Livestream

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Francisco Mora Catlett
7pm Francisco Mora Catlett's Afro Horn 
Francisco Mora Catlett - drums
Sam Newsome - soprano saxophone
Román Díaz - percussion
James Weidman - piano
Rashaan Carter - bass
Alex Harding - baritone saxophone

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Afro Horn is an avant-garde ensemble that highlights the African presence in the Americas through an assemblage of prime musicians and a repertoire of written and improvised jazz expressions and Cuban folkloric influences. Mr. Mora has performed and recorded with Sun Ra, Max Roach, Detroit greats including Marcus Belgrave, Kent Cox, and Carl Craig and is co-founder of the Oyu Oro Afro-Cuban Experimental Dance Company (2000) with his wife Danys “La Mora”Perez Prades, performing dance and music from the African Diaspora.
Román Díaz
8pm Román Díaz’s Rumba Ensemble
Román Díaz - percussion, vocals
Clemente Medina - percussion
Rafael Monteagudo - percussion
Barry Cox - percussion, vocals
Abraham Rodriguez - lead vocals
Máximo Gustavo - vocals
Onel Mulet - saxophone, vocals

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Román Díaz is a scholar of religious and folkloric music, composer & performer of folklore and contemporary jazz. Considered both a pillar of the New York City jazz avant-garde and one of Afro Cuban music’s great innovators, his Rumba Ensemble displays his vision of the confluence of New York City’s tradition of music of the African diaspora. He has performed and recorded with Merceditas Valdes, Raices Profundas, Paquito D’Rivera, Michele Rosewoman, Henry Threadgill, David Virelles, Jane Bunnett, Juan Carlos Formell, Orlando “Puntilla” Rios, Oriente Lopez, Afro Horn & Danilo Perez among many others.
Michele Rosewoman
9pm Michele Rosewoman’s New Yor-Uba 
Michele Rosewoman - piano, vocals
Alex Norris - trumpet
Mike Thomas - alto & soprano saxophone
Isaiah Collier - tenor saxophone
Chris Washburne - trombone, bass trombone, tuba
Gregg August - bass
Robby Ameen - drums
Román Díaz - percussion, vocals
Rafael Monteagudo - percussion
Mauricio Herrera - percussion, vocals
Abraham Rodriguez - lead vocals

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For four decades, pianist/composer/educator Michele Rosewoman has expanded the horizons of jazz while remaining firmly rooted in tradition.  A fearless bandleader and mentor, many have cited that working with Rosewoman made an indelible mark on their artistic development as musicians, composers and bandleaders. New Yor-Uba's distinctive repertoire features Ms. Rosewoman’s original compositions and visionary arrangements that incorporate a large spectrum of Cuban spiritually-based music, including Yoruba (Nigeria), Arará (Dahomey), Abakuá (Calabar) and rumba/guaguanco, a uniquely Cuban musical form.

Plus Post-Concert Q&A with ensemble leaders and audience by Frank Bell


Una Función en el Cruce: Puente Ancestral, Corrientes Musicales is made possible with the support of Jazz Road, a national initiative of South Arts, which is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Presented in partnership with HotHouse: The Center for International Performance & Exhibition.

Habana/Harlem® will offer two 20-minute podcasts for online access; a panel of residency artists and scholars/cultural historians Ivor Miller and Frank Bell, exploring the junctions of Cuban cultural traditions in the diaspora and their impact on U.S.-based musicians. 
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​Friday, November 12
Free RSVP | Watch Livestream
Willy Rodriguez
8pm Willy Rodriguez's Exploraciones Ponceñas' 
Willy Rodriguez - drums
Dezron Douglas - bass
Santiago Leibson - piano
Yoni Kretzmer - tenor sax


This project will explore what it means to be a free Caribbean native. Expression without chains or colonialism. A free improvisation from the Puerto Rican perspective.
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Willy Rodriguez was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico and began playing drums at age thirteen. He received his musical start playing throughout Puerto Rico in rock and pop bands. Willy has studied with a host of famed teachers such as Terri-Lyne Carrington, Yoron Israel, Ralph Peterson, Greg Osby, Miguel Zenon, Jerry Bergonzi, Bob Moses, Billy Hart and Cecil McBee, among others. He has performed alongside some of the premier musicians in jazz including Randy Weston, Dave Holland and Dave Liebman, with whom he has recorded and played with extensively. Boston Symphony Hall, Roccella Jazz Festival, Panama Jazz Festival, Cape Verde Jazz Festival, Berklee Performance Center, Jordan Hall, and Mechanics Hall are just some of the renowned festivals and venues Willy has performed at. He has appeared on a variety of recordings including Ceremony, the most recent release from NEA Jazz Master Dave Liebman.
William Parker
9pm William Parker’s Southern Satellites
Isaiah Barr - tenor sax
Dario Gomez - voice, percussion
Oscar Pena - tambura
Isaiah Parker - piano
William Parker - bass
Francisco Mela - drum set

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William Parker’s Southern Satellites uses rhythms, melodies, and harmonies from all over the world, incorporating a concept called universal tonality to blend the Olmec music concepts with modern day Afro-American improvisational music. The musicians in this version come from Argentina, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and New York. The group will be premiering a new dance cycle called “Dance Dance."

Saturday, November 13
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Juan Pablo Carletti
8pm Juan Pablo Carletti’s Danzas Band
James Brandon Lewis - tenor sax
Ben Stapp - tuba
Juan Pablo Carletti - drums


The Band DANZA's focus connects the danceable aspect of our music and keeps it moving through our bodies touching our heads at the same time working on improvisation as the main force.
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Juan Pablo Carletti was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He grew up in a musical environment in which his father played percussion, and was instantly drawn to the drums. Juan approaches playing in unique ways, influenced by different styles of music, especially the music created in the avant-garde scene in New York City in the last decades. Juan has played with Tony Malaby, Andrew Cyrille, Daniel Levin, Mat Maneri, Chris Hoffman, Angelica Sanchez, Kris Davis, Michael Attias, Rob Brown, Roman Filiu, Román Díaz, Aruan Ortiz and William Parker.
Brandon Lopez
9pm Brandon Lopez's Die Dreaming (morir soñando) 
Matt Nelson - tenor sax
James Brandon Lewis - tenor sax
Brandon Lopez - bass
"Buz" Donald - drums

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Brandon Lopez is a New York-based composer and bassist working at the fringes of jazz, free improvisation, noise and new music. His music has been praised as “brutal” (Chicago Reader) and “relentless” (The New York Times). From the New York Philharmonic's David Geffen Hall to the DIY basements of Brooklyn, Lopez has worked beside many luminaries of jazz, classical, poetry, and experimental music, including Fred Moten, John Zorn, Okkyung Lee, Ingrid Laubrock, Tony Malaby, Tyshawn Sorey, Bill Nace, Chris Potter, Edwin Torres, Tom Rainey, Cecilia Lopez, Sun Ra Arkestra, Susan Alcorn, Mette Rasmussen, and many others.
BORIMIX Puerto Rico Fest makes Puerto Rican arts accessible to a multi-ethnic and multi-generational audience, promoting creative collaboration between Latinx artists. These events highlight the impact of Puerto Rican identity and arts & culture within the City, Nation, and Hemisphere, as it intersects with other Latinx identities.
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schedule subject to change
Presented with support from the New York State Council on the Arts. | Additional support provided by Council Members Margaret Chin and Carlina Rivera. 
​For visitors requiring accessible access for performance, guests are invited to call Security at 646.358.7305 for assistance entering through the ground floor level via 114 Norfolk Street. There is no elevator in the building presently; plans to increase accessibility of The Clemente for everyone are in progress.


MISSION: Arts for Art is dedicated to the exceptional creativity that originated in the African American multi-arts jazz culture that utilizes improvisation to express a larger, more positive dream of inclusion and freedom.
​​ARTS FOR ART, INC.
107 Suffolk Street, #300, New York, NY, 10002
212-254-5420 | info@artsforart.org

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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • Programs
    • AFA Artists
    • Annual Reports
    • Board & Staff
    • Vision Circle
    • Safe(r) Space Code of Conduct
    • About CoSA
  • EVENTS
    • Studio Rivbea Revisited 2023
    • Jo Wood-Brown's 'Dreaming Woman'
    • MARSHALL ALLEN & NYC ALL-STARS
    • THE MUSIC OF BRANDON LOPEZ AND FRIENDS
    • Connie Crothers Tribute
    • ARTIST DIARIES
    • EVENTS ARCHIVE >
      • Special Events >
        • Vision Festival 2022, New York City
        • InGardens 2022, FREE Outdoor Concert Series in NYC
        • FreeJazz on a Saturday Afternoon
        • No Joke! Record Release
        • Jazz Libre! Celebration
        • Outdoor Concerts
        • Vision Festival Healing Soul
        • Amina Claudine Myers Birthday Celebration
        • Bringing on the Hallelujah: Kidd Jordan Film
        • Artists for a Free World Protest Concerts
        • Earth Arrival Day Celebration
        • Arts for Art at The Town Hall | March 4
        • Patricia Nicholson Birthday Benefit
        • Steve Cannon Tribute
        • Arts for Art at Weeksville
        • AFA at H0L0 Xennial
        • OPEN DOORS / OPEN STUDIOS
        • Arts for Art at the Kitchen
        • Cecil Taylor Memorial
        • FreeJazz at Weeksville
        • Vision at Tufts
        • Sonny Simmons Tribute Concert
        • Tribute to Hamiet Bluiett
      • Vision Festival Archive
      • On_Line Salons
      • Under_Line Salons >
        • Amina Claudine Myers Salon 1/07
        • Jemeel Moondoc Salon 4/18
        • Andrew Cyrille Salon 1/9
        • Under_Line Salon w/ Dave Burrell March 8, 2018
        • AFA Fundraiser Honoring Cecil Taylor
        • Under_Line Salon December 6
        • Canceled - Under_Line Salon ft. Eric Revis & Alvin Fielder
        • Under_Line Salon ft. Cooper-Moore
        • Canceled - Under_Line Salon ft. Alvin Fielder
        • Holiday Salon at the LOWLINE Lab
        • Under_Line Salon ft. Marshall Allen
      • Evolving >
        • Peace and Justice Celebration
        • Free Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon
        • Arts for Art at El Taller
        • Arts for Art at H0L0
        • Arts for Art at Nublu
        • Free Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon
        • Raza y Resistencia 2018
        • Justice is Compassion 12/7 - 1/12
        • Raza y Resistencia 2017
        • Justice is Compassion / Not a Police State
        • Raza y Resistencia
        • NYC FreeJazz Summit
      • Artist Meeting
      • InGardens >
        • InGardens 2021
        • InGardens 2019
        • InGardens 2018
        • In Gardens 2016
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