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"The Coltranes and Humanism," free public program w/Yusef Lateef and mor
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Mary Curtin
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Oct 28, 2009 07:34 PST
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On Friday, November 13, 2009, the Humanities Center at Northeastern
University will present a public program, "The Coltranes and Humanism:
Spirituality, Music and Sound,” from 6-8 PM, in the Amilcar Cabral
Center in the John D. O’Bryant African American Institute. The event is
free and open to the public. The John D. O'Bryant African American
Institute is located at 40 Leon St., Boston, in the middle of
Northeastern's campus. Convenient T stops are on the Green
(Northeastern) and Orange (Ruggles) Lines. For more information, call
617-373-8700.
Alice and John Coltrane have made important contributions to a
multicultural American — and global — humanism. To assess and discuss
those contributions, and the large questions that they raise, NU’s
Humanities Center is bringing together a diverse group: musicians,
historians, African-Americanists, urban specialists, sociologists,
ethnomusicologists, historians, religious studies scholars, gender
theorists, political scientists, lawyers, media specialists, and others.
"The Coltranes and Humanism: Spirituality, Music and Sound,” will
feature a roundtable of speakers including master musician/scholar Yusef
Lateef, joined by Professor Tammy Kernodle, and Northeastern’s Emmett
Price and Leonard Brown. Dr. Lateef is the recent recipient of the
prestigious Jazz Master Award for 2010 by the National Endowment for the
Arts. These four will address the humanist legacy of the Coltranes,
including the significance of John Coltrane’s iconic status. The
roundtable will be followed by a conversation, including all audience
members, about the relationship between music and Black America’s
struggle for freedom and equality; how the Coltranes’ music has helped
shape global expressions of spirituality and politics; and how we can
rethink humanism and the humanities from the perspective of music.
This event is co-sponsored by the Northeastern University Humanities
Center, the John D. O’Bryant African-American Institute, and the
Departments of African American Studies, Religion & Philosophy, Women's
Studies, Sociology & Anthropology, and Music.
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