CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE - The Music of Blue Note Records

Civil Disobedience - The Music of Blue Note Records is a project created by NY bassist David Ambrosio that features the work progressive jazz composers of the late 60's Blue Note Era, including Bobby Hutcherson, Jackie McLean, Stanley Cowell, Howard Land, Joe, Chambers, and James Spaulding. During a time of important social change and civil unrest, much of this music went unreleased until decades later. As a result, these compositions were not heard at the time for when they were written. Now, fifty years later, in America we are seeing significant parallels with the social movements of that era, which gives this important music a new sense of relevancy and urgency. Civil Disobedience was conceived and convened as an artistic response to current political events - both domestic and global - performing the politically conscious jazz compositions of the late 1960s Blue Note Era. Civil Disobedience is: Donny McCaslin - saxophones Ingrid Jensen - trumpet Bruce Barth - piano David Ambrosio - bass Victor Lewis - drums This event/performance 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.