Free Jazz Concert II: Josh Evans Quintet @ MOMA

Attend four weekly jazz and classical music concerts at Summergarden in the sculpture garden of the Museum of Modern Art. Limited seating. Free.
The Museum of Modern Art established Summergarden in 1971. In keeping with MoMA’s history of presenting jazz and classical music in the Sculpture Garden, this year’s concert series once again welcomes the participation of The Juilliard School and Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Josh Evans, trumpet and flute; Keith Loftis, tenor saxophone and flute; David Bryant, piano; Rahsaan Carter, bass; Kush Abadey, drums
Josh Evans will premiere Mansa Mali, an evening-length suite for quintet. It is inspired both by the Mali Empire, which sent a flotilla of 400 ships across the Atlantic some 180 years before Columbus, and by the Dogon people, who described complex astronomical phenomena. He learned of these cultures from his mentor, the renowned saxophonist Jackie McLean.

Museum of Modern Art

Jazz Concert II: Josh Evans Quintet

Sunday, July 31, 8:00 p.m.