Great Black Music Mondays

Great Black Music Mondays are nodes of sonic spiritual nourishment and freedom – freedom of expression and creation. Freedom of form and story. Freedom within the music as a vehicle*. Freedom and rootedness – a resonance connection to sonic ancestry carving more freedom – in and out and through the mainstream of popular music, of commerce. Crafting life and fluidity to seed and deepen bonds across genres and the globe.

Join Mankwe Ndosi and Sovereign Hues Productions for Great Black Music Mondays for the Month of December at Ice House Minneapolis. Mankwe Ndosi, Curator in Residence for December’s Monday Night Jazz series will tend the deep roots of black classical cosmic sound and practice. These five nights combine the soundtracks of Black Women composers past and present, music from five different ensembles of Twin Cities’ exciting musical innovators, with late-night Open Arrangement Sessions. OAS’s (pronounced Oasisz), Ndosi’s variation of the Open Mic, where she will arrange trios from musicians who show up to play. December 23rd will feature acclaimed international cellist/composer/bandleader Tomeka Reid. Produced by Mankwe Ndosi (SY Productions) and Sovereign Hues.

*nod to Nicole Mitchell’s quotation, “Jazz is a Globalized African American Freedom Vehicle.

This week’s Soundtrack will be the music of Betty Carter

Featuring the Musical Musings of: Ocean Bottom Journeys

Indelible Performers:

Tomeka Reid
Tish Jones
Douglas R Ewart

And your Host:
Mankwe Nodosi

Local musicians! Come out and play! Open Sessions start at 10:30pm! Sign up begins at the start of show time, at 8pm, with limited slots available.

We sincerely hope you will join us on this enlightening journey!