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Boston’s third annual Equinox Music Festival is set to take place throughout the city from Sept. 17–28.
Equinox’s Festival continues to grow since it’s start in 2000, and this year boasts the 26th annual John Coltrane Memorial Concert with special guest, Pharoah Sanders, as well as performances by jazz legends and innovators.
Anthony Brown’s Asian American Orchestra comes to Boston for the first time, joined by special guest Steve Lacy. Brown, the 2003 Guggenheim Fellowship winner, and the AAO and Lacy will perform the premiere of their latest release, Monk’s Moods.
Also making their Boston debut, pianist Omar Sosa will be promoting his latest release, Bembon, and Dr. Art Davis will perform a duet with Odean Pope.
On Sept. 18, the Equinox All Stars, with Artist-In-Residence Keith Copeland and legends Herb Pomerory, Al Vega, Thomas Hebb and Andy McGhee, will play their first concert.
The festival’s lineup also includes Cecil Taylor and the Matthias Lupri Group with Greg Osby, and for a the Outdoor Finale, City Hall Plaza will host Taylor Ho Bynum’s SpiderMonkey Strings, Hiromi, Charlie Kohlhase and his CK5, Ron Reid’s SunSteel and the Gund Kwok Asian Woman’s Lion Dance.
By visiting the festival’s web site, people can enter to win a weekend in Boston to enjoy the festival through CN8 Comcast’s Getaway Package. The package includes a two-night stay at the Hotel Marlowe, dinner-for-two each evening at Bambara and two tickets to see the Matthias Lupri Group and the 26th annual John Coltrane Memorial Concert.
For a complete line up, schedule and more details about the contest, go to www.equinoxmusicfestival.org
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