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In this April 14, 2016 photo, pianist Cecil Taylor, 87, who revolutionized jazz by launching the free-jazz movement in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, performs in an unannounced second set at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, kicking off a 10-day exhibition celebrating Taylor’s music as well as his deep connection to dance, poetry and other art forms.
Pianist Cecil Taylor makes triumphant comeback at Whitney
NEW YORK — The visionary 87-year-old jazz pianist Cecil Taylor received a standing ovation as he walked slowly to the stage at the Whitney Museum of American Art, using a cane and holding his assistant’s arm. No one in the audience Thursday night knew quite what to expect from Taylor. This was only his fourth public performance in the past four years, the last a brief solo at the June 2015 funeral of Ornette Coleman, who along with Taylor revolutionized jazz by launching the free-jazz movement in the late ‘50s. But though frail in body, Taylor was strong in spirit. Once his hands touched the keyboard, he again displayed his orchestral approach and commanding virtuosity, with percussive flurries, sudden changes in loud-soft dynamics and dancerlike leaps across the octaves. After the performance, Jason Moran, a leading contemporary jazz pianist who was in the audience, said he was impressed with just how much ferocity, integrity, pacing and care Taylor showed. “With Cecil, it’s like all of a sudden the years peel away,” said Moran, who considers Taylor one of his main influences. “That’s the elixir of the music. .. When musicians get really excited about an idea, it gives them that much energy.”
The performance opened an exhibition titled “Open Plan: Cecil Taylor,” running until April 24. Taylor performed with two longtime collaborators, Britain’s Tony Oxley on electronics rather than his usual drum kit and Japanese modern dancer Min Tanaka. The energy from Taylor’s piano flowed to Tanaka who moved around the room, shifting from graceful slow-motion movements to frenetic gestures in response to the music. As the music subsided, he waved his arms around Taylor before settling into repose. It was an appropriate opening for an exhibition celebrating not only Taylor’s music, but also his deep connection to dance, poetry and other art forms. “I want people to understand why this person who is truly a maverick is an utterly important 20th-century artist,” said the Whitney’s Jay Sanders, who co-curated the exhibit with Lawrence Kumpf, artistic director of the Brooklyn-based Issue Project Room. “We want to bring his past forward in the present.” Though Taylor eschews revisit-
ing his past, the exhibition includes audio and video listening stations, offering music dating back to his 1956 debut album “Jazz Advance.” On display are album covers and concert posters, scores with his personalized notation system, and hand-written pages from journals of unpublished poems. The scheduled events include performances by past Taylor collaborators and film screenings. The curators hope the Whitney experience will encourage Taylor to perform. The pianist went through a rough patch when his one-time friend and contractor was sentenced to prison for stealing most of the $500,000 he received by winning the prestigious Kyoto Prize in 2013. Taylor, who has a long association with the Whitney, has been coming to the museum’s new building several times a month to practice on a baby grand piano in the private trustee room. It’s not known whether Taylor will play again during the exhibition, but he did give an unannounced performance Thursday night after the trio’s set with an octet he called The New Unit, including spoken word artist Jane Grenier Balgochian and saxophonists Harri Sjostrom, Elliott Levin and Bobby Zankel. (ap)
Obama meets with musicians on My Brother’s Keeper
WASHINGTON - Musicians Alicia Keys, Nicki Minaj, Busta Rhymes, Common, Janelle Monae and others met Friday with President Barack Obama to discuss ways to continue the administration’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative and spur criminal justice reform in the United States. The musicians who met with Obama have been working on efforts to help younger generations of blacks and other minorities stay on the right path. The roster also included Ludacris, Chance the Rapper, J. Cole, Wale and DJ Khaled. Keys in February pushed for House Speaker Paul Ryan to have the House move on criminal justice overhaul through a flirty Valentine video. Monae has pushed for voter registration; Common has publicly supported the private-sector efforts of My Brother’s Keeper; and Ludacris has started a foundation to foster economic development and teach leadership and education skills to young people. The meeting at the White House
complex Friday afternoon was not announced by the administration, but was confirmed to The Associated Press. Obama was joined at the meeting by Broderick Johnson, chair of the My Brother’s Keeper Task Force, and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett. Under the My Brother’s Keeper initiative, businesses, foundations and community groups coordinate investments to come up with or support programs that help keep young people out of the criminal justice system and improve their access to higher education. The president initiated the program in February 2014 to try to help reverse some of the challenges facing black, Hispanic and Native American boys and young men. So far, private investors including foundations and businesses have committed more than $500 million in grants and in-kind resources and $1 billion in financing through community banks, including investments in schools, mentoring programs, juvenile justice reforms and school redesign. (ap)
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Head and tail of bull races stand while running fast SINGARAJA — The tradition of bull races (sapi gerumbungan) has an attraction to local and foreign travelers in Buleleng. By and large, it is presented at Kaliasem public square, Banjar subdistrict. Appearance of the bull races is often supported by the Buleleng Culture and Tourism Agency in particular event. The Head of the Buleleng Culture and Tourism Agency, Nyoman Sutrisna, said that bull race has an appeal to foreign travelers. Moreover, they schedule their visit to North Bali if the government has an agenda to organize such an event. The bulls in use have been treated specifically through a series of exercises. “Bull race indeed has an appeal and we will make further coordination with local customary villages. If needed and many lovers have interest in the bull races, we can organize it in the future,” said Sutrisna when confirmed on Saturday (Apr. 16).
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People walk near a damaged house after an earthquake struck off the Pacific coast in Manta, Ecuador, April 16, 2016.
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Powerful earthquake kills 77 in Ecuador
GUAYAQUIL - A powerful earthquake killed at least 77 people, injured hundreds more, ravaged coastal towns and sent residents fleeing for higher ground in Ecuador on Saturday night.
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In this March 23, 2016 file photo, singer Alicia Keys performs in Seattle. Musician Keys and others met with President Barack Obama to discuss ways they can continue the White House’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative and spur criminal justice reform in the U.S.
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Ecuador’s Pacific coast and was felt hundreds of miles (km) away in the capital of Quito as well as in the large commercial city of Guayaquil, where rubble lay strewn in the streets and some buildings were cracked or partially collapsed. A bridge in the city collapsed on top of car, crushing it. The earthquake was Ecuador’s worst in decades and officials said the death toll was likely to rise even higher as rescue teams headed into the hardest-hit areas. “It was terrifying, we were all scared and we’re still out in the
streets because we’re worried about aftershocks,” said Guayaquil security guard Fernando Garcia. “Everything is damaged.” A state of emergency was declared in six provinces. The areas worst affected include Pedernales, which draws tourists with beaches lined with palm-trees and tropical thatch-hut restaurants, as well as nearby Cojimies. “There are villages that are totally devastated,” Pedernales’ mayor, Gabriel Alcivar, said in a radio interview. “What happened here in Pedernales is catastrophic.”
Ramon Solorzano, 46, a car parts merchant in the city of Manta, said he was getting ready to leave the city with his family. “Most people are out in the streets with backpacks on, heading for higher ground,” he said, speaking in a trembling voice via a WhatsApp phone call. “The streets are cracked. The power is out and phones are down.” The quake struck at a depth of 20 km (12.4 miles), and was followed by 55 aftershocks. President Rafael Correa declared a national emergency and cut short a trip to the Vatican to coordinate the rescue efforts. “Everything can be rebuilt, but lost lives cannot be recovered, and that’s what hurts the most,” he told
Ecuador’s state television channel from Rome. “The material part is the least important, what is fundamental is guaranteeing human life.” Parts of the capital were without power or telephone service for several hours, though the city government said that services were quickly restored and that there were no reports of casualties in the city. The government described it as the worst quake in the country since 1979, when 600 people were killed and 20,000 injured, according to the United States Geological Survey. A tsunami warning was lifted on Saturday night but coastal residents were encouraged to seek higher ground in case tides rise. The OPEC nation’s oil production was not affected by the quake
but that the principal refinery of Esmeraldas, located near the epicenter, had been halted as a precaution. Across the Pacific in Japan, a 7.3 magnitude tremor struck Kumamoto province early Saturday, killing at least 32 people, injuring about a thousand and causing widespread damage, in the second major quake to hit the island of Kyushu in just over 24 hours. The first, late on Thursday, killed nine. (rtr) News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http://radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.