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Sohrab invited to play @ the Union Arts DC event ” A Night of New Music, the October Revolution”

Anouncement, Concert/Tour, News,

photo (23)Date: Sunday, October 26, 2014
Time: 7pm
Venue: Union Arts DC (411 New York Ave NE, Washington, District of Columbia 20002)
Ticket: $10
Genre:  a series of duo performances

This month of October 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution in Jazz, organized by trumpeter Bill Dixon in New York City. The goal was to provide a platform for musicians dedicated performing original and improvised music, but were not able to find steady work in this approach. It ultimately lead to the creation of the Jazz Composer’s Guild and was another important statement in organizing musicians and artists in practicing self-determination in their artistic careers and in the community.

For this performance, musicians from DC, with a few special guests from New York City will collaborate in a series of duo performances. This is in recognition of a historical event, showcasing a community of musicians who have been influenced by the October Revolution.

Musicians include Ras Moshe, Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi (SoSaLa DC music collective), Kamyar Arsani (SoSaLa DC music collective), Brian Settles, Aaron Martin, Jamal Moore, Jeron White, Warren “Trae” Cruddop III (SoSaLa DC music collective), Luke Stewart (SoSaLa DC music collective), Nate Scheible, and more!

The duo Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi (tenor sax and vocals) and Kamyar Arsani (daf, percussion and vocals) will perform nu world trash music, oriental music meets jazz meets improv meets music activism!

Voice Of America Feature #2: Sohrab The Music Activist

Interviews, The Music Activist, The Street Musician, , , , ,

 

Photo by Jessica Peng
Photo by Jessica Peng

Saturday, September 20, 2014

Here is a link to a Voice Of America feature of NY’s street musicians Busking in New York- Part 2 which is in Farsi.

The director is Melody Safavi (Abjeez). She features and interviews a brass band, a piano player, an official of the NY Subway, a group of subway break dancers, a violinist,…and Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi (leader of the band SoSaLa).

Melody’s coverage proved that NY’s street musicians are hard working people and are not “just” entertainers or “artists”, but WORKERS!

In this film report Sohrab is featured not just as a musician (he’s shown playing on his tenor saxophone in a tunnel), but also as a music activist who speaks about musicians’ rights.

In Farsi he explains and describes that musicians are not different from other workers. They work like anybody else and should be respected for “their work” and get paid fairly like any qualified worker.

He also explains why he calls himself an activist.

Due to this feature which went on air Saturday, September 20, 2014, Sohrab has received some positive responses from Iran.