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Dew Drop Inn Revival presents: GROOVE CITY 2024
NIGHT XI
featuring:
Steve Lands presents
REARRANGING THE PLANETS
One Night Only!
Hailing from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Creative Assembly Cohort member, trumpeter and arranger Steve Lands presents "Rearranging the Planets," a new musical performance reinterpreting composer Gustav Holst’s influential orchestral suite, "The Planets."
With his original composition, Lands uses Holst’s work as a jumping off point to explore the varied relationships civilizations have had to the heavens over time. While Holst structured his suite—which premiered at the Queen’s Hall in London in 1918—around the Solar System and its Greco-Roman mythological namesakes, "Rearranging the Planets" casts a broader net to consider how societies around the world have looked to the stars. In the words of planetary scientist Carl Sagan, “We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.”
Since debuting this new interpretation of "The Planets" to two sold-out shows at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) for its 2022-2023 season, Lands has further expanded this project into additional suites and inspired sub-combinations of players such as the Draconid Suite and Cosmi(K)rewe, cementing "Rearranging the Planets" as perhaps the city's most expansive and prolific fusion project today, currently now under consideration for philharmonic orchestral commission.
Join us tonight for the only opportunity to experience the complete "Rearranging the Planets" composition with full band during New Orleans Jazz Fest week 2024, inside the intimate, historic Dew Drop Inn, where the legacy of Black American Music innovation continues.
"Rearranging the Planets" tonight features:
Steve Lands - trumpet, arranger
Gladney - tenor saxophone
Rex Gregory - saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
Shea Pierre - keys
John Maestas - guitar
Max Moran - bass
Alfred Jordan Jr - drums
Xavier Molina - percussion
Amber René - vocals
With additional credits to: Amari Ansari, Cubs the Poet, Francis Wong, Camille Lenain, Meghan Stewart, and Amina Scott.
9pm Doors | 10pm Show
$35 - $40 Limited Seating (Advance Tickets & Early Arrival Suggested)
$20 - $25 Standing Room Only (Early Arrival Strongly Suggested)
*All Tickets are first-come, first-served upon arrival, no reserved spots. *All Seated Tickets guarantee a seat.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
2836 Lasalle Street, New Orleans, LA, United States, Louisiana 70115
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