Rialto Center for the Arts

Happy 4th from the Rialto Center!

Sat's jazz: Listen Up! by drummer/Messengers Alumnus Ralph Peterson & his Gen-Next Big Band, a robust and quite swinging big band album that continues as well as homages the Blakey tradition of showcasing young talent. Good stuff! #RalphPeterson #7pmJazz http://ow.ly/nx8l50FnI5T

Fans of Brazilian fusion will find much to enjoy in Thur's jazz: 1977's recently re-issued s/t album by Marcos Resende & Index, a wonderful blend of regional rhythms and then-new synthesizer flourishes with jazz/fusion. Excellent! #MarcosResende #7pmJazz http://ow.ly/RaK450Dqmn7

Wed's jazz: Raining on the Moon by avant bassist William Parker, joined here by a frenetic backing band which includes singer Leena Conquest who delivers Parker's poetry with emotional fervor. #WilliamParker #7pmJazz http://ow.ly/t4TM50DoaGv

Friday's #WomeninJazz album is Soul Harping by harpist Dorothy Ashby, a gorgeous meld of soul/jazz, afro/latin rhythms, and rich orchestration. A terrific early example of soul fusion. #DorothyAshby #7pmJazz #RialtoATL https://www.youtube.com/watch

Thursday's jazz is Not in Our Name by Charlie Haden and the Liberation Music Orchestra, written and arranged by Carla Bley. Music for today. #CharlieHaden #7pmJazz #RialtoATL https://www.youtube.com/watch

* To register for the encounter with the artist (1-2 pm), please email Marissa Hordos: [email protected] * To join the discussion in French (4:30-5:30 pm), please click on this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89772633447

Wednesday's jazz: Skies of America by Ornette Coleman. #OrnetteColeman #7pmJazz #RialtoATL https://www.youtube.com/watch

Tuesday's jazz is Who Sent You? by Irreversible Entanglements, a liberation-oriented free jazz collective formed from a performance at an anti-police brutality event and carrying both musical prowess and urgent poetic weight as delivered by Camae Ayewa (aka Moor Mother). Irreversible Entanglements International Anthem #7pmJazz #RialtoATL https://www.youtube.com/watch

Get ready ATL! Our partners at Aurora Theatre are presenting multimedia, music-filled tribute to Lisa Left Eye Lopes, the controversial member of the Atlanta-bred 90s pop music phenomenon, TLC. This play with music focuses on the woman behind the legend as she embarks on the journey to find her artistic voice and purpose. SPECIAL OFFER: Rialto Center patrons get $5 off when you order online with the promo code: WATERFALLS "2 The Left: A Tribute to the Life of Lisa 'Left ...Eye' Lopes" Written and performed by Kerisse Hutchinson Directed by Thomas W. Jones, II Choreography by Victor Jackson Musical Direction by S. Renee Clark Streaming now through November 8, Reserve your VIP viewing link and find out more here: http://ow.ly/Jxxx50CaGsF

Great piece by Jada Jones for The Signal at Georgia State University!

A little Gospel, a little avant garde, a lot of invigorating jazz here on an early Keith Jarrett work, Expectations, from 1972. To his core group of Charlie Haden, Dewey Redman, and Paul Motion, Jarrett adds guitarist Sam Brown and Quarteto Novo percussionist Airto Moreira to round out this exciting set which cemented him as world class performer. #KeithJarrett #7pmJazz #RialtoATL https://www.youtube.com/watch

Let the Brighter Side of Darkness be your post-Halloween transition. This duet consists of Portuguese trumpeter Luis Vicente and Spanish percussionist Vasco Trilla. Starting from next to nothing, the songs build into visceral complexities, the songs embracing lone melodies as well as haunted soundscapes. Sunday's jazz! #LuisVicente #VascoTrilla #7pmJazz #rialtoatl https://www.youtube.com/watch

For those that like your jazz on the scary side, our Halloween jazz album is Cuts of Guilt, Cuts Deeper by Japanese noiseter Merzbow, Swedish saxist Mats Gustafsson, Hungarian drummer Blazs Pandi and Sonic Youth alumnus Thurston Moore. A difficult album that will certainly scare off your trick or treaters. #7pmJazz #HalloweenJazz #RialtoATL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxsQGNoDXNE

Friday's Women in Jazz album is Future Song by Danish percussionist/composer Marilyn Mazur. It's a fun big band ride, labyrinthine and groovy, rich with delightful surprises. #MarilynMazur #7pmJazz #RialtoATL https://www.youtube.com/watch

Thursday's tangentially jazz album is Skins n Slime by cellist Oliver Coates who here uses elements from pulse minimalism and drone to create a moving set of live pieces for his solo instrument and effects, perhaps ending up more in the realm of modern classical. Pretty. #OliverCoates #7pmJazz #RialtoATL https://www.youtube.com/watch

ICYMI our Homegrown Artist from July 23rd was Atlanta musician Nerdkween (Monica Arrington), a really great set made from her home. Join us each 2nd and 4th Thursday at noon for another episode! #Nerdkween #HomegrownArtists #RialtoATL http://ow.ly/WwSy50C6a1b

Wed's jazz is the elecro-dub heavy Blow the Earth by avant-trumpeteer Toshinori Kondo, who passed away earlier this month. This is a broody noir beauty! #ToshinoriKondo #7pmJazz #RialtoATL https://www.youtube.com/watch