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Celebration Time |
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The BFS African American Celebration concert on Feb. 5 will feature three outstanding performances.
The Upper School Dance Team, Panthers Supreme,
is a performance group that combines elements of hand claps, stepping,
and rhythmic movements to create a vibrant and exciting presentation to
audience members. Panthers Supreme has performed at the BFS Winter
Festival's Friendsapalooza in December 2009 and just recently gave a
benefit peformance in White Plains, N.Y.
 Masauko, Kuku and Mongezi
present songs that span the African continent. These three powerful
songwriters from Malawi, Nigeria and South Africa respectively come
together to collaborate in the spirit of African unity. Masauko (photo at right) is a member of the popular South African group Blk Sonshine and the father of Jabulani Chipembere who is a student in 3rd grade at BFS. Kuku is from Nigeria, lives in DC and blends acoustic soul with the roots sounds of his Yoruba culture. Mongezi Ntaka
was the original guitarist with the Lucky Dube band from South Africa
and was recently up for a Canadian Folk Music Award for his work with
Lorraine Klaasen. Come hear the African story as it is told by the Africans themselves.
Tenor saxophonist Andrew Lamb is capable of screaming like
a full-blooded free jazzer, but more often than not he prefers to work
a high-energy middle ground between bop and the avant-garde, in terms
of both tone and harmony. Lamb was born in Clinton, NC, and grew up
partly in Chicago before eventually putting down roots in New York.
Having studied with AACM charter member Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre,
Lamb came onto the city's avant-garde scene just as it was winding down
in the '70s, and thus wasn't documented for quite some time. In the
meantime, he became an active presence on the Bedford-Stuyvesant arts
scene, eventually winning a grant from the Brooklyn Arts Council. In
1994, Lamb finally got the chance to lead a session for Delmark; he
composed all the pieces on Portrait in the Mist, which featured
a backing unit of vibraphonist Warren Smith, bassist Wilber Morris, and
drummer Andrei Strobert. Lamb and his backing ensemble became a regular
presence in the New York area, especially around Brooklyn, and
frequently played the annual Vision Festival, which began in 1996. In
2001, he took part in Alan Silva's big-band project, the Sound Visions
Orchestra, and the following year he toured with AACM-affiliated
drummer Alvin Fielder. He is the parent of BFS 12th grader Andrew Lamb. |
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