Organization

The Makanda Project Multiple Percussion Edition

Presented by Roxbury Action Program

May 11, 2013

Legendary drummers Warren Smith and Billy Hart join Makanda Project stalwart Yoron Israel for an extraordinary concert featuring the interaction of the three drummer/percussionists along with the group's 10-member horn section. 

The group will also include Kurtis Rivers, Arni Cheatham, Lance Bryant, Sean Berry, and Charlie Kohlhase...

The Makanda Project summer concert

Presented by Roxbury Action Program at Roxbury Heritage State Park/DCR

August 11, 2012

The Makanda Project performs its arrangements of previously unrecorded Makanda Ken McIntyre compositions in a free outdoor concert. Kurtis Rivers, Joe Ford, Arni Cheatham, Lance Bryant, Charlie Kohlhase - saxophones; Jerry Sabatini - trumpet; Robert Stringer, Bill Lowe - trombones; Diane Richardson - voice; John Kordalewski - piano; Wes Brown...

The Makanda Project with live painting

Presented by Roxbury Action Program at Roxbury Heritage State Park/DCR

July 7, 2012

This free concert by the Makanda Project will also feature live painting - by professional artists, art students, and (if they so choose) audience members - during the music, sponsored by MassArt's sparc! the ArtMobile. Musicians are Kurtis Rivers, Arni Cheatham, Sean Berry, Lance Bryant, and Charlie Kohlhase (saxophones); Jerry Sabatini...

The Makanda Project with special guest Joe Ford

Presented by Roxbury Action Program

June 9, 2012

The Makanda Project's next concert will feature alto saxophonist Joe Ford, longtime McCoy Tyner collaborator and one of Makanda Ken McIntyre's most illustrious former students. Kurtis Rivers, Joe Ford, Salim Washington, Sean Berry, Arni Cheatham, Charlie Kohlhase - saxophones; Jerry Sabatini - trumpet; Bill Lowe, Robert Stringer - trombones;...

The Makanda Project featuring Odean Pope

Presented by Roxbury Action Program

December 3, 2011

The Makanda Project's end-of-the-year celebration at the Dudley Library features the great Philadelphia tenor saxophonist Odean Pope, as well as the Makanda Project vocal ensemble. Mr. Pope is known for his 20+ year membership in the Max Roach Quartet, as well as his innovative and technically masterful approach to his instrument. The group...