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Angela's Ring: An Opera Revue of the European Debt Crisis
by Richard J Salvucci
Kabir Sehgal, Marie Incontrera, et al. Angela's Ring Tiger Turn 2021 Opera, we are told, has long been political, and not just since Verdi and Wagner. What would West End musical theater be without Les Mis? Or drama without Barbara Garson's 1966 play, Macbird? Yes, even economics makes a token appearance in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. In fact, Wilde's famous line Cecily, you will read your Political Economy in my absence. The ...
read moreKabir Sehgal: Spirited Warrior for Jazz
by Michael Ricci
Kabir Sehgal has a history of championing meaningful causes for jazz. His wildly impressive background includes five Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards as a producer. He is also the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of fourteen books including Jazzocracy: Jazz, Democracy, and the Creation of a New American Mythology (Better World Books, 2008). He was a navy officer, is a military veteran, was an investment banker, and has collaborated with Deepak Chopra. To top ...
read moreA New Jazz Opera From Kabir Sehgal And Marie Incontrera, 'Angela's Ring,' Explores The European Debt Crisis
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Mouthpiece Music
The mere thought of a jazz opera based on the European debt crisis might be enough to send potential listeners running for the exits, but Angela's Ring, a new work co-composed by bassist Kabir Sehgal and pianist Marie Incontrera, is an entertaining and enlightening view of recent history perfectly set to a unique hybrid genre. Uniting the diverse countries of Europe through a common currency was an audacious idea from the start. Many of the countries had been at war ...
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