The Senate may not have confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the newest Supreme Court justice, but Symphony Space and Arturo O'Farrill, the jazz musician, seem confident.
The performance space has joined with the Bronx Museum of the Arts and R. D. Rice Construction Inc. to commission a piece by Mr. OFarrill to be performed by his Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra honoring Judge Sotomayor, a Bronx native, the orchestras publicist said in a release.
Noting that his orchestras mission is to preserve, perpetuate and innovate Afro-Latin big band jazz, Mr. O'Farrill said, “What better way to fulfill that mission than to honor the first Latina to be appointed to the United States Supreme Court?" The composition will have its premiere on Nov. 5 and 6 at Symphony Space.
