Musically Speaking: Jonathan Batiste and Imani Winds May 7, 2009

Merkin Concert Hall's 'Musically Speaking' series continues with Jonathan Batiste and Imani Winds. Discover two excitingly different approaches to the dialogue between jazz writing and improvisation, touching on the history of jazz from the ragtime era to the present day. Young New Orleans virtuoso Jonathan Batiste applies a New Orleans flair to ragtime and classic jazz, making the music deeply his own. Imani Winds will premiere pianist Jason 'Moran's Cane,' for the first time on a New York stage, in addition to works by Wayne Shorter and Lalo Schifrin.