Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Amir el Saffar & Dave Brubeck
Date: Wednesday, August 5th
Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Location: Pier 54 (14th St. and the Hudson River)
Cost: Free
Iraqi-American trumpeter Amir ElSaffar’s expanded jazz-cum-Arabic music ensemble unveils a hauntingly beautiful avant-blend that infuses ancient Iraqi maqams with a contemporary intensity. Legendary pianist Dave Brubeck, who has incorporated Middle Eastern influences for a half century, returns to Out of Doors to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his landmark album Time Out, plus debuts a first-time collaboration with famed oud virtuoso Simon Shaheen.
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