Next up in the Rockport Music Concert View series is award-winning jazz saxophonist Alexa Tarantino and her quartet for an evening featuring inspiring works from her new album, Clarity. Tarantino—called “a one-woman wrecking crew“ by Wynton Marsalis—is no stranger to Rockport since she has been heading the acclaimed Rockport Jazz Workshop for several years.
PROGRAM
:12 A Race Against Yourself
7:20 A Unified Front
16:07 Breaking Cycles by Levi Saelua
22:35 Thank You for Your Silence
30:18 Through
37:21 La Puerta by Luis Demetrio
45:50 Karma by Steven Feifke
Unless indicated otherwise, all works are written by Alexa Tarantino.
Rockport Music-Shalin Liu Performance Center
Rockport, MA
ABOUT ALEXA
Alexa Tarantino is an award-winning, vibrant, young jazz saxophonist, woodwind doubler, composer, and educator. Alexa’s “lovely, ardent way of improvising,” and “sharply plotted but gracefully unencumbered stra