MUSIC

Eldorado Ballroom: The Cry of My People

SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 2023
7:30 PM

BAM Opera House
30 Lafayette Avenue, Fort Greene, Brooklyn

$44-$85
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Music of consciousness (poetry, too, by the excellent Claudia Rankine — but we don’t talk about that here). Archie Shepp is 85, and the last time I heard him, the Summer before last, he sounded more frail and less fierce than back in the day. But this magnificent saxophonist, who brought consciousness to Free Jazz, still has more music in him than most players have to begin with. He’ll be backed a by 10-piece unit led by no less than Amina Claudine Myers. We also get the return to the New York stage after a 50-year hiatus of vocalist Linda Sharrock; give a listen to her contributions to her then-husband Sonny’s Black Woman album from 1969 and you’ll know why this is a big deal.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Snacky Mexican at Los Dos Hermanos.