Alex Taite - Deep River

Celebrate Black History Month and join Alex Taite – Singer, Composer, Pianist, and Bay Area native – in a lecture recital exploring the depths and beauty of the Negro Spiritual.  He presents his own arrangements of some of his favorite spirituals, jazz standards, and other exclusively American selections, and interweaves a vivid historical narrative of American culture.  This presentation explores how our American music owes its entire existence to the trauma of those first slaves who were just trying to pass the time in the fields, or lend some comfort in a dark room.  An art form blending the rhythmic and emotional core from Africa with the religious and harmonic structure of the European colonizers.  Born from burdens.  Tempered by tragedy.  From the muck of kidnapping, oppression, indoctrination, and torture sprang forth this bloom of rich, uplifting, hopeful music.  Music that evolved as time trampled generations of humans.  This lecture recital will deepen your connection to history, and your fellow humans.  Concludes with a talk back with the artist.

Online ticket sales will close at 4:30 on Saturday, Feb. 7th. You can come to Unity and attempt to purchase tickets at the door, but we MAY BE SOLD OUT.