Black Fire Sessions

Drawing from the radical experimentation pioneered by artists of the Black Arts Movement, Black Fire Sessions presented two evenings of jazz, contemporary hip-hop, and R&B inspired by the landmark exhibition, Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963-1983. The programs presented innovators and masters of progressive jazz, including Roscoe Mitchell and Anthony Braxton, along with a new generation of Los Angeles artists such as Kelsey Lu, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Jimetta Rose and The Voices of Creation choir, Busdriver and Teebs, who are keeping experimentation and jazz vital in contemporary music.

The events also featured accomplished abstract poet Beans and interventions by multidisciplinary artists Mecca Vazie Andrews and Maurice Harris in the Soul of a Nation galleries and throughout the museum.