Kevin Bales, GSU jazz piano instructor, will be headed to Harlem, New York to perform at the legendary Apollo Theater on February 18, 2023, to play in the rhythm band backing blues icons such as Russell Gunn and the Royal Krunk Orkestra and many more artists.
The Blues and Its People will be an “electrifying evening-length concert” that will bring to life poet and author Amiri Baraka’s groundbreaking work, Blues People: Negro Music in White America. This concert is a celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Baraka’s revolutionary text and the enduring legacy of Black music as only the Apollo could tell it. Special guests will include Weedie Braimah, Davell Crawford, Miles Griffith, Craig Harris, Stefon Harris, Jazzmeia Horn, Oliver Lake, jessica care Moore, and Leon Timbo.
Kevin Bales is no stranger to the blues and jazz scene. He has performed, toured, and recorded with monumental artists- Wynton Marsalis, James Moodie, Sam Rivers, and Bunky Green, to name a few. The Georgia State School of Music is proud to have Prof. Bales on faculty and is looking forward to hearing about the event’s success!
Read the write-up from Downbeat Magazine here.
Read more about “Blues and Its People” at the Apollo Theater.