James Reese Europe and the Absence of Ruin 
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Composer and pianist Jason Moran, artistic director of the Kennedy Center Jazz program and a MacArthur fellow, presents a meditation on the life, combat service, and legacy of American musician and jazz composer James Reese Europe, who created the band of World War I’s African-American 369th regiment, the Harlem Hellfighters, and helped popularize jazz throughout France.

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Born in Mobile, Alabama 15 years after Appomattox, composer/conductor James Reese Europe took idiomatically pure African-American music to Carnegie Hall and inspired a generation’s worth of artists to challenge any and all racial barriers in their way. In 1918, he gave up an ever-burgeoning career to lead what became known as the Harlem Hellfighters. He died the following year, stabbed by an unstable band member after a concert in Boston.

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I have been a fan of Jason’s work since 2000, the year I started working at SFJAZZ, where he was part of the inaugural class of Resident Artistic Directors for the new SFJAZZ Center. I am thrilled we are presenting his project on James Reese Europe, an important artist who has been all but left out of the history of jazz.

 

—Laura Evans, Director of Music Programs, Engagement, and Education

 

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