“As in the seventeenth century, perhaps the composer and the improviser of the twenty-first century will coincide in the same person, now with a more complete awareness of his or her role in a global culture. If all our diverse history and memory are welcomed to live in such a present, the horizon of peaceful co-existence between people becomes possible. This generosity of vision on the path to a world music is Newton’s way.”
STEFANO ZENNI
(translated by Pete Kercher, from the liner notes of the CD “As the Sound of Many Waters”, 2000 New World Records)
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Amazing Grace: James Newton at 65
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Sunday, April 22, 2018, 6:00PM to 7:30PM (PDT)
Los Angeles, CA
“James Newton has forged an eclectic career as a jazz flautist, conductor and composer. Here, he demonstrates his skills as a creator of sacred music with hints of jazz and roots in the modernist aesthetics.”
GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE
