J. Michael Harrison of WRTI’s The Bridge presents an inspired line-up: Arnetta Johnson, Joshua Sims, and the legendary Hannibal Lokumbe.

An evening of original Arabic music influenced by different modes of improvisation. Arabic rhythms and melodies meet the rich harmony of jazz.

Saxophone luminary Joe Lovano with PRISM Quartet.

Praised as “a true treat for the adventurous ear” (TimeOut NY), Bombay Rickey is a five-piece band with a unique sound evocative of 1960s movie soundscapes. The group plays both covers and original music that borrow equally from the worlds of surf rock, cumbia, spaghetti-Western, and Bollywood, balanced out with soaring operatic vocals.

Known as the “Diva of the Diode,” Suzanne Ciani is a composer, five-time Grammy-nominated recording artist, and pioneer in the field of electronic music and sound design.

In the years between the two World Wars, the Dada movement questioned, altered, teased and undermined the very idea of art. A century later, trumpeter Dave Douglas and pianist Frank Woeste draw inspiration from that “art of reinvention” with their collaborative album Dada People. Co-presented with Ars Nova Workshop.

This acclaimed jazz singer-songwriter straddles the worlds of soul, and pop, and musical traditions from Rwanda and Uganda.