Christmas Show Featuring Preservation Hall Legacy Horns and Ruthie Foster

CAP UCLA presents Photo by Jim Herrington

The Blind Boys of Alabama Christmas Show featuring Preservation Hall Legacy Horns and Ruthie Foster

Sun, Dec 17, 2017 | The Theatre at Ace Hotel MESSAGE FROM THE ARTIST

Christmas means it’s the day the Savior came to save the world. We love the East Side, Christmas spirit, but we still believe in the original meaning of Christmas.

Our message is that God is here for you. If you’re without hope, he can give West Side, you hope. If you come to one of our concerts, and you go back the same way you came in, we’ve failed you. We’re here to touch people’s lives and make them happy. All Around LA We’ll be sharing a lot of gospel music and some traditional Christmas songs at The Theatre at Ace Hotel on December 17th. You’re in for an extra special Welcome to the Center treat since the world-renowned Preservation Hall Legacy Horns from New Orleans and celebrated vocalist Ruthie Foster will join us for this performance. for the Art of Performance We are looking forward to a wonderful evening with you! The Center for the Art of Performance is not a place. It’s more of a state of mind that embraces experimentation, encourages —Jimmy Carter, Founding Member a culture of the curious, champions disruptors and dreamers and supports the commitment and courage of artists. We promote rigor, craft and excellence in all facets of the performing arts.

2017–18 SEASON VENUES

Royce Hall, UCLA Freud Playhouse, UCLA The Theatre at Ace Hotel Little Theater, UCLA Will Rogers State Historic Park

UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) is dedicated to the advancement of the contemporary performing arts in all disciplines—dance, music, spoken word and theater—as well as emerging digital, collaborative and cross-platforms utilized by today’s leading artists. Part of UCLA’s School of the Arts and Architecture, CAP UCLA curates and facilitates direct exposure to contemporary performance from around the globe, supporting artists who are creating extraordinary works of art and fostering a vibrant learning community both on and off the UCLA campus. The organization invests in the creative process by providing artists with financial backing and time to experiment and expand their practices through strategic partnerships, residencies and collaborations. As an influential voice within the local, national, and global arts community, CAP UCLA serves to connect audiences across generations in order to galvinize a living archive of The Blind Boys of Alabama (from left): Ricky McKinnie, Paul Beasley, Jimmy Carter, our culture. Ben Moore and Joey Williams. Photo by Cameron Witting cap.ucla.edu #CAPUCLA ABOUT THE PROGRAM

The Blind Boys will be joined for this performance by the world-renowned Preservation Hall Legacy Horns from New Orleans, and celebrated vocalist Ruthie Foster, whose indescribable blend of gospel, blues and soul has been Center for the Art of Performance presents likened to that of Aretha Franklin and Mavis Staples. The Blind Boys of Alabama This special concert will feature songs from the Talkin’ Christmas! album as well as the band’s previous Grammy-winning Christmas recording, Go Tell It Christmas Show on the Mountain, along with Blind Boys’ Gospel classics. featuring Preservation Hall Legacy Horns After touring in the gospel caravans of the 1940s and 50s, the Blind Boys have since enjoyed accolades and awards from all parts of the music world, and Ruthie Foster including a remarkable five Grammy Awards, Lifetime Achievement Awards from The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Academy Sun, Dec 17 at 7pm of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), and an induction into the Gospel The Theatre at Ace Hotel Music Hall of Fame. The Blind Boys have appeared on recordings with Lou Running time: Approx. 2 hours | No intermission Reed, Peter Gabriel, Susan Tedeschi, Aaron Neville, Ben Harper, Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and many other great artists. The band has also been featured on The Blind Boys of Alabama The Tonight Show, Late Night with David Letterman, The Grammy® Awards telecast, 60 Minutes, The Colbert Report, and were co-stars in the Broadway Jimmy Carter | Vocals musical The Gospel at Colonus with Morgan Freeman. Paul Beasley | Vocals Eric “Ricky” McKinnie | Vocals The Blind Boys’ live shows are roof-raising musical events that appeal to Ben Moore | Vocals audiences of all cultures, as evidenced by an international itinerary that has Joey Williams | Vocals & Fender Strat Guitar taken them to virtually every continent. The Blind Boys of Alabama have attained the highest levels of achievement in a career that spans over 75 Austin Moore | Drums years and shows no signs of diminishing. Ray Ladson | Bass Matt Hopkins | Hammond B3 & Keyboards

The Preservation Hall Legacy Horns Kevin Louis | Trumpet Freddie Lonzo | Trombone Calvin Johnson | Saxophone

Ruthie Foster | Vocals & Acoustic Guitar

Photo by Bill Lax as the theme song for the first season of HBO’s acclaimed series The Wire. ABOUT THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA Subsequent Grammy-winning albums have found them working with the likes of Ben Harper, Aaron Neville, Mavis Staples, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Blind Boys of Alabama have the rare distinction of being recognized and Willie Nelson. around the world as both living legends and modern-day innovators. They are not just gospel singers borrowing from old traditions; the group helped In 2013 the band worked with Justin Vernon (of Bon Iver) to release I’ll Find to define those traditions in the 20th century and almost single-handedly A Way, a powerful collection of gospel and spiritual songs new and old, created a new gospel sound for the 21st. Since the original members first featuring some of the Blind Boys’ most fervent vocals as well as contributions sang together as kids at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind in the late by a new generation of Blind Boys fans, including Merrill Garbus of tUnE- 1930s (including Jimmy Carter, who leads the group today), the band has yArDs, Patty Griffin, and Justin Vernon himself. persevered through seven decades to become one of the most recognized and decorated roots music groups in the world. Their recent album, Talkin’ Christmas!, a collaboration with Taj Mahal, continues the band’s streak of creating original and interesting work. It Touring throughout the South during the Jim Crow era of the 1940s and 1950s, includes new versions of Christmas standards, covers of hidden gospel gems, the Blind Boys flourished thanks to their unique sound, which blended the and seven brand-new holiday songs—six of which are the first Christmas close harmonies of early jubilee gospel with the more fervent improvisations songs ever penned by the Blind Boys themselves. The new original songs of hard gospel. In the early 1960s, the band sang at benefits for Dr. Martin include the title track “Talkin’ Christmas!,” a funky tribute to the power of Luther King, Jr., and were a part of the soundtrack to the Civil Rights Christmas featuring Money Mark on keyboards, and the compassionate movement. But as the years passed, gospel fans started to drift away and “What Can I Do?,” which features Taj Mahal on vocals and is one of two follow the many singers who had originated in the church but were now songwriting collaborations with Stax Records soul legend William Bell. recording secular popular music. And the Blind Boys, who refused many offers to ‘cross over’ to secular music, also saw their audiences dwindle. However, the Blind Boys persevered and their time came again, starting in the 1980s with their starring role in the Obie Award-winning musical The Gospel at Colonus, which began a new chapter in their incredible history. It’s almost unbelievable that a group of blind, African-American singers, who started out touring during a time of whites-only bathrooms, restaurants and hotels, went on to win five Grammy Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Grammy, be inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and to perform at the White House for three different presidents.

Few would have expected them to still be going strong—stronger than ever, even—so many years after they first joined voices, but they’ve proved as productive and as musically ambitious in recent years as they did in the beginning. In 2001, they released Spirit of the Century on Peter Gabriel’s Real World label, mixing traditional church tunes with songs by Tom Waits and the Rolling Performance photos by Bill Lax Stones, and won the first of their Grammy Awards. Their new album, Almost Home, includes bespoke compositions inspired The next year they backed by the personal stories of surviving founders, Clarence Fountain and Jimmy Gabriel on his album Up and Carter. The Blind Boys have been nominated by the Recording Academy for joined him on a world tour, Best American Roots Performance for the album’s track “Let My Mother Live,” although a bigger break may co-written by John Leventhal, Marc Cohn and Jimmy Carter. It includes an have come when David Simon array of sentiments and stories behind Jimmy’s relationship with his mother chose their cover of Waits’ throughout his lifetime. “Way Down in the Hole” The Blind Boys’ live shows are roof-raising musical events that appeal to audiences of all cultures, as evidenced by an international itinerary that has taken them to virtually every continent. The Blind Boys of Alabama have attained the highest levels of achievement in a career that spans over 75 years and shows no signs of diminishing. “We appreciate the accolades and we thank God for them,” says Jimmy Carter, a founding member and the Blind Boys’ current leader. “But we’re not interested in money or anything other than singing gospel. We had no idea when we started that we would make it this far. The secret to our longevity is, we love what we do. And when you love what you do, that keeps you motivated. That keeps you alive.” BlindBoys.com

Photo by John Carrico ABOUT RUTHIE FOSTER

With a naturally expressive voice that has drawn comparisons to greats like Aretha Franklin and Ella Fitzgerald, Texas-based singer and songwriter Ruthie Foster has a wide palette of American song forms—gospel and blues to jazz, folk, and soul—and her live performances are powerfully transfiguring. She has been nominated three times for the Best Blues Album Grammy in addition to seven Blues Music Awards, three Austin Music Awards, the Grand Prix du Disque award from the Académie Charles-Cros in France, and a Living Blues Critics’ Award for Female Blues Artist of the Year. An engaging live performer, Ruthie wows audiences with her powerful voice and stylistic range. RuthieFoster.com

ABOUT THE PRESERVATION HALL LEGACY HORNS

Preservation Hall Legacy Horns (from left): Kevin Louis, Freddie Lonzo and Calvin Johnson. Photo by Zack Smith

Perfect gift for any arts The Preservation Hall Legacy Horns represent a tradition that started in lover. 3 tickets for $99! 1961, when Preservation Hall first opened in the French Quarter. This trio is Call now to recieve this comprised of some of the most revered alumni of the Hall, many of whom limited time offer, have toured the world with The Preservation Hall Jazz Band for decades. (310) 825-2101. As the world-renowned Preservation Hall Jazz Band continues its exciting exploration of the boundaries of New Orleans jazz, the Preservation Hall Legacy Horns has formed, with the help of the non-profit Preservation Hall Foundation, to help maintain a connection with the traditional aspects of the *This offer not good with any other offer. No cash redemption. Good for Tier 2 seating only. Hall’s musical legacy. PreservationHallJazzBand.com Not good for any of the Taylor Mac performances. Art in Action

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This season, we’re continuing two ongoing initiatives and introducing a third. Writing the Landscape returns with new takes on the Poetry Bureau and special activities with our library partners, exploring how the impulse to make something results in an altered land- scape, or new view. Hearing Beyond Listening devises ways to “listen better,” with artist- curated playlists, personalized music maps, intimate salons, and the now popular, CAP Listening Lab. A new series of programs, Facing the Blank Page, takes direct inspiration from this season’s the theater is a blank page. Activities throughout the season will investigate how we transmit traces of ourselves through the written word, movement, sound and imagery. cap.ucla.edu/ArtInAction CODA21

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Design for Sharing (DFS) is our free K-12 arts education program that provides public school students from across the Los Angeles metro area access to the performing arts, CODA21 ARTISTS & PROJECTS both at UCLA and in their own classrooms. The arts provide a gateway for students to Leading artists and choreographers will participate in CODA21 through full explore shared ideas across communities and culture–sparking their curiosity and imag- presentations of their work, development residencies, and pilot experiments. ination. Since 1969, Design for Sharing has provided performances, workshops and school residencies to almost a million public school students, offering a diverse array of music, Ann Carlson: Doggie Hamlet Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion contemporary dance, and innovative theater. cap.ucla.edu/dfs Will Rogers State Historic Park Dearest Home February 3–4, 2018 Freud Playhouse, UCLA This season, the following CAP artists April 5–7, 2018 will participate in Design for Sharing programs: Okwui Okpokwasili Poor People’s TV Room Jennie Liu: Autobiography of Dancenorth/Lucy Guerin Inc Gabriel Kahane Presented in association with REDCAT the Kimono on the Western Stage AteNine João Donato February 8–11, 2018 CODA21 Development Residency ONIX Ensamble Antonio Sanchez & Migration

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