Mars Landing - Listening Room
37 Library StreetCivil Disobedience is a project initiated by New York bassist David Ambrosio, showcasing the works of progressive jazz composers from the late 1960s Blue Note Era. The featured composers include Bobby Hutcherson, Jackie McLean, Stanley Cowell, Harold Land, Joe Chambers, Duke Pearson, and James Spaulding. Remarkably, much of this music, created during a period of significant social change and civil unrest, remained unreleased for decades, preventing these compositions from being heard when they were originally written.
Over fifty years later, in contemporary America, there are notable parallels with the social movements of that era. This context lends a new and heightened sense of relevancy and urgency to the important music featured in Civil Disobedience. The project was conceptualized and convened as an artistic response to current socio-economic and social justice events, both on a domestic and global scale. By performing the politically conscious jazz compositions of the late 1960s Blue Note Era, Civil Disobedience seeks to bring forth the timeless messages embedded in this music and connect them with the pressing issues of today.
This performance originally debuted at Mars Landing in January 2024 to a sold-out audience. Ambrosio has since orchestrated the first recorded album of these phenomenal compositions, featuring Donny McCaslin, Ingrid Jensen, Bruce Barth, and Victor Lewis, and he is taking it on tour!
Buy/listen here: https://orcd.co/civildisobedience
Event Schedule:
6:30pm: 20-min Documentary screening (view trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiTZ9b4OpD8)
7pm: Performance: 2 sets with one intermission
Musician line-up:
Will Boyd - Saxophones
Jason Decristofaro - Vibes
David Ambrosio - Bass
Rick Dilling - Drums
Limited-edition vinyl will be available for sale at the concert.
Sat, Aug 22, 2026 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Mars Landing - Listening Room
37 Library Street
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