{"645224":{"#nid":"645224","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Mwenso \u0026 the Shakes: Hope, Resist \u0026 Heal ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mwensoandshakes.com\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMwenso \u0026amp; the Shakes\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHope, Resist \u0026amp; Heal\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EGeorgia Tech Arts Skyline Series | Live Music\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ESunday, March 28, 2021 at 8:00 p.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMusician, artist, and social commentator\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EMichael Mwenso\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;offers his unique and ancestral perspective on Black music and its ability to\u0026nbsp;heal\u0026nbsp;us through original compositions and arrangements powered by the Harlem-based\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EMwenso \u0026amp; the Shakes\u003C\/strong\u003E. In describing the fusion of styles and energy of their work, vocalist Briana Thomas calls it \u0026ldquo;theater meets opera meets James Brown meets jazz meets total improvisation.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENew York-based\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EMichael\u0026nbsp;Mwenso\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;is a musical polymath who spent his teens as James Brown\u0026rsquo;s understudy. In 2007, he organized a late-night jam session at the famed London jazz club Ronnie Scott\u0026rsquo;s, which led to Wynton Marsalis handpicking him to be a musician and curator at Jazz at Lincoln Center. 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