Jazz’n Arts Bash Benefit Concert: Ravi Coltrane

The first annual Jazz’n ArtsBash Benefit Concert features live music under the stars by the Ravi Coltrane Quartet. Join ArtsWestchester for cocktails, music, and hors d’oeuvres. The night will include two sets at 7pm and at 8:15pm.

Ravi Coltrane is a critically acclaimed Grammy-nominated saxophonist, bandleader and composer. Ravi has released six albums as a leader. His albums include, “Moving Pictures,” “From The Round Box,” “Mad 6,” “In Flux,” “Blending Times,” and “Spirit Fiction.” Born in Long Island the second son of John Coltrane and Alice Coltrane, Ravi was named after Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar. Ravi lives in Brooklyn, NY and maintains a fast-paced touring, recording, composing and performance schedule. He leads the effort to restore the John Coltrane Home in Dix Hills, Long Island (www.thecoltranehome.org) and presides over important reissues of his parent’s recordings.

To purchase tickets or event sponsorships, click here. Tickets are non-refundable. In the event of inclement weather, the concert event will be rescheduled. Date to be determined.

For ticketholders, proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required for entry. Given the outdoor setting and vaccination requirement, masks will be optional.

Museum Tours for Ticket Holders

Music lovers who step out to experience Coltrane’s master jazz improvisations will also find that City Square is a destination for a well-orchestrated collection of contemporary artworks by regional artists. Tours of this art collection, which is a collaboration between ArtsWestchester and Ginsburg Development Companies, will also be available for benefit concert ticketholders.

Before even entering the event space, guests are greeted by Fragment of Something Bigger, a monumental sculpture by Georgi Minchev. The structure is located by the entrance of 50 Main Street, one of three buildings – along with 1 Martine Avenue and 11 Martine Avenue – that comprise the City Square property, which is owned by Ginsburg Development Companies. The 18-foot teardrop sculpture sits slightly askew, as if caught in motion. It features a highly polished stainless steel surface that is constantly changing in response to its surrounding. Time of day, weather and passersby will make each encounter feel different from the one before.

Inside on the second floor, visitors can view a diverse installation of works by artists Stefan Radtke, Paul Greco, Raymond Saa, Eric David Laxman, Steve Rossi, Susan Manspeizer, Peri Schwartz, Morgan McAllister, Kiyoshi Otsuka and Carrie Belk. Many of the pieces, either in form or subject, offer a nod to the concept of construction. For instance, White Plains artist Susan Manspeizer revisited old paintings, shredding them into thin, colorful strips of paper and reconstructing them into kinetic, multidimensional forms.

Raymond Saa’s bold paintings are layered abstract forms, built from cut canvas shapes, that are stitched together into unified compositions.

Steve Rossi’s Reciprocal Ladder for Three adds a moment of whimsy: finished in bright joyful shades of teal, the assemblage of ladders stands on its own, going nowhere but offering the promise of reaching new heights.

Nearby is a pair of jewel-toned encaustic works by Carrie Belk. The surface pulls away to reveal layers of built pigment and fabric revealing the artist’s process.

The recreation room is enlivened with a series of paintings by Paul Greco that have a musical quality to them. Organic shapes reference biology and celestial forms. These shapes are arranged in compositions that evoke the experimental yet structured quality of a jazz improvisation – the perfect fit for a night of Ravi Coltrane, who was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of “Best Improvised Jazz Solo Performance.”