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The music of innovative jazz musician John Coltrane, with its experimental, improvisational sound and political and spiritual inspirations, serves as the soundtrack for Brooklyn-based dance company Urban Bush Women in Walking with 'Trane. The renowned troupe will present Walking with 'Trane on Tuesday, October 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kiplinger Theatre at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, 430 College Ave., Ithaca. The dance performance is cosponsored by Cornell University's Department of Performing and Media Arts and the Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies program.

Walking with 'Trane is patterned like a two-sided album, with 'Side A: Just a Closer Walk with 'Trane' drawing on the history of Coltrane's music, as well as the broader traditions of spirituals, blues, free jazz, and more. 'Side B: Freed(Om)' features original music by Grammy-award-winning composer/pianist George O. Caldwell performed live, inspired by John Coltrane's 1965 album A Love Supreme. With choreography by Urban Bush Women founder and artistic director Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and associate artistic director and dancer Samantha Speis, the dancers embody the collaborative and improvisational nature of Coltrane's musical legacy.

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