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Angelica Sanchez Trio: Angelica Sanchez – piano / Michael Formanek – bass / Hamid Drake – drums / William Mazza – live video art / HAIKU – by Sonia Sanchez
Recorded Friday, June 24, 2022 as part of the 2022 Arts for Art Vision Festival, held at Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NY
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Angelica Sanchez: Pianist, composer, and educator Angelica Sanchez moved to New York in 1994 and quickly became a vital part of the East Coast jazz scene. She has collaborated with icons like Wadada Leo Smith and Paul Motian, and leads various ensembles. Her genre-bending albums have been consistently named among the "Best of the Year" by The New York Times, NPR, and DownBeat. 🔗 angelicasanchez.com
Michael Formanek: A pillar of creative jazz, bassist Michael Formanek has been collaborating across generations since the 1970s—from legends like Stan Getz and Tony Williams to modern avant-garde masters. A prolific composer and ECM recording artist, his albums frequently earn coveted five-star reviews in DownBeat magazine. 🔗 michaelformanek.com
Hamid Drake : A prolific and highly regarded percussionist in avant-garde jazz and improvised music. His expansive style seamlessly incorporates Afro-Cuban, Indian, and African percussion elements into traditional trap drumming. Since emerging in the 1970s, Chicago-based Drake has been a premier collaborator for free-jazz titans like Don Cherry, Pharoah Sanders, and William Parker. 🔗 Adapted from Matt Collar / AllMusic
William Mazza: Multidisciplinary artist whose real-time painting and video projections translate music and rhythm into a living gallery. Using improvisation as a medium, his live visuals bridge the gap between performance art and contemporary painting. 🔗 mazzastudio.com
Sonia Sanchez: Poet, activist, and a seminal figure in the Black Arts Movement. Her powerful words and haikus provide the literary and thematic anchor for the ensemble, merging the worlds of jazz and spoken word.
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Angelica Sanchez Trio: Angelica Sanchez – piano / Michael Formanek – bass / Hamid Drake – drums / William Mazza – live video art / HAIKU – by Sonia Sanchez
Recorded Friday, June 24, 2022 as part of the 2022 Arts for Art Vision Festival, held at Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NY
Please subscribe to the AFA / Vision YouTube channel for the best in Free music and arts:
https://www.youtube.com/c/ArtsforArt?...
Angelica Sanchez: Pianist, composer, and educator Angelica Sanchez moved to New York in 1994 and quickly became a vital part of the East Coast jazz scene. She has collaborated with icons like Wadada Leo Smith and Paul Motian, and leads various ensembles. Her genre-bending albums have been consistently named among the "Best of the Year" by The New York Times, NPR, and DownBeat. 🔗 angelicasanchez.com
Michael Formanek: A pillar of creative jazz, bassist Michael Formanek has been collaborating across generations since the 1970s—from legends like Stan Getz and Tony Williams to modern avant-garde masters. A prolific composer and ECM recording artist, his albums frequently earn coveted five-star reviews in DownBeat magazine. 🔗 michaelformanek.com
Hamid Drake : A prolific and highly regarded percussionist in avant-garde jazz and improvised music. His expansive style seamlessly incorporates Afro-Cuban, Indian, and African percussion elements into traditional trap drumming. Since emerging in the 1970s, Chicago-based Drake has been a premier collaborator for free-jazz titans like Don Cherry, Pharoah Sanders, and William Parker. 🔗 Adapted from Matt Collar / AllMusic
William Mazza: Multidisciplinary artist whose real-time painting and video projections translate music and rhythm into a living gallery. Using improvisation as a medium, his live visuals bridge the gap between performance art and contemporary painting. 🔗 mazzastudio.com
Sonia Sanchez: Poet, activist, and a seminal figure in the Black Arts Movement. Her powerful words and haikus provide the literary and thematic anchor for the ensemble, merging the worlds of jazz and spoken word.
Support Arts for Art!
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