New Artist Profiles
Please welcome Matana Roberts, John Hebert, and Yoni Kretzmer to the artist community featured on this site. All three profiles are long overdue.
Please welcome Matana Roberts, John Hebert, and Yoni Kretzmer to the artist community featured on this site. All three profiles are long overdue.
Leader: Matana Roberts Years Active: 2004-2007 Personnel: Matana Roberts: alto sax, compositions Taylor Ho Bynum: cornet Thomson Kneeland: bass Tomas Fujiwara: drums Albums: The Calling (Utech, 2006) Live Performances: Date Venue Media 2007 Apr 15 Jimmy’s Restaurant 2006 Oct 14 Vision Club Aug 13 Jimmy’s Restaurant Apr 9
Leader: Matana Roberts Years Active: 2009-2011 Personnel: (included varying line-ups, but in different formation, included the following): Matana Roberts Angelica Sanchez Liberty Ellman Mike Pride Graham Haynes Gabriel Guererro Shelly Burgon Damion Reid J.D. Allen Vijay Iyer Thomas Morgan Albums: Live Performances: Date Venue Media 2011 Sep 23 Community Church of New York
Leader: collaborative Years Active: 2010-present Personnel: Matana Roberts: alto sax Ches Smith: drums Albums: Live Performances: Date Venue Media 2012 May 15 The Stone 2011 Nov 28 Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center 2010 Nov 7 The Stone
Leader: Matana Roberts Years Active: 2002-present Albums: Live Performances: Date Venue Media 2013 Apr 20 Whitney Museum 2012 Mar 31 Jazz Gallery Feb 8 The Troubadour (West Hollywood, CA) 2011 Nov 10 Domino Sound Record Shack (New Orleans) video Jun 19 Downtown Music Gallery Jan
Leader: Matana Roberts Years Active: 2012-present Personnel: Matana Roberts: alto sax Liberty Ellman: guiitar Kevin Tkacz: bass Ches Smith: drums Albums: Live Performances: Date Venue Media 2014 Dec 3 Roulette Jul 26 Jazz Gallery 2013 Jun 15 Jazz Gallery 2012 Aug 11 Jazz Gallery May 25
Leader: Matana Roberts Years Active: 2006-present Personnel: (includes varying line-ups of musicians) Albums: Chapter Two: Mississippi Moonchile (Constellation Records, 2013) Chapter One: Gens de Couleur Libre (Consellation Records, 2011) Live Performances: Date Venue Media 2014 Sep 11 61 Local (Snugs) 2013 Oct 5[1] Jazz Gallery Jan 18 Roulette
Leader: Yoni Kretzmer Years Active: 2011 Personnel: Yoni Kretzmer: tenor sax, compositions Daniel Levin: cello Eyal Maoz: guitar (sometimes replaced by Terrance MacManus) Andrew Drury: drums Albums: Live Performances: Date Venue Media 2011 Nov 26 I-Beam Mar 12[1] I-Beam Feb 2 Brooklyn Lyceum [1] Terrance MacManus in place of
My review of Weight by Yoni Kretzmer’s Double Bass Quartet, released 2012: https://www.jazzrightnow.com/bands/yoni-kretzmer-double-bass-quartet/weight/
Leader: Yoni Kretzmer Years Active: 2009-2011 Personnel: Yoni Kretzmer: tenor sax, compositions Jason Ajemian: bass Mike Pride: drums Albums: Nevertheless (Hopscotch Records, 2010) Live Performances: Date Venue Media 2014 Dec 3[1] Goodbye Blue Monday Jan 19 Legion Bar 2011 May 15[2] ABC No Rio Jan 24[3] Local 269