Pianist Angelica Sanchez will lead a trio with bassist William Parker and drummer Randy Peterson. Photo by Ian Douglas
Aruan Ortiz Trio | Angelica Sanchez Trio | Melanie Dyer Trio
October 11, 2019 7pm
El Taller Latino Americano
The first day of our annual partnership with El Taller in East Harlem features trios led by pianists Angelica Sanchez and Aruan Ortiz and violist Melanie Dyer.
Click the button to buy tickets, and read below for more from these artists.
October 11, 2019 7pm
El Taller Latino Americano
The first day of our annual partnership with El Taller in East Harlem features trios led by pianists Angelica Sanchez and Aruan Ortiz and violist Melanie Dyer.
Click the button to buy tickets, and read below for more from these artists.
7:00pm Aruan Ortiz Trio
Aruan Ortiz with Darius Jones and Marika Hughes from AFA's Evolving series, 2017. By Don Mount
Opening the series is pianist/composer Aruan Ortiz, who will continue his tendency to put a twist on the piano trio at AFA events by featuring saxophonist Jure Pukl and cellist Lester St. Louis. We've always come to expect something different from Aruan, and his ability to combine Cuban-Haitian, avant-garde, and contemporary classical language into his work, creates a reliably exciting and unpredictable result.
Check out the video above, with Darius Jones and Marika Hughes from AFA's Evolving series in 2017.
Aruan Ortiz - piano / Jure Pukl - tenor saxophone / Lester St. Louis - cello
Check out the video above, with Darius Jones and Marika Hughes from AFA's Evolving series in 2017.
Aruan Ortiz - piano / Jure Pukl - tenor saxophone / Lester St. Louis - cello
8:00pm Angelica Sanchez Trio
Video of Angelica Sanchez with Michael Formanek and Kenny Wollensen from AFA's Evolving series, 2017. By Don Mount.
Angelica Sanchez will follow up with her own piano trio, this time featuring the traditional piano, drum, and bass instrumentation. While the format may be traditional, don't expect the sound to be, with the wholly original bassist William Parker and drummer Randy Peterson. Angelica has recently been performing with her mighty nonet, but we're excited to have her back with a trio, a format she's documented well on records featuring great musicians like Tyshawn Sorey, Michael Formanek, Tony Malaby, and Tom Rainey.
Above, check out another video from AFA's 2017 Evolving Series, showcasing Angelica's compositions with Formanek and drummer Kenny Wollesen.
Angelica Sanchez - piano / William Parker - bass / Randy Peterson - drums
Above, check out another video from AFA's 2017 Evolving Series, showcasing Angelica's compositions with Formanek and drummer Kenny Wollesen.
Angelica Sanchez - piano / William Parker - bass / Randy Peterson - drums
9:00pm Melanie Dyer Trio
Video of Melanie Dyer's We Free Strings sextet from AFA's Evolving series, 2019. By Don Mount.
Rounding out the evening is violist Melanie Dyer presenting a trio with bassist Shayna Dulberger and multi-instrumentalist Kali Z. Fasteau on drums and piano. Dyer has been making an impact on the creative music scene primarily through her group We Free Strings, but is assembling this unique one-off ensemble for this performance. See We Free Strings in action in the video above from our Nublu series this past January.
Melanie Dyer - viola / Shayna Dulberger - bass / Kali Z. Fasteau - piano, drums
Melanie Dyer - viola / Shayna Dulberger - bass / Kali Z. Fasteau - piano, drums
For the 4th consecutive year, Arts for Art partners with El Taller Latino Americano to present a program of creative music in East Harlem. This series serves to amplify both organizations' missions by assembling a diverse group of artists and audiences as part of a continued effort to bridge East Harlem and the Lower East Side. To fulfill this goal, the programming emphasizes African-American and Latinx artists working within the free tradition of improvised music.
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