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Saman Samadi Quintet, at Areté Venue and Gallery (Site)

Thursday January 3, 2019, 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm

$15

The Saman Samadi Quintet:Amber Evans, soprano,Martin Movagh, trumpet,Caitlin Cawley, percussion,Sam Zagnit, double bass,and Saman Samadi, piano.Founded by composer Saman Samadi, an Iranian national with extensive training in both Persian and Western musical traditions, the quintet is now available for scheduled dates. Established in May 2018 and comprised entirely of New York City musicians, alumni from the Manhattan School of Music — all talented performers of wide scope and experience. Their sound is unique, paving new ground between modern jazz and contemporary classical styles. Their signature sounds can evoke the newest avant-garde outliers of advanced 21st century compositional work, or embody an early 20th century songspiel-like lyricism, channelling the rational integrity of Stockhausen, the polyrhythmic world of Reich, the aberrant sounds of Sciarrino, coupled with the expressive freedom of Don Cherry, all the while making a fait accompli of intricate poeticisms a la Rumi or Hafez. The Quintet defies easy categorization and prefers to not get caught up in genre signaling.

Strings, keyboard, horn, percussion, and voice create an emanation field that holds a strong electrical charge until it dissipates sweetly, or contrastingly, closes in a grand flourish. Reflecting upon a variety of past musical conventions, sometimes shifting cultural gears, from East to West — using microtones derived from one of the Persian scalar systems — Samadi, has engineered a bit of his own culture into the gambit of what amounts to an international musical collaboration. Amber, the vocalist is an Australian, and Martin, on trumpet, was brought up in a mixed mid-eastern household, Caitlin is half-Celtic, and Sam is Eastern European in descent — that makes this ensemble, 100% fluent in universal musical communication and totally American! Improvisational acumen is both the achievement and goal of this group; if you let them loose, you may never get the genie back into the bottle.

Details

Date:
Thursday January 3, 2019
Time:
9:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Cost:
$15
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Website:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/saman-samadi-quintet-at-arete-tickets-52927589846

Venue

Areté Venue and Gallery
67 West Street
Brooklyn, NY 11222 United States
Website:
https://www.aretevenue.com/