Monday January 17, 2022
ANGEL BAT DAWID’S AFRO TOWN TOPICS
with the COSMIC MYTHOLOGICAL ENSEMBLE
NYC Winter Jazzfest artist-in-residence composer/multi-instrumentalist Angel Bat Dawid presents Afro-Town Topics: A Mythological Afrofuturist Revue. Inspired by Fats Waller, Dawid presents a new original score using the traditional framework of a musical revue (a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches) as a compositional blueprint with the intention of creating and exploring the production of new Afro sonic realities and futures.
Oh we sing this song to, a Great Tomorrow
Oh we sing this song to Abolish Sorrow - SUN RA
Personnel:
Angel Bat Dawid - Clarinet
Alejandro Salazar - Percussion
Jeremiah Hunt - Upright Bass
Micah Collier - Electric Bass
Dr. Charles Joseph Smith - Piano
Dr. Adam Zanolini - Flute
Luc Mosley - Soprano Sax
Jaden Berkman - Tenor Sax
Caitlin Edwards - Violin
Alexandria Hill - Violin
Matthew Beauge - Viola
Olivia Harris - Cello
Tramaine Parker - Voice
Erica Nwachukwu - Voice
Monique Golding - Voice
Julian Otis - Voice
Keisha Janae - Dance
Winter Jazzfest at Co-Prosperity, Chicago
8PM EST BROADCAST BEGINS
ANGEL BAT DAWID (Artist in residence)
Angel Bat Dawid is a Black American Composer, Improviser, Clarinetist, Pianist, Vocalist, Educator & DJ. Her critically acclaimed Album " The Oracle”, released by Chicago label International Anthem recorded using only her cell phone in various locations has been featured in Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, The Guardian and many other publications. Angel composed and premiered “Requiem for Jazz" at the Hyde Park Jazz Festival, and “Peace: A Suite for Skylanding” commissioned by the Art Institute of Chicago for Yoko Ono’s outdoor Skylanding Installation. She also tours internationally with her septet "Tha Brothahood" releasing their album LIVE making NPR’s best of 2020 list. Angel leads the all-woman trio Sistazz of the Nitty Gritty with bassist Brooklynn Skye Scott and Pianist Anaiet. As an educator Angel teaches her “Great Black Music” course at Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center through Old Town School of Folk and is clarinetist in Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble as well as hosts a monthly music show on NTS Radio.