Free Jazz from the Sanctuary Launched!
A 13-part series of jazz performance videos featuring some of the world's most talented improvisers, recorded live in concert at The Sanctuary for Independent Media, is now available online--just click the links below! Each show is available on DVD directly from Downtown Music Gallery.
The Free Jazz from the Sanctuary series will soon be available for non-commercial broadcast distribution. Contact us for more information!
- The Thirteenth Assembly (Taylor Ho Bynum, Tomas Fujiwara, Mary Halvorson, Jessica Pavone)
- Ethnic Heritage Ensemble (Kahil El'Zabar, Ernest Dawkins, Corey Wilkes)
- Fay Victor Ensemble (Ken Filiano, Anders Nilsson, Michael TA Thompson, Fay Victor)
- From Between Trio (Michel Doneda, Tatsuya Nakatani, Jack Wright)
- Michael Vlatkovich Quartet (Christopher Garcia, Jonathan Golove, David Mott, Michael Vlatkovich)
- Sax Soup Poetry and Voice (Joe Giardullo, Pierre Joris, Nicole Peyrafitte)
- Trio Tarana (Sam Bardfeld, Ravish Momin, Brian Prunka)
- The Ras Ensemble (Clif Jackson, Dave Miller, Ras Moshe, Tor Yochai Snyder)
- William Hooker
- Empty Cage Quartet (Ivan Johnson, Paul Kikuchi, Jason Mears, Kris Tiner)
- Weasel Walter Trio (Peter Evans, Mary Halvorson, Weasel Walter)
- Splatto Festival Chorus (Dave Barrett, Michael Bisio, Ed Mann, Todd Reynolds)
- Amiri Baraka and Rob Brown
Check out this sample clip featuring the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble recorded on February 9, 2008 at The Sanctuary for Independent Media. The full Free Jazz from the Sanctuary series will feature thirteen hour-long programs with a variety of groups performing a wide spectrum of music in the free jazz genre!
Free Jazz from the Sanctuary is a co-production of NY Media Alliance and the Arts Department at Rensselaer, made possible in part with support from the NYS Council on the Arts and the NYS Music Fund, established by the NYS Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisers.
