The great Salim Washington returns from Harlem/South Africa with an outstanding Quintet of Michigan musicians. $10 cover goes straight to the musicians,
Salim Washington - woodwinds
Peter Formanek - woodwinds
Tim Flood - bass
David Hurley - percussion
Cory Sibu Tripathy - drums
Salim Washington
A Harlem-based musician/scholar who also resides in Durban, South Africa, Salim Washington plays tenor saxophone, flute and oboe, bass clarinet, and is an accomplished composer/arranger. Washington is an exciting saxophonist whom critics have lauded as one of the most compelling modern voices in the music. He has performed in jazz festivals in the United States, Canada, various countries in Europe, South Africa, Mozambique, Mexico, Brazil. He leads the Harlem Arts Ensemble and has performed with many of New York’s finest musicians, including Randy Weston, Pharoah Sanders, John Hicks, Hilton Ruiz, Charles Tolliver, Oliver Lake, David Murray, Billy Bang, and others....
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The great Salim Washington returns from Harlem/South Africa with an outstanding Quintet of Michigan musicians. $10 cover goes straight to the musicians,
Salim Washington - woodwinds
Peter Formanek - woodwinds
Tim Flood - bass
David Hurley - percussion
Cory Sibu Tripathy - drums
Salim Washington
A Harlem-based musician/scholar who also resides in Durban, South Africa, Salim Washington plays tenor saxophone, flute and oboe, bass clarinet, and is an accomplished composer/arranger. Washington is an exciting saxophonist whom critics have lauded as one of the most compelling modern voices in the music. He has performed in jazz festivals in the United States, Canada, various countries in Europe, South Africa, Mozambique, Mexico, Brazil. He leads the Harlem Arts Ensemble and has performed with many of New York’s finest musicians, including Randy Weston, Pharoah Sanders, John Hicks, Hilton Ruiz, Charles Tolliver, Oliver Lake, David Murray, Billy Bang, and others.
Additionally, while in New York, Salim currently holds chairs in various dynamic ensembles, including Fred Ho’s “GREEN MONSTER BIG BAND” and “Afro Asian Music Ensemble,” Donald Smith’s “Six Bashiri,” Kuumba Frank Lacy’s “Vibe Tribe,” James “Jabbo” Ware’s “Me We and Them Orchestra,” and Ahmed Abdullah’s “Diaspora.” Iin South Africa Washington performs with many of the country’s stalwart musicians, including Andile Yenana, Nduduzo Makhatini, Philani Ngidi, Neil Gonsalvez, Herbie Tsoaeli, Feya Faku, and others.
Salim Washington can be heard as a leader on Love in Exile (Accurate Records), Harlem Homecoming (Ujam Records), Live at St. Nick’s, (CimpOL), and Strings (Cadence). He has also recorded as a sideman with various artists, including Billy Skinner, Carl Grubbs, Oliver Lake, Katy Roberts, Henry Cook, Ahmed Abdullah, Fred Ho, Brian McCree, Jabbo Ware, Reggie Nicholson, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Victor Lewis, Joe Bonner, and others.
Peter Formanek
Peter Formanek is a saxophonist, flautist, clarinetist, electronicist, and (first and foremost) a musician and sonic explorer. Hailing from Baltimore, he recently graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Still, he's been studying music with a Ph.D.-level teacher his whole life, as Michael Formanek is his father. His frequent collaborations with pianist Josh Harlow walk the line between energetic improvisations and melodic explorations of touch and tone. His senior recital at Kerrytown Concert House drew a wide audience, but also proved he's a "musician's musician" with a rotating band featuring Tristan Cappel, Noah Henriksson, Tim Flood, Cory Tripathy, Christopher Tabaczynski, Ben Willis, Jon Taylor, and Kenji Lee.
Tim Flood
Active in the improvised music underground since the 1990s, bassist, composer Tim Flood fist recorded the CD Bodies and Soul with Frank Lowe and Charles Moffett while still a teenager. Since then, he has been a regular member of the Andrew Bishop trio, and has worked extensively with several generations of creative musicians including Jacob Sacks, Gerald Cleaver, Pauline Oliveros, Roswell Rudd, Peter Kowald, Matt Bauder, Jon Taylor, and countless others. Flood has also taught courses in digital music and multimedia at The University of Michigan. In 2012 he released the album Mag Mell, an LP that mashed spiritual jazz with sound collage.
David Hurley
Drummer, percussionist, and occasional trumpet and flute player, David Hurley was a member of the psychedelic / progressive rock band Astra, formed in San Diego, CA in 2001 as Silver Sunshine. He left the band in 2013, freeing up more time for interests like jazz and improv. Since moving to Detroit he's been the host of Triixie's highly regarded Monday night series Fire Music, a biweekly gathering of improvisers from Detroit and the greater metro area.
Cory Tripathy
Cory Tripathy is a Detroit-based drummer, improviser, and composer. Since graduating from the University of Michigan, he has performed with Michael Formanek, singer-songwriters Betsy Soukup and Jacob Sigman, as well as a myriad Detroit musicians across many different styles.
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