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Amina Figarova Sextet at Jazz Standard
Courtesy of Amina Figarova | Posted on August 14, 2014
Where
Jazz Standard
116 East 27th Street
New York, NY
Map
212-576-2232
When
Wed, August 20, 2014
9:30 pm
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Musicians
Amina Figarova
pianoBart Platteau
fluteMarc Mommaas
saxophone, tenorRashaan Carter
bass, acousticJason Evan Brown
drumsAbout
Amina Figarova Sextet
Rising Star Composer 2014 Downbeat Critics Poll
Amina Figavora’s commanding stylistic reach has stretched from the multi-keyboard fusion-oriented funk of Another Me (1998) to the avant-garde experimentation of September Suite (2005). This much- anticipated Jazz Standard appearance celebrates the release of the composer/pianist’s twelfth album, appropriately titled Twelve — her debut release on the renowned independent German label In + Out. Composed after moving with her husband and musical partner, flutist Bart Platteau, to Harlem, NY from their longtime European base, Twelve is suffused with the heightened expectations, sense of adventure and fresh perceptions that voluntary emigrés enjoy, as well as the confidence, creative energies and nuanced fulfillment that artists gain from being in the right place at the right time...