MGP 21 Live - 21 Brand New Bands - 21 Improvised Compositions at Iridium

On August 13th '21' comes to the stage of the Iridium in NYC. 21 is 21 brand new bands created in one evening performing 21 improvised compositions for the first time ever featuring over 30 musicians.

21 will cross musical genres, feature top talent from around the world, and assemble musicians that may not usually work together. The purpose of the project to is spontaneously create work in the moment.

Curating the series and playing bass is Matt Geraghty. Matt is a bassist & composer without borders who has recorded 4 albums of his own internationally inspired compositions, works with Grammy award-winning artists and has brought his original world music jazz project to the international stage....

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On August 13th '21' comes to the stage of the Iridium in NYC. 21 is 21 brand new bands created in one evening performing 21 improvised compositions for the first time ever featuring over 30 musicians.

21 will cross musical genres, feature top talent from around the world, and assemble musicians that may not usually work together. The purpose of the project to is spontaneously create work in the moment.

Curating the series and playing bass is Matt Geraghty. Matt is a bassist & composer without borders who has recorded 4 albums of his own internationally inspired compositions, works with Grammy award-winning artists and has brought his original world music jazz project to the international stage.

Musicians featured that evening include:

Featured Musicians:
Matt Geraghty - bass
Manu Koch - piano
Farah Siraj -voice
Thomaz de Castro - percussion
Adriano Santos - drums
Fantcha Mendez - voice
Sean Wayland - keys
Jacqueline Acevedo - percussion
Camila Meza - guitar
Zé Luis - sax, flute
Brandon Terzic - ngoni
Sebastian Cruz - guitar
Akie Bermiss - voice
Jose Ramon Rosario - percussion
Victor Provost - steel pan
Mauricio Zottarelli - drums
Marito Marques - drums, percussion
Ryan Vaughn - drums, percussion
Ernesto Villalobos - violin
Nanny Assis - voice, percussion
DJ Stephen Eaves
David Langois - percussion
Jake Hertzog - guitar
Yacouba Sissoko - kora
Dario Boente - keys
Prasanna - guitar

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