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Hallwalls Sequester Series
Tuesday, February 9, 2021 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$7
The Sequester Series – Martin Freeman
Martin Freeman – synthesizers
Martin Freeman is an improviser and tinkerer from Rochester who works predominantly with unpredictable electronics in performance and installation. He has taught electronics workshops for artists and musicians at the Eastman School of Music, Rhizome DC and Hearding Cats Collective. He’s a current MFA candidate and Instructor at UB’s Department of Art.
Website: mroztronium.blogspot.com
Tuesday, March 16 at 8:00 p.m.
$7 per concert, members FREE!
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The Sequester Series – Nelson Rivera
Photo by Jack ZuffNelson Rivera – saxophones
Saxophonist, percussionist Nelson Rivera has been a valued member of the Buffalo music scene for nearly two decades. A former student of Buffalo/Niagara Falls legend Chu Nero, Nelson has developed a personal sound on tenor and soprano combining astonishing technique with a natural lyricism. He performs with a wide variety of projects across a range of styles including Tim Clarke’s Soul-Tet, Sol y Sombra, Wooden Cities, Wendell Rivera’s Latin Jazz Ensemble, Buffalo Jazz Octet and many others.
Tuesday, March 23 at 8:00 p.m.
$7 per concert, members FREE!
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The Sequester Series – Little Cake
Ana Vafai – piano, violin, voice
“A classically-trained multi-instrumentalist. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music. The lead singer of the award-winning hip-hop jazz-fusion group Radarada. A Buffalo Public School orchestra teacher. She’s Ana Vafai, better known as Little Cake.
What makes Ana Vafai a compelling artist is that she is a master of the tension between cerebral introspection and abject buffoonery. She’s a perceptive observer of humanity who’s not afraid to make a fool of herself for art’s sake. She’s been gifted with a voice that is equally at home with jazz and R&B as it is with musical theatre, and yet she’s not afraid to make her voice ugly, often shout-singing and making exaggerated vocalizations for dramatic effect. It’s bold and refreshing—honest in a manner that most artists, burdened by inhibition, are incapable of.
Born and raised in Buffalo, Ana Vafai loves the city and vows to stay. “Building community and friendship is as important a part of my life as music is, and they definitely affect each other. Buffalo is a very welcoming place to produce and create … CONTINUE READING >>
Tuesday, March 30 at 8:00 p.m.
The Sequester Series – John Bacon
John Bacon, percussionist and composer, teaches percussion and Jazz at SUNY Fredonia, percussion at UB and is head of Jazz at Villa Maria College in Buffalo, NY. He holds a PhD in Music Composition from SUNY at Buffalo and a MM in Percussion Performance from Fredonia. His music has been performed by an eclectic array of musicians, including The Amherst Saxophone Quartet, Leroy Jenkins, the New Jazz Orchestra of Buffalo, the New York New Music Ensemble and the UB Percussion Ensemble. Performance credits include Lester Bowie, Roswell Rudd, Bobby Previte, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Bobby Militello, Star People, the Buffalo Jazz Collective and the Buffalo Jazz Composers Workshop. His most recent CD is a piano trio recording, “Refractions”, featuring the music of Thelonious Monk with Michael McNeill and Danny Ziemann. John is a 2013 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Award recipient in Music/Sound and a New York State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Composer Commission with Christopher Jentsch 2015. More information at johnbaconjr.com … CONTINUE READING >>
3/16: Nelson Rivera
3/23: Little Cake
3/30: John Bacon
