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Leila Adu • Steph Richards Apr 10
7:30 Doors 8:00 Music $15 suggested donation
Leila Adu is an astonishing force in the space where electropop, avant-classical and singer-songwriter meet. Exploring her roots in New Zealand, Britain and Ghana, Adu is an international artist who has performed at festivals and venues across the world. Compared to Nina Simone and Joanna Newsome by WNYC, Adu has released five acclaimed albums, and has given visionary solo BBC and WQXR performances. Adu’s credits include Ojai Music Festival, Bang on a Can, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Late Night with David Letterman, and composing for a Billboard charted album. Adu holds a Princeton University music composition PhD. In 2022, Leila Adu–Gilmore was awarded a Charles Ives Composer Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Talk Show is a new project between drummer/analogue synth composer Qasim Naqvi and trumpeter Steph Richards exploring resonant frequencies and physic juju. Their first record “Miss America” comes out next fall 2025 (weJazz records).
“A rising force in avant-garde jazz” (Jazz Times), Steph Richards is known for her innovative approach to the trumpet and intermedia experimentation. She has collaborated with visionaries ranging from Henry Threadgill, Anthony Braxton and John Zorn to art pop luminaries Yoko Ono, David Byrne and Laurie Anderson. Her records have garnered worldwide acclaim including Record of the Year by the New York Times Playlist and Downbeat and span interactions with film, poetry, electronics, choreography and scent. She is founding member of Bang on A Can’s Asphalt Orchestra, and has worked with brilliant artists in jazz and creative music including Ravi Coltrane, Jason Moran and Jeff Parker. Steph is a Yamaha artist
Pakistani-American drummer/composer Qasim Naqvi is perhaps best known as a founding member of acoustic trio Dawn of Midi. Outside of his work in D.O.M., Naqvi is an accomplished solo artist and maker of film scores with a passion for analogue and modular synthesizer systems. His concert music has been performed/commissioned by The BBC Concert Orchestra, Jennifer Koh, The London Contemporary Orchestra, Stargaze, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Crash Ensemble, The Now Ensemble and countless more.