2022 Winter Jazzfest Artist in Residence Angel Bat Dawid

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NYC Winter Jazzfest artist-in-residence composer/multi-instrumentalist Angel Bat Dawid presents Afro-Town Topics: A Mythological Afrofuturist Revue. Inspired by Fats Waller, Dawid presents a new original score using the traditional framework of a musical revue (a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches) as a compositional blueprint with the intention of creating and exploring the production of new Afro sonic realities and futures.

Oh we sing this song to, a Great Tomorrow

Oh we sing this song to Abolish Sorrow - SUN RA


Personnel:
Angel Bat Dawid - Clarinet, Conductor
Alejandro Salazar - Percussion
Jeremiah Hunt - Upright Bass
Micah Collier - Electric Bass
Dr. Charles Joseph Smith - Piano
Dr. Adam Zanolini - Flute
Luc Mosley - Soprano Sax
Jaden Berkman - Tenor Sax
Caitlin Edwards - Violin
Alexandria Hill - Violin
Matthew Beauge - Viola
Olivia Harris - Cello
Tramaine Parker - Voice
Erica Nwachukwu - Voice
Monique Golding - Voice
Julian Otis - Voice
Keisha Janae - Dance

Winter Jazzfest at Co-Prosperity, Chicago