LIVE Performance
Saturday, February 12, 2022
8:00 PM
Zoh Amba Trio
Zoh Amba, Saxophone and flute
Henry Fraser, Bass
Marc Edwards, Drums
At Zürcher Gallery NY, 33 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012
Admission is $20. All proceeds go to the artists.
Proof of vaccination and masks are required to enter the gallery.
Left to right: Henry Fraser, Zoh Amba, Marc Edwards
Zoh Amba is a saxophonist from Kingsport, Tennessee who since moving to New York in fall 2021 has quickly emerged into a notable presence in the avant-garde scene. Zoh has spent considerable time studying with David Murray in New York, and also at the San Francisco Conservatory Of Music & New England Conservatory. The endorsement and collaboration with the creative music world’s most notable sound painters means Zoh is poised to continue her ascent in New York and beyond. She has her debut record O, Sun releasing on Tzadik March 18th, 2022. With Micah Thomas, Thomas Morgan, and Joey Baron. Produced by John Zorn.
Pre order link for O, Sun : https://www.roughtrade.com/us/zoh-amba/o-sun
Marc Edwards is a veteran musician specializing in free jazz on drums and percussion. His main band is Slipstream Time Travel, however, he has done other projects, such as the duo with the legendary black metal electric guitarist, Mick Barr. There’s also the guitar duo with Guillaume Gargaud; more duos with Reg Bloor, Ava Mendoza, and Jessica Ackerley. Marc has also worked with Cecil Taylor, Marshall Allen, Denis Beuret, Elliott Levin, David S. Ware, Apogee, Fred Hopkins, La Verne Maxwell, Hilliard Greene, Thurston Moore, Gene Moore, Paul Flaherty, Peter Mazzetti, James Duncan, Ras Moshe, Matt Heyner, Ernest Anderson III, Tor Snyder, Takuma Kainaiwa, Lawry Zilmrah, David Tamura, Ayumi Ishito, Lawry Zilmrah, Rose Tang, Charles Gayle, Weasel Walter, Cellular Chaos, Mars Williams, Steve Swell, Fred Longberg-Holm, Zoh Amba, Henry Fraser, Micah Thomas, and many more.
Henry Fraser (b.1991) is a bassist, improviser, composer and educator based in New York City. He can be heard playing in many ensembles, such as the Brandon Seabrook Trio, Sam Weinberg’s BLOAR, CP Unit, Ryan Power, and the Anthony Coleman Trio. Fraser's solo bass explorations stem from the notion of biofeedback between instrument and player and have culminated in three releases - Briggs, Buzzed, and as is the morning, is. The self-titled record debut of his band The Full Salon was featured in the Rolling Stone article “6 Paths Through Jazz in 2020” . Fraser has toured internationally and has played at the Panama Jazz Festival, Mompox Jazz Festival, Moers Festival, Unlimited Festival in Wels, Austria, Roulette Intermedium, Joe’s Pub, and The Stone