Elsa Nilsson

A double bill from the Angel City Jazz Festival! Elsa Nilsson (fllutes and fx) to be joined by Santiago Leibson (piano), Marty Kenney (bass) and Rodrigo Recabarren (drums). Sasha Berliner's quartet includes Sasha on vibraphone and MalletStation, plus Jonathan Pinson (drums), Logan Kane (bass) and Javi Santiago (piano/keys).

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As the recipient of the 2022 CMA New Jazz Works grant, **Elsa Nilsson – Band Of Pulses** explores the intersection between spoken language and jazz. “Pulses” uses the voice of Maya Angelou reading “On The Pulse Of Morning” as the foundation for compositions and improvisations, highlighting the intrinsic musicality of her voice by supporting and amplifying the harmonic, rhythmic, and melodic content. In their deep dive, they found clear echoes of Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane in her phrasing, the blues implicitly and explicitly expressed in her pitches, and an intense sense of groove in her rhythms. The ethos of this piece is to highlight that connection and bring the beauty of jazz as communication to the forefront.

Described as a “young mallet master” by JazzTimes, **Sasha Berliner** is an award-winning vibraphonist and composer based in both the NYC and Los Angeles areas. The Downbeat Critics Poll #1 Rising Star Vibraphonist and Jazz Journalists’ Association runner-up for Vibraphonist of the Year has notably shared the stage for recent projects with Christian McBride, Tyshawn Sorey, Marcus Gilmore, Justin Brown, and Cecile McLorin Salvant. She leads her own quintet for international touring. Her third studio album, an electronic-acoustic hybrid project entitled “Axial,” is slated for release in January 2025 through the Outside In Music record label.

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