42nd edition of the jazz festival in Seine-Saint-Denis Banlieues Bleues. On the program tonight: Joy Guidry (United States/unreleased), Mike Ladd (United States/creation), أحمد [Ahmed] (United Kingdom-Germany-France/unreleased), Muqata’a (Palestine).
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- Joy Guidry
A boundless improviser and an extraordinary composer, Joy Guidry has always believed in the transcendent power of music. Originally from Texas and based in California, the bassoonist produces a soundtrack that sounds like nothing other than herself. A free music, where she affirms her transgender identity and her belief in the emancipatory virtues of gospel. It is with this ear that we must listen to her latest opus, Amen, both jubilant and premonitory, between spoken words and...