Friday October 15

*THIS IS FOR THE LIVE STREAM. THESE TICKETS WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO ATTEND IN-PERSON*

The live stream video of this event will remain viewable from 10/15 at 8pm until 10/21 at 11:30pm.

Arts for Art continues to welcome back regular in-person live performances with a week of music celebrating the cause of Social Justice. It will take place in the large Flamboyan Theater in The Clemente. The second part of the series focuses on great pianists performing on AFA’s recently acquired Steinway B grand piano. The event features FreeJAZZ greats from across generations including: Dave Burrell, Isaiah Collier, Matthew Shipp, James Brandon Lewis, Angelica Sanchez, Joe McPhee, Eri Yamamoto, Darius Jones, Lafayette Gilchrist, and Mixashawn’s Afro Algonquin Trio playing on Indigenous People’s Day.

8 pm: Eri Yamamoto “ Double Drums”Eri Yamamoto – piano / Matt Lavelle – trumpet / Ikuo Takeuchi, Jackson Hillmer - drums

Since moving to the United States in 1995, Eri Yamamoto has established herself as one of jazz's most original and compelling pianists and composers. Jazz legend Herbie Hancock has said, “My hat’s off to her... already she’s found her own voice.”

During the past twenty years, Eri has been sharing her uniquely lyrical and evocative music with listeners in New York City, throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Japan, Jamaica, and Australia; with appearances in concerts, clubs, and major festivals.

She has a deeply empathetic rapport with her long-standing trio members bassist David Ambrosio and drummer Ikuo Takeuchi. Together they have recorded several albums, most recently “Life,” released in 2016. As the album title suggests, the music portrays a wide range of her experiences - from joyful to introspective, reflecting the vibrancy of New York City and exploring mysteries of nature and memory.

Eri has also been dedicated to the art of solo piano, moving audiences with her renditions of her own compositions and her spontaneous improvisations. Her most recent release, “Live in Benicàssim,” captures her 2017 solo piano concert in that picturesque Spanish town. It is her first solo piano album, and her eleventhrecording under her own name.

Eri has also been collaborating with such creative and celebrated musicians as William Parker, Daniel Carter, Hamid Drake, Federico Ughi, Yves Leveille and Paul McCandless. Eri has appeared on several William Parker recordings, and has performed in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Tunisia, and South Africa with his trio and sextet.

Arts for Art Mission

Arts for Art is dedicated to the exceptional creativity that originated in the African American multi-arts jazz culture that utilizes improvisation to express a larger, more positive dream of inclusion and freedom.