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Steve Lehman's Selebeyone at Painted Bride Art Center
Courtesy of Mark Christman | Posted on January 26, 2017
Where
Painted Bride Art Center
5212 Market St.
Philadelphia, PA
Map
215-925-9914
When
Fri, March 24, 2017
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Steve Lehman
saxophone, altoGaston Bandimic
vocalsHPrizm aka High Priest
composer / conductorMaciek Lasserre
saxophoneCarlos Homs
keyboardsDrew Gress
bassDamion Reid
drumsAbout
Ars Nova Workshop is pleased to present inventive saxophonist Steve Lehman’s Sélébéyone, an idiom-spanning new project combining modern jazz, underground hip-hop, Senegalese rap and live electronics to create a unique form of urban experimentalism.
Lehman’s music has always drawn from disparate sources in distinctive ways, but with Sélébéyone he has crafted a singular new crossing of musical streams. The project stands apart from past attempts to meld jazz and hip-hop, with the hybrid’s musical elements - shifting rhythms, electro-acoustic harmonies, and contemporary sound design--wholly integrated into the lyrical content. The project, which also juxtaposes English and Wolof lyrics, is not Lehman’s first plunge into the world of hip-hop; his acclaimed octet has recorded arrangements of songs by the Wu-Tang Clan and Camp Lo, while he has enjoyed a variety of collaborations with Meshell Ndegeocello since 2004....