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SUMMARY:Oct 30 | Mizik Ayiti! Residency | Bobby Raymond & Markus Schwartz featuring Godwin Louis
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursdays this fall for the Mizik Ayiti! Residency Series. The first residency will be held by bassist Bobby Raymond and percussionist Markus Schwartz and marks HCX’s inaugural public event in our new home at 35 Lafayette Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY. \nSPECIAL GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT! Thursday\, October 30’s performance will feature guest alto saxophonist and composer Godwin Louis. Louis is a Grammy-nomiated musician who has graced stages around the globe\, studing and performing with Herbie Hancock\, Clark Terry\, Roger Dickerson\, Ron Carter\, Al Foster\, Billy Preston\, Patti LaBelle\, Toni Braxton\, Prince\, Babyface\, Madonna\, Barry Harris\, Howard Shore\, Mulatu Astatke Mahmoud Ahmed\, Wynton Marsalis and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra\, to name a few. \nThe 2025 performance season launches at HCX with the Mizik Ayiti! Residency Series. On Thursday evenings\, artist-composers host unique sets joined by a rotation of guest artists and ensembles. Performances offer the opportunity to showcase new work and workshop arrangements across the musical landscape\, from traditional genres reverberating the strength of the tanbou to the contemporary sound like fusion jazz and electronic music carrying Haitian vibration into the future. \n  \nThursday\, October 30\n6-9pm (45 min sets at 6:30 & 7:45)\n35 Lafayette Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY \n  \n—\nAbout the Musicians \nBorn in Haiti\, bassist Bobby Raymond established his musical career in the 1980s alongside progressive Haitian jazz musicians including Ernst Crepsac Marcelin\, Buyu Ambroise\, Eddy Bourjolly\, Joe Charles\, Phillipe Charles\, Bobby Sanabria\, Mino Cinelu\, and Eddy Rodriguez. He joined several influential bands including Freefall\, Mozayik\, Mystik and the Blues In Red Band\, collaborating with artists like Emeline Michel\, Beethova Obas\, and Alan Cave. During the 1990s\, Bobby was part of the Blue Bomba Quartet with Robert Aaron\, Willie Martinez\, and Ismael Bongo Bruno\, occasionally joined by legendary Cuban percussionist Carlos “Patato” Valdez. Bobby remains one of the most sought-after bass players in the New York City Haitian music scene. \nNative to Denmark\, Markus Schwartz is a Grammy-nominated percussionist\, recording artist and educator with over twenty-five years of experience studying traditional Haitian religious music. Since the early 1990s\, he has traveled frequently to Haiti\, following Haitian percussionists on pilgrimages to learn the intricate drumming styles of various lakou. He became a respected drummer at Haitian religious ceremonies and was a member of the groundbreaking Haitian Jazz quintet Mozayik alongside Bobby Raymond. As a first-call percussionist on the NYC Haitian music scene\, Markus has released four recordings as a leader and currently performs with Lakou Brooklyn Quartet\, Grammy-winner David Sanchez’ Carib project\, and Ches Smith’s We All Break. \n  \n—\nHCX | Mizik Ayiti! Residency \nHCX positions this invitational residency as an opportunity to innovate and workshop concepts and works-in-progress\, showcase new work\, and build networks for artists’ future presentation (e.g. booking\, touring) at other cultural institutions and stages. \nRarely do artists receive a consistent opportunity to create and share in “real time”–to develop their ideas in a beta form\, experiment\, and refine amidst presenting publicly. Over the course of 6 weeks\, resident artists receive a platform to fine-tune approaches\, activate jam sessions\, and explore sonic possibilities while developing relationships with their audiences. \nJoin us for all of Bobby Raymond & Markus Schwartz Mizik Ayiti! Residency performances Thursdays this fall:\nOctober 9\, 16\, 23\, 30 and November 6 and 13.\n6-9pm (45 min sets at 6:30 & 7:45)
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/oct-30-mizik-ayiti-residency-bobby-raymond-markus-schwartz/
LOCATION:Haiti Cultural Exchange\, 35 Lafayette Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11217\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mizik Ayiti! Residency Series
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