Advertisement
James Sanders’ Proyecto Libre with Edward Wilkerson Jr.James Sanders brings a lifetime of experience to his conception of Proyecto Libre. The son of a Dominican mother and U.S. born father, Sanders grew up in an ethnically mixed Chicago neighborhood. He formed the highly regarded Latin jazz ensemble James Sanders and Conjunto in 2001. Meanwhile, Sanders maintained a parallel career as an in-demand collaborator with such noted improvisers as Dee Alexander, Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid, Kahil El’Zabar, the late Harrison Bankhead, and more.
With Proyecto Libre (Free Project), Sanders combines his Caribbean heritage and command of Afro-Latin idioms with a forward thinking, purely improvisational aesthetic by bringing musicians from both genres together in a freewheeling musical experiment. The ensemble made its debut in December 2013 at the Afro-Caribbean Improvised Music Festival in Chicago. In November 2014, Proyecto Libre was invited to perform along with other Chicago jazz greats at the prestigious Made In Chicago Festival in Poznan, Poland, where they were joined by Edward Wilkerson, Jr, who joined them again at the Chicago Jazz Festival in 2016.
James Sanders, violin
Avreeayl Ra, drums & wood flute
Joshua Abrams, bass
Jean Christophe Leroy, congas and Latin percussion
Edward Wilkerson Jr., saxophone
Advertisement
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Constellation Chicago, 3111 N Western Ave,Chicago,IL,United States
Tickets
