About this Event
Jumpstart your InvestFest weekend and join us for a spine-tingling evening of live jazz with New York-based, but one of Atlanta's own, rising jazz stars! Bassist and vocalist Devon Gates will perform with her trio featuring Eden Mastriani-Levi on piano and Jayden Richardson on drums. Enjoy Apache's incredible scratch kichen entrees, craft cocktails, and Atlanta's best jazz.
Born and raised Atlanta bassist/vocalist Devon Gates reunites with pianist Eden Mastriani-Levi and drummer Jayden Richardson to present a dynamic night of original music for trio. All three are fellow alums of the GSU Rialto Jazz Youth Orchestra combo program, where they met in 2019, and have since become emerging stars of the jazz scenes in New York, Boston, and Chicago. They return to Apache Café to present Gates’ newest project, a blend of modern jazz, soul, and folk-inspired compositions and arrangements of old favorites.
Gates has worked with Terri Lyne Carrington, Linda May Han Oh, Vijay Iyer, Danilo Perez, Claire Chase, Yosvanny Terry, and esperanza spalding, and has performed with Social Science, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Susie Ibarra, Michael Mayo, Alexa Tarantino, Immanuel Wilkins, Kenny Werner, and Tia Fuller. In 2020, she released her first EP, “Voice/Bass” on Bandcamp, followed by the release of single “skipped that step” in spring 2023. In 2022 her original composition “Don’t Wait” was published in Berklee Press’ “New Standards” collection of 101 lead sheets by female jazz composers.
For her work as a composer, Gates has won the inaugural Marion Brown Prize, a HerVoice prize (Chicago Acapella), and the 2024 First Commission award from ComposersNow, along with the Bohemian Prize (’23) and a John Green Prize (’22) from the Harvard Music Department, and a commission for the MassArt Museum (’22). Her pieces have been programmed by the Harvard Choruses, Chicago Acapella, Bowdoin College, and National Sawdust. She is a Mutual Mentorship for Musicians fellow and Betty Carter Jazz Ahead alum, and has performed at Joe’s Pub, the Monterey Jazz Festival, London Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, DC Jazz Festival, Winter JazzFest, the Kennedy Center, Roulette Intermedium, and SFJazz. She performed her first tour in Asia (Ulaanbataar, Mongolia, and Osaka and Tokyo, Japan) in August 2023, followed by a fall 2023 term abroad in London, UK at the Royal Academy of Music, and a January 2024 Italy tour.
Two shows on Thursday at 7:30PM and 9:30PM. Seating is limited for each show, so get your tickets now with EARLY BIRD pricing through August 4th!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Apache XLR, 393 Marietta Street NorthWest, Atlanta, United States
USD 24.76 to USD 36.27