See below the sections Creative Music / Avant-Jazz and Brazilian Music.
Please visit AKAMU website for further information about the artists and for upcoming tours with available dates.
CREATIVE MUSIC & AVANT-JAZZ
Anthony Braxton
The Sonic Genome (8 hours performance for over then 60 musicians)
Anthony Braxton 12+3tet / 12+1tet / Nonet / Septet / Quintet / Quartet / Trio
Roscoe Mitchell
Roscoe Mitchell New Quintet
Roscoe Mitchell Conversation Trio with Craig Taborn and Kikanju Baku (World Premiere)
Roscoe Mitchell Trio feat. Jaribu Shahid and Tani Tabbal
Roscoe Mitchell Angel City Trio feat. Junius Paul and Mike Reed (European Premiere)
Roscoe Mitchell Trio feat. Hugh Ragin and Tyshawn Sorey
Sound Trio feat. Roscoe Mitchell - Wadada Leo Smith - Marcus Gilmore (World Premiere)
The Trio with Muhal Richard Abrams and George Lewis
Roscoe Mitchell - Muhal Richard Abrams (European Premiere)
Roscoe Mitchell - Milford Graves (World Premiere)
Henry Threadgill
Ensemble Double Up
Dimples (European Premiere)
Zooid
Muhal Richard Abrams
Quintet feat. Jonathan Finlayson, Brian Carrott, Brad Jones and Reggie Nicholson
The Trio with Roscoe Mitchell and George Lewis
Roscoe Mitchell - Muhal Richard Abrams (European Premiere)
Muhal Richard Abrams piano solo
Wadada Leo Smith
The Great Lakes Suite Quartet feat. Jonathan Haffner, John Lindberg and Marcus Gilmore
Ten Freedom Summers feat. Golden Quartet + string quartet and harp
The Golden Quartet feat. Anthony Davis, John Lindberg and Pheeroan akLaff
Wadada Leo Smith - Bill Laswell
Wadada Leo Smith - Anthony Davis
Oliver Lake
The Trio 3 feat. Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman and Andrew Cyrille + special guest Jason Moran
Organ Quartet
Dave Burrell
Windward Passages - a showcase (World premiere)
Special Edition feat. Giovanni Falzone, Edoardo Marraffa and Wolter Wierbos
Dave Burrell - Steve Swell: "American Civil War" (European premiere)
Dave Burrell Duos with Leena Conquest or Giovanni Falzone or Silke Eberhard or Edoardo Marraffa
Piano Solo
Anthony Davis
Amistad (a lyric opera) (European Premiere)
X. The Live and Times of Malcolm X (a lyric opera)
Anthony Davis' Episteme Ensemble
Anthony Davis Duos with Wadada Leo Smith, Jason Robinson or Mark Dresser (European Premiere)
Piano Solo
Ernest Dawkins
Chicago Twelve: "Black Op'Era" / "Un-Till Emmett Till" / "Memory in the Center - Homage to Nelson Mandela"
New Horizons Ensemble
Marty Ehrlich
The Marty Ehrlich Large Ensemble (European premiere)
Sextet
Ray Anderson - Marty Ehrlich Quartet feat. Brad Jones and Matt Wilson
Rites Quartet
Dark Wood Ensemble
Exaltation Trio (European premiere)
Wayne Horvitz
Wayne Horvitz European Orchestra
Wayne Horvitz & Bill Frisell: "Joe Hill's Project" (an opera) (European premiere)
Zony Mash plus Horns
Some Places are Forever Afternoon
Sweeter Than the Day
Pigpen Reunion
Shuffleboil (European premiere)
Italian Bandstand
Wayne Horvitz Solo
Michael Formanek
Ensemble Kolossus
Resonator
Michael Formanek Quartet feat. Tim Berne, Craig Taborn and Gerald Cleaver
Michael Formanek Elusion Trio
Ches Smith
Ches Smith & These Arches
Ches Smith Trio / Quartet with Jonathan Finlayson and Stephan Crump (and Mat Maneri)
Ches Smith - Craig Taborn - Mat Maneri
We All Break - a meeting of Haitian Drums and Creative Music
Taylor Ho Bynum
Taylor Ho Bynum's PlusTet
Taylor Ho Bynum Sextett / Nonette
The Book of Three with John Hébert and Gerald Cleaver (European premiere)
Convergence Quartet feat. Alexander Hawkins, Dominic Lash, Harris Eisenstadt
Taylor Ho Bynum - Tomas Fujiwara
Steve Lehman
Steve Lehman Octet
Satoko Fujii
Under the Water feat. Myra Melford and Satoko Fujii
Jason Robinson
Jason Robinson's Janus Ensemble (European premiere)
Janus Quintet (European premiere)
Jason Robinson - Anthony Davis (European Premiere)
Alexander Hawkins
Louis Moholo-Moholo Quintet: "5 Blokes"
Decoy Trio feat. Alexander Hawkins, John Edwards and Steve Noble + special guest Joe McPhee
Louis Moholo-Moholo - Alexander Hawkins
Convergence Quartet feat. Taylor Ho Bynum, Dominic Lash, Harris Eisenstadt
BRAZILIAN MUSIC
Tom Zé
Tom Zé & Banda (available with 3 different programs)
Naná Vasconcelos
Naná Vasconcelos
Virgínia Rodrigues - Naná Vasconcelos
Yamandu Costa - Naná Vasconcelos
Arrigo Barnabé
Clara Crocodilo Orchestra
Arrigo Barnabé - Luiz Tatit - Lívia Nestrovski (septet + local string trio)
Claras e Crocodilos
O Neurótico e as Histéricas
Tubarões Voadores
Caixa de Ódio
Arrigo Barnabé Trio
Arrigo Barnabé - Vânia Bastos
Arrigo Barnabé - Paulo Braga
Yamandu Costa
Yamandu Costa - Naná Vasconcelos
Yamandu Costa - Guto Wirtti
Yamandu Costa como solista de Orquestra e compositor de concertos
Jards Macalé
Jards Macalé & "Let's Play That" Band
Jards Macalé solo vocals and guitar
Virgínia Rodrigues
Virgínia Rodrigues & Banda
Virgínia Rodrigues - Naná Vasconcelos
Rômulo Fróes
Rômulo Fróes & Banda
Passo Torto feat. Kiko Dinucci, Rodrigo Campos, Marcelo Cabral
Trio Madeira Brasil
Brasilerinho
Trio Madeira Brasil (also with guest Gabriele Mirabassi)
Filarmônica de Pasárgada
Filarmônica de Pasárgada
Tetê Espíndola
Arrigo Barnabé - Tetê Espíndola
Tetê Espíndola - Felix Wagner
Anelis Assumpção
Anelis Assumpção e os Amigos Imaginários
Luiz Tatit
Arrigo Barnabé - Luiz Tatit - Lívia Nestrovski: "De nada mais a algo além"
OTHER ARTISTS
Musica Elettronica Viva feat. Alvin Curran, Frederic Rzewski, Richard Teitelbaum + Roscoe Mitchell and George Lewis
Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense
Liberty Ellman Quintet
Matthew Shipp
David Torn
Please visit AKAMU website for further information about the artists and for upcoming tours with available dates.
CREATIVE MUSIC & AVANT-JAZZ
Anthony Braxton
The Sonic Genome (8 hours performance for over then 60 musicians)
Anthony Braxton 12+3tet / 12+1tet / Nonet / Septet / Quintet / Quartet / Trio
Roscoe Mitchell
Roscoe Mitchell New Quintet
Roscoe Mitchell Conversation Trio with Craig Taborn and Kikanju Baku (World Premiere)
Roscoe Mitchell Trio feat. Jaribu Shahid and Tani Tabbal
Roscoe Mitchell Angel City Trio feat. Junius Paul and Mike Reed (European Premiere)
Roscoe Mitchell Trio feat. Hugh Ragin and Tyshawn Sorey
Sound Trio feat. Roscoe Mitchell - Wadada Leo Smith - Marcus Gilmore (World Premiere)
The Trio with Muhal Richard Abrams and George Lewis
Roscoe Mitchell - Muhal Richard Abrams (European Premiere)
Roscoe Mitchell - Milford Graves (World Premiere)
Henry Threadgill
Ensemble Double Up
Dimples (European Premiere)
Zooid
Muhal Richard Abrams
Quintet feat. Jonathan Finlayson, Brian Carrott, Brad Jones and Reggie Nicholson
The Trio with Roscoe Mitchell and George Lewis
Roscoe Mitchell - Muhal Richard Abrams (European Premiere)
Muhal Richard Abrams piano solo
Wadada Leo Smith
The Great Lakes Suite Quartet feat. Jonathan Haffner, John Lindberg and Marcus Gilmore
Ten Freedom Summers feat. Golden Quartet + string quartet and harp
The Golden Quartet feat. Anthony Davis, John Lindberg and Pheeroan akLaff
Wadada Leo Smith - Bill Laswell
Wadada Leo Smith - Anthony Davis
Oliver Lake
The Trio 3 feat. Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman and Andrew Cyrille + special guest Jason Moran
Organ Quartet
Dave Burrell
Windward Passages - a showcase (World premiere)
Special Edition feat. Giovanni Falzone, Edoardo Marraffa and Wolter Wierbos
Dave Burrell - Steve Swell: "American Civil War" (European premiere)
Dave Burrell Duos with Leena Conquest or Giovanni Falzone or Silke Eberhard or Edoardo Marraffa
Piano Solo
Anthony Davis
Amistad (a lyric opera) (European Premiere)
X. The Live and Times of Malcolm X (a lyric opera)
Anthony Davis' Episteme Ensemble
Anthony Davis Duos with Wadada Leo Smith, Jason Robinson or Mark Dresser (European Premiere)
Piano Solo
Ernest Dawkins
Chicago Twelve: "Black Op'Era" / "Un-Till Emmett Till" / "Memory in the Center - Homage to Nelson Mandela"
New Horizons Ensemble
Marty Ehrlich
The Marty Ehrlich Large Ensemble (European premiere)
Sextet
Ray Anderson - Marty Ehrlich Quartet feat. Brad Jones and Matt Wilson
Rites Quartet
Dark Wood Ensemble
Exaltation Trio (European premiere)
Wayne Horvitz
Wayne Horvitz European Orchestra
Wayne Horvitz & Bill Frisell: "Joe Hill's Project" (an opera) (European premiere)
Zony Mash plus Horns
Some Places are Forever Afternoon
Sweeter Than the Day
Pigpen Reunion
Shuffleboil (European premiere)
Italian Bandstand
Wayne Horvitz Solo
Michael Formanek
Ensemble Kolossus
Resonator
Michael Formanek Quartet feat. Tim Berne, Craig Taborn and Gerald Cleaver
Michael Formanek Elusion Trio
Ches Smith
Ches Smith & These Arches
Ches Smith Trio / Quartet with Jonathan Finlayson and Stephan Crump (and Mat Maneri)
Ches Smith - Craig Taborn - Mat Maneri
We All Break - a meeting of Haitian Drums and Creative Music
Taylor Ho Bynum
Taylor Ho Bynum's PlusTet
Taylor Ho Bynum Sextett / Nonette
The Book of Three with John Hébert and Gerald Cleaver (European premiere)
Convergence Quartet feat. Alexander Hawkins, Dominic Lash, Harris Eisenstadt
Taylor Ho Bynum - Tomas Fujiwara
Steve Lehman
Steve Lehman Octet
Satoko Fujii
Under the Water feat. Myra Melford and Satoko Fujii
Jason Robinson
Jason Robinson's Janus Ensemble (European premiere)
Janus Quintet (European premiere)
Jason Robinson - Anthony Davis (European Premiere)
Alexander Hawkins
Louis Moholo-Moholo Quintet: "5 Blokes"
Decoy Trio feat. Alexander Hawkins, John Edwards and Steve Noble + special guest Joe McPhee
Louis Moholo-Moholo - Alexander Hawkins
Convergence Quartet feat. Taylor Ho Bynum, Dominic Lash, Harris Eisenstadt
BRAZILIAN MUSIC
Tom Zé
Tom Zé & Banda (available with 3 different programs)
Naná Vasconcelos
Naná Vasconcelos
Virgínia Rodrigues - Naná Vasconcelos
Yamandu Costa - Naná Vasconcelos
Arrigo Barnabé
Clara Crocodilo Orchestra
Arrigo Barnabé - Luiz Tatit - Lívia Nestrovski (septet + local string trio)
Claras e Crocodilos
O Neurótico e as Histéricas
Tubarões Voadores
Caixa de Ódio
Arrigo Barnabé Trio
Arrigo Barnabé - Vânia Bastos
Arrigo Barnabé - Paulo Braga
Yamandu Costa
Yamandu Costa - Naná Vasconcelos
Yamandu Costa - Guto Wirtti
Yamandu Costa como solista de Orquestra e compositor de concertos
Jards Macalé
Jards Macalé & "Let's Play That" Band
Jards Macalé solo vocals and guitar
Virgínia Rodrigues
Virgínia Rodrigues & Banda
Virgínia Rodrigues - Naná Vasconcelos
Rômulo Fróes
Rômulo Fróes & Banda
Passo Torto feat. Kiko Dinucci, Rodrigo Campos, Marcelo Cabral
Trio Madeira Brasil
Brasilerinho
Trio Madeira Brasil (also with guest Gabriele Mirabassi)
Filarmônica de Pasárgada
Filarmônica de Pasárgada
Tetê Espíndola
Arrigo Barnabé - Tetê Espíndola
Tetê Espíndola - Felix Wagner
Anelis Assumpção
Anelis Assumpção e os Amigos Imaginários
Luiz Tatit
Arrigo Barnabé - Luiz Tatit - Lívia Nestrovski: "De nada mais a algo além"
OTHER ARTISTS
Musica Elettronica Viva feat. Alvin Curran, Frederic Rzewski, Richard Teitelbaum + Roscoe Mitchell and George Lewis
Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense
Liberty Ellman Quintet
Matthew Shipp
David Torn
