Upcoming performances

Wednesday, 30 May

Sabir Mateen performances for May 2012

May 6
TEST w/ Tom Bruno, Daniel Carter, Matthew Heyner and Sabir Mateen
Whitney Museum Biennale,
New York 4:40pm - 5:45pm

May 11
SAMA w/ Matthew Shipp
Cafe Oto 8pm
London, UK

May 12
SAMA w/ Matthew Shipp
Taktlos 9:30 pm
Zurich, Switzerland

May 14
Solo and big band performance w/ Polyversal Soul Earkestra
9pm @ Theaterkapelle
Berlin, Germany

May 19 - 30
20 - Miroiterie w/ Benjamin Sanz 9 pm
24 - w/ Emilie Lesbros @ Souffle Continu 7pm
29 - Bab-ilo w/ Emilie Lesbros and Benjamin Sanz 8pm
Paris, France

Saturday, 14 July

Sabir Mateen, concerts - summer 2012

The University Of The Streets, 130 East 7th Street New York - 20:00

June 8th
w/ William Parker's Essence Of Ellington Orchestra
Casa Del Popolo - 9pm
Montreal, Canada

June 14
Eternal Unity w/ Dave Burrell, William Parker, William Hooker, Sabir Mateen
Vision Festival VII New York @ Roulette in Brooklyn - 7:30pm
NYC

July 14
The Blood Trio w/ Whit Dickey, Michael Bisio, Sabir Mateen
The Stone NYC 8 & 10 pm

Tuesday, 27 November

Sabir Mateen, concerts - autumn 2012

La Poission Lounge 158 Bleeker St - 20:00

Sept. 10 ' til Oct. 25th
Sabir Mateen - solo tour and then some...
Sept. 10th
Tilburg, Netherlands 8pm (solo)
more performances TBA

Oct 16 -21
Sabir Mateen - solo
St. Petersburg, Russia (to be confirmed)

Oct. 28
Shapes, Textures and Sound Ensemble w/ Roy Campbell, Will Connell, Masahiko Kono Alex Harding, Michael Guilford, Sabir Mateen, Hilliard (Hill) Greene and Michael Wimberly
10pm @ The Stone NYC

Nov. 16-25
w/ Michael Wimberly, Raymond A. King, Will Connell, Sabir Mateen and others
Azouras, Portugal

Nov. 27
SAMA Matthew Shipp & Sabir Mateen - @ The Stone NYC 8pm
The Sabir Mateen Ensemble w/ Roy Campbell, Raymond A. King, Jason Kao Hwang, Daniel Levin, Jane Wang, Michael Wimberly, Sabir Mateen - @ The Stone NYC 10pm
NYC

Recordings » As a sideman » Double Sunrise Over Neptune

Double Sunrise Over Neptune

Commissioned for the 2007 Vision Festival in New York City, DOUBLE SUNRISE OVER NEPTUNE is arguably one of the finest achievements in William Parker's already remarkable discography. With a 16-piece orchestra that features not only strings, ... Full Descriptionhorns, and woodwinds, but oud, electric guitar, and vocals, Parker devises a sonic world that's stunningly textured, surprising, and beautiful. There is a heavy world-music influence mixing with more avant garde tendencies, a fusion that works nicely with Parker's balance between structure and free improvisation. Earthy and ethereal at once, this stunning program should be essential listening for anyone interested in contemporary creative music.

Recording information: Vision Festival XII, Orensanz Art Center, New York, NY (06/19/2007/06/20/2007).

The Wire (p.44) - "For the duration of the performance, Parker cedes bass duties to Shayna Dulberger, focusing instead on double reeds and doson'ngoni....A music that feels truly based in and born of the world, it feels truthfully, tenderly, prophetic."
JazzTimes (p.94) - "[T]his groovy large ensemble recording acknowledges that a little freedom goes a long way. The occasional explosion of brass-and-string squall is more or less leavened by a cool-blue pulse..."