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 » I Plan To Stay A Believer

I Plan To Stay A Believer

WILLIAM PARKER..I Plan To Stay A Believer:
............ .The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield

All compositions by Curtis Mayfield (Warner-Tamerlane Pub Corp.); arranged by William Parker
except Ya Hey Yey Ya and The Inside Song by William Parker (Centering Music, BMI)
P+C 2010 AUM Fidellity

Produced by William Parker and Steven Joerg
All tracks recorded live in concert spanning: March 2001 (Paris), April 2002 (Amherst, MA), February 2007 (Chiasso, Switzerland), June 2008 (New York), October 2008 (Cormons & Botticino, Italy)
Vision Festival XIII tracks recorded by Stefan Heger
Track 4 recorded by Peter Kontrimas as part of the Magic Triangle Series, Amherst, MA
Tracks 6, 7, 9, 11 mixed by & entire project mastered by
Michael Marciano at Systems Two Studio, Brooklyn.

Package = 2xCD digipak with liner notes by William Parker and a 6-panel insert with beautiful photographs and full credits.

Musicians:

William Parker: bass,
doson’ngoni, balofon
Hamid Drake: drums
Dave Burrell: piano
Lewis Barnes: trumpet
Darryl Foster: tenor & soprano sax
Sabir Mateen: alto & tenor sax, flute
Leena Conquest: vocals
Amiri Baraka: voice, poetry
* with guests on select tracks:
- Lafayette Gilchrist: piano
- Guillermo E. Brown: drums
- New Life Tabernacle
- Generation of Praise
- Choir of Brooklyn, NY

Track list:

DISC 1
1 .I Plan To Stay A Believer.12.52
2 .If There's A Hell Below .21.23
3 .We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue .17.41 (MP3 Excerpt)
4 .I'm So Proud / Ya He Yey Ya .15.15 (MP3 Excerpt)
5 .This Is My Country (Paris) .5.44

DISC 2
6 .People Get Ready / The Inside Song .14.38
7 .This Is My Country (New York) .10.56 (MP3 Excerpt)
8 .It's Alright .5.13
9 .Move On Up .17.27 (MP3 Excerpt)
10 .Freddie's Dead .11.26
11 .New World Order .6.59

Released: 2010
Label: AAUM062/63

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