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 » Live at The Vision Festival

Live at The Vision Festival

Recorded live at The Vision Festival, NYC June 17, 2006.

This was indeed one of the most intense and explosive sets of this year's fest. The band was on fire some the first note and my man, Sabir Mateen, erupted on the first solo on alto sax, the impressive rhythm team kicking hard underneath Sabir's screaming sax. Matt Heyner opened the next piece with some mysterious bowed bass, and soon the theme evolved with a most memorable melody and superb slow burning solos from Steve's trombone and Sabir's tenor sax. Sabir's solo started out softly and soon built to boiling point. The third piece had one of those enchanting South African-like gospelish themes that we all love so dear, with the under-recognized John Blum playing another of his great piano solos. Both Steve on trombone and Sabir on various reeds took a number of impressive solos throughout this fine set. This is, without a doubt, one of the finest bands to emerge from the downtown scene in many years.