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

Reviews » Selected reviews » Consensual Tension - Review at All Music Guide

Consensual Tension - Review at All Music Guide

Steven Loewy for All Music Guide

Billed as Mark Whitecage's "Other Quartet," this largely freely improvised set holds up surprisingly well. Whitecage is joined by power saxophonist Sabir Mateen and by longtime colleague bassist Joe Fonda and drummer Harvey Sorgen. The playing is tight and the solos riveting, particularly when the two horns go hand-to-hand. Whitecage and Mateen seem to anticipate each other's every move, and the cover art by Kara Rusch of two fingers pulling a wishbone to its near-breaking point is a good depiction of the tension throughout. Energy music that never loses focus or control, the seven numbers comprising this recording are full of surprises and suspense. Fonda is delirious on bass, his fingers racing, while Sorgen adds just enough punch to knock the proceedings into orbit. There is enough subtlety to delight the close listener, and enough rawness to satisfy those who appreciate scorching sounds.

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