To reserve seats, please send me an email at wardg@iu.edu
Hello Everyone,
We are thrilled to be hosting incredible pianist and composer Fabian Almazan for a 2-day residency here at Indiana University. The Plummer Jazz Quartet will be performing with Mr. Almazan at the Orbit Room in downtown Bloomington on December 1st at 6PM and 8PM. Due to limited seating, we will turnover the house for the 2nd set and you will be strongly encouraged to make a reservation. We hope that you can join us for an incredible night of music! More info. below:
The Plummer Jazz Quartet featuring pianist Fabian Almazan
Fabian Almazan - Piano/Compositions
Sam Butler - Trumpet
Caleb Robinson - Tenor Saxophone
Alex Hoberty - Bass
John Sevy - Drums
The Orbit Room
107 North College Avenue #001
Bloomington, IN 47404
December 1st @ 6PM and 8PM
To reserve seats, please send me an email at wardg@iu.edu. Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults. Please pay for your ticket in cash at the door.
About Fabian Almazan
Cuban-American pianist/composer Fabian Almazan found his musical roots as a child in Havana where he first became involved in the classical piano tradition. Most recently, Almazan can be heard in such films as Harriet, Chi-Raq, Red Tails and Miracle at St Anna.
During the completion of his jazz piano bachelor's degree at the Manhattan School of Music, Almazan immersed himself in the realm of orchestral composition studying instrumentation and orchestration with Mr. Giampaolo Bracali. Almazan is currently pursuing a PhD at Harvard University.
As a performer, Almazan has toured his music extensively as well as accompanied artists such as Linda May Han Oh, Terence Blanchard, Gretchen Parlato, John Hollenbeck, Johnathan Blake, Melissa Aldana, Mark Guiliana, Dave Douglass, Avishai Cohen and Ambrose Akinmusire among others.
Awards include 2 Grammy nominations, the SWR New Jazz Meeting commission, the Copland Fund, the Jerome Fund for Emerging Composers Award, the Jazz Gallery Residency, Rockerfeller Brothers Residency, Cintas Foundation Award in Composition and the Sundance Composers’ Lab.
Almazan is the founder and director of Biophilia Records. Biophilia means "an instinctive bond between human beings and other living systems.” In addition to creating meaningful and imaginative music, Biophilia Records artists are united by a common interest in having a positive impact on the environment and our communities. Biophilia artists collaborate with organizations that specialize in conservation, sustainability and outreach initiatives, regularly volunteering hands-on in community events.
As an environmentalist and naturalist, Almazan travelled back to his birthplace where he made field recordings of endemic Cuban birds which were then Incorporated into "This Land Abounds With Life", Almazan's most recent and 5th album as a leader. He is the founder and director of Biophilia Records and has worked diligently towards ensuring a continued dialogue of awareness concerning music and environmental justice