New Album Release: BeLonging
Introducing “BeLonging”, the sweeping new collaboration from 5X GRAMMY-nominated composer and steel pannist Andy Akiho and 2024 GRAMMY-winner Imani Winds. Inspired by the sounds and protests of immigrants held at a Brooklyn detention center, the album features a series of highly choreographed movements for wind quintet and steel pan that speak to the universality of humanity, even — especially — when that humanity is bound. Originally workshopped at Rikers Island, this message is carried by the captivating performances of both the quintet and composer, as well as their own spoken words.
BeLonging is out now on Aki Rhythm Press, executive produced by IWM. Imani Winds commissioned the original work “BeLoud, BeLoved, BeLonging”.
New Video Release: Passion for Bach and Coltrane
Imani Winds, Harlem Quartet, Neal Smith, Alex Brown, and Edward Perez, and poet A.B. Spellman came together to record Jeff Scott's concert-length oratorio Passion for Bach and Coltrane. The concert film is available now, released on Good Friday, March 29th, 2024. Watch the GRAMMY-award winning full-length concert video now streaming on Vimeo!
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