ConstelNation - The Bridge #2.12

Angel Bat Dawid , Magic Malik — flûte, vocals, Richard Comte — electric guitar, Nick Macri — double bass, Toma Gouband
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BlueStem Jazz Presentation | ConstelNation - The Bridge #2.12 
Angel Bat Dawid — clarinets, vocals, keyboards, Magic Malik — flûte, vocals, Richard Comte — electric guitar, Nick Macri — double bass, Toma Gouband — percussion

Angel Bat Dawid is an American clarinetist, composer, pianist, and vocalist. She has established herself as a leading figure in Chicago’s creative music scene. Her debut album, *The Oracle* (2019), was widely acclaimed by critics, showcasing her unique blend of spiritual jazz, avant-garde, and Third Stream music. Deeply involved in Chicago’s jazz and improvised music scene, she has collaborated with renowned musicians (Marshall Allen, Ben Lamar Gay, Damon Locks’ Black Monument

Ensemble). Her music often explores themes of love, spirituality, and Black identity. Her unique sound combines elements of jazz, avant-garde, and Third Stream music, with a focus on the clarinet and vocals.

Magic Malik is a French flutist whose musical journey has taken him from jazz to reggae, via French chanson and African music. In 2017, he founded the XP brass band: a group of about fifteen musicians united by a musical composition charter that allows them to explore the composition and improvisation techniques developed by Malik throughout his career: taléas-colors (discrepancies between rhythmic and melodic phrases), tonal signatures, Messiaen modes, etc. What makes Magic Malik unique, aside from his uncommon technique, is his exuberant playing and the use of numerous cries and hums in his flute playing.

Richard Comte is a musician, composer, and performer who has been active in the new, alternative, and improvised music scene since 2005. Transcending aesthetic boundaries, he explores new musical forms, from conception and composition to the production of all his recordings. His music is open and inclusive, bringing together elements and practices with a generosity informed by the moment, within a highly personal vision of the sound space. He takes a resolutely contemporary approach to the guitar, which he prepares, enhances, and uses as a resonator and a sound generator.

Nick Macri is a Chicago-born bassist Nick Macri has been active in a variety of musical settings over the years, ranging from creative ensembles to gigging as a sideman, theater work, and solo projects. He is or has been a member of numerous groups and has collaborated with many musicians in the field of creative music (Ken Vandermark, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Charles Rumback, etc.). He has performed in Europe, Asia, South America, and North America.

Toma Gouband is a musician, improviser, inventor, researcher, and composer. He plays music on a modified drum set using sound stones and other raw objects he collects. Drawn to the study of numbers and proportions, he has developed a way of thinking that allows him to understand polyrhythmic phenomena. His approach to composition is generative; it stems from his research and aims to give everyone the opportunity to create in their own way and express themselves through their own language.“Music is a language, you see, a universal language.” -Sun Ra