Creative Music at Motivo: Daniel Rotem - Yūgen

The Creative Music series at Motivo LA focuses on artists who value listening as a fundamental part of their creative process, presenting music that transcends the boundaries of genre. Utilizing the warm and intimate space, artists and audience come together, building a community that is founded on artistic substance, sincere connection, and meaningful creation.

A Japanese aesthetic concept, Yūgen refers to a beauty that suggests rather than shows, that invites you to feel rather than define; an awareness of the universe that triggers an emotional response too deep and mysterious for words.

• Daniel Rotem: saxophones
• Anthony Wilson: guitar
• Vardan Ovsepian: piano
• Aidan Carroll: bass
• Christian Euman: drums

Featuring new original compositions and arrangements, and with listening at the core of the creative process, Daniel and his group reflect on the many spectrums of existence, playing music in the "now", for the "now", while embracing the intersection of their different perspectives and experiences as human beings as the starting point.

Tickets:

Doors: 7:45pm

Opening Act: 8:00pm

Show: 8:30 - 10:00pm

General admission: $35.00 at the door

Limited parking on site on first come, first serve basis. Additional parking spaces available on Casitas Ave and Minneapolis St. Lots of street parking, safe and walkable neighborhood!
"A listener that plays", Daniel Rotem is a saxophonist, composer, arranger, producer, and educator. Growing up by the Mediterranean Sea, Daniel fell in love with the freedom and potential for expression he found in jazz and started to play the tenor saxophone as a teenager. He is a graduate of Berklee College of Music and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz (now the Herbie Hancock Institute) and had the privilege to perform or record with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Billy Childs, Stevie Wonder, Joe LaBarbera, Terri Lyne Carrington, Luciana Souza, Vince Mendoza, Jeff Parker, Mon Laferte, Larry Goldings, Anthony Wilson, Alain Mallet, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Anat Cohen, Vardan Ovsepian, and many more. He is a commissioned and award-winning composer and songwriter, and has lent his saxophone voice to many scores and recordings, including his own six albums and original score for the film 'Mentally Al'. Daniel is also a recognized educator, and has taught in renowned institutions such as Stanford Jazz, CalArts, USC, and Occidental College.

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