PRAx Presents: Mali Obomsawin Ensemble (Indigenous Jazz Club)
Mali Obomsawin is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist and a citizen of Odanak First Nation (W8banaki). She is a versatile bassist, composer, and vocalist whose work spans from jazz and roots music to film scoring, teaching, and indie-shoegaze. At PRAx, she appears with her free-jazz ensemble. Other projects include the shoegaze duo “Deerlady” and the score for the documentary Sugarcane (Nat Geo), directed by Julian Brave Noisecat and Emily Kassie. Image: Ben McCanna
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About the Indigenous Jazz Club
An intimate jazz-and-drinks experience in a classic jazz club setting. Two seatings, with sets at 7 and 9 p.m., and a special New Year’s Eve option!
Curated by vocalist and band leader Julia Keefe (Nez Perce), the Indigenous Jazz Club explores how contemporary Native musicians are weaving tradition, improvisation, and experiment through jazz forms. From Mildred Bailey to Jim Pepper and Don Cherry, jazz history is interlaced with Indigenous contributions. Come hear musicians at the forefront of the next creative wave.