Samora Pinderhughes

Composer, pianist, vocalist, filmmaker, and multidisciplinary artist Samora Pinderhughes is known for his striking intimacy and carefully crafted, radically honest lyrics alongside high-level musicianship. He is a collaborator with an eye for the bigger picture and has worked with the likes of Robert Glasper, Karriem Riggins and Common under the August Greene moniker, as well as Burniss Travis, Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah and his flautist sister Elena Pinderhughes. He uses his music to examine sociopolitical issues and fight for change, working in the tradition of the black surrealists across the African Diaspora, those who bend word, sound, and image towards these causes. An activist, a thinker and an advocate for process over product, Samora Pinderhughes will appear at the 36th Akbank Jazz Festival at Babylon on October 10, accompanied by his quintet, featuring Elliott Skinner, Joshua Crumbly and Jonathan Pinson, and his sister Elena Pinderhughes. Samora Pinderhughes: Piano, vocals Elena Pinderhughes: Flute Elliott Skinner: Guitar, vocals Joshua Crumbly: Bass Jonathan Pinson: Drums