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LunÁtico is celebrating ten years this January and we ae thrilled to have Kazemde George back on our bandstand with this wonderful crew in tow. Join us!

Kazemde George - tenor sax
Jayla Chee ~ bass
Elé Howell ~ drums
and Special Guests:
Sami Stevens | David Lechuga

KAZ GEORGE is a saxophonist, composer, and beat-maker based in Brooklyn with a gift for streamlined, emotionally direct melodies, articulated with a warm tone and a certain guiding restraint.

Inspired in equal parts by the jazz canon and hip hop producers such as J Dilla, Madlib, Kaz has expanded his focus to a full spectrum of musical styles which blossomed from the African Diaspora, including Afro-Cuban, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Brazilian, and African-American traditions. As he sees it, the study of these musical styles serves as a way to regain cultural histories that where lost through the processes of African-American Slavery.

Kazemde has performed with Solange Knowles and Saint Heron, David Murray, Román Filiú, and Jason Moran, at venues and festivals such as, Dizzy's Coca-Cola Club, Zinc Bar, The Bitter End, Irving Plaza, Yoshi's, Black Cat, Cafe Stritch, The David Rubinstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, Panama Jazz Festival, Made In America Festival, AfroPunk, and Panorama NYC Music Festival

“For the young, Brooklyn-based tenor saxophonist Kazemde George, to insist doesn’t necessarily mean raising the volume or pushing idiosyncrasy … what George insists upon most — from himself and his bandmates — is clarity: Melody is never sacrificed to flair or crossfire, even as the momentum builds.”

— Giovanni Russonello, New York Times