Jaz Sawyer
We Insist! Freedom Now Suite | featuring Jazzmeia Horn
Bay Area-raised educator and percussionist Jaz Sawyer explores Max Roach and Abbey Lincoln's Freedom Now Suite. The 1960 work with lyrics by Oscar Brown Jr. was inspired by the civil rights movement. Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Jazzmeia Horn will perform alonside Sawyer.
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Jaz Sawyer is a San Francisco native who began playing the drums at the age of 2, living in the Haight/Ashbury area. His style has been described by Offbeat Magazine as, "Explosive, yet tactically precise." Jaz possesses an eclectic and refined personal style of drumming that stems from his deep roots in his Classical, Jazz, West-African and Afro-Caribbean musical training.
Jaz Sawyer
We Insist! Freedom Now Suite | featuring Jazzmeia Horn
Bay Area-raised educator and percussionist Jaz Sawyer explores Max Roach and Abbey Lincoln's Freedom Now Suite. The 1960 work with lyrics by Oscar Brown Jr. was inspired by the civil rights movement. Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Jazzmeia Horn will perform alonside Sawyer.
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Jaz Sawyer is a San Francisco native who began playing the drums at the age of 2, living in the Haight/Ashbury area. His style has been described by Offbeat Magazine as, "Explosive, yet tactically precise." Jaz possesses an eclectic and refined personal style of drumming that stems from his deep roots in his Classical, Jazz, West-African and Afro-Caribbean musical training.
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