Mariah Parker's Indo Latin Chamber Jazz Sextet at SF International Arts Festival

Pianist and santurist Mariah Parker has just released her second recording of original compositions, "Indo Latin Jazz Live In Concert," on Ancient-Future.Com Records. For this concert, Mariah adds chamber music to her mix. Her all-star Indo Latin Chamber Jazz Sextet features Grammy winner Paul McCandless of the groups Oregon and Paul Winter Consort on woodwinds, chamber group Musical Art Quintet founder and bassist Sascha Jacobsen, and, from the pioneering world fusion music group Ancient Future, guitarist Matthew Montfort, violinist Jim Hurley, and percussionist Ian Dogole.

According to Latin Beat Magazine, "Parker and friends blend the rhythmic syncopations of Latin jazz music with the entrancing, asymmetrical meters of East Indian rhythms resulting in first-class world music." Paul Liberatore of the Marin Independent Journal says they "fuse Latin rhythms with influences from South America and India with a dash of straight-up American jazz… an intoxicating blend of East and West." This chamber variation of the ensemble with its emphasis on strings will explore new compositions as well as rearrangements of existing work.

This performance is part of the San Francisco International Arts Festival. The concert will be held at Gallery 308 in Fort Mason. For more information, visit https://www.sfiaf.org. Admission is $25 general, $12.50 under 18, $30 reserved table, and $35 reserved front table. Students with ID and seniors, $4 off cover price. A Festival Pass for five shows is $70.