OPEN SOUND: Outlines
Wednesday, August 24
7:00pm
Join us at Open Sound for Outlines, featuring Lily White, Tatsuya Sakurai, Gregory M. Jones, and Todd Isler. Open Sound is a free, public program at Open Source presented on Wednesdays throughout the fall. Open Sound is curated by Lily White.
Lily White has played saxophone in New York City for over 30 years. She has toured with organist Jimmy McGriff, played with the Mario Bauza big band all over Europe, performed in dozens of Broadway shows onstage and off, and recorded and toured with her own bands for much of that time. She is the recipient of a Composition Grant from the NEA, and from “Meet the Composer.” Currently, she plays and sings with her trio at Tanner Smith’s in Manhattan on the weekends and performs and writes music for BK Treble, an SSAA choir. She teaches piano and creative writing and sails around the New York harbor whenever she can.
Tatsuya Sakurai was born and raised in Yamanashi, Japan, where he studied with reknowned jazz guitarist, Takayuki Kato. He later attended Berklee College of Music in Boston where he studied and performed with acclaimed musicians like: Mick Goodrick, Hal Crook, Tim Miller and Jon Damian. He moved to New York City to continue his career as a professional musician. Sakurai plays regularly at clubs in and around New York City, with Bill Crow and recorded “Waiting Room” with Zawadi Noel. You can stream him each week on Twitch performing with singer, Chika.
Gregory M. Jones hails from Boston where he studied bass at New England Conservatory of Music.He can be seen (and heard) in seasons 4 and 5 of The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, released “2 am” with Florea, Jones, Lange in 2022, recorded Trouble Maker with Aayushi Karnik, performed with Take 6, Nneena Freelon, and Clint Holmes doing a tribute to Ray Charles. He has toured and recorded with Ute Lemper, Eileen Ivers, Carly Simon, Nat Adderley Jr, Savion Glover, Astrud Gilberto, and many others. He subs on Broadway, records jingles, and continues to play services at Redeemer church.
Todd Isler is a drummer, percussionist, author. Todd has toured and studied around the globe, soaking up the flavors of Africa, India, Brazil, Japan, and many European countries.Currently, He co-leads “International Orange” and “The Aeolian Trio,” showcasing his ability on drum set as well as hand drums. He was a winner of the Jazziz Percussion on Fire Award, and the Disc Makers Unsigned Band contest. Todd has released 5 albums as a leader, two solo albums and three with International Orange. His playing and recording experience spans genres with musicians including Joe Lovano, Ivan Neville, Mike Gordon, Sizao Machado, Betty Buckley, Al Kooper, Melvin Sparks, Francis Mbappe, Bakithi Kumalo, Dave Liebman, Steve Turre, Jack McDuff, David Krakauer, and many others. He’s also the author of the critically acclaimed book, “You Can Ta Ka Di Mi This”, which incorporates the South Indian rhythm system to ground and expand one’s beat, now in its second printing. He has utilized these concepts for master classes at The Collective in NYC, NYU, San Francisco St., and in Rio de Janeiro, and Brasilia, Brazil.
