Francois and Louis Moutin (US/France)

Sara Serpa (U.S/Portugal)
and Alon Nechushtan (US/Israel).

Both the US and France experienced surge of immigration waves. While the stories of Ellis Island’s fresh immigrants, struggling to find their first steps in the new world tend to be mellow and positive, outside the city of Callais (France) the refugee camp known as ‘the Jungle’ is full of different stories, full of terror, struggles and extraordinary survival stories. 
This ambitious project, led by pianist and composer Alon Nechushtan— is aimed to amplify these voices and other inspirational stories centered around ordinary people who make extraordinary voyages, moving their voices as well as their bodies from and to new homes, selecting exemplary poetry by Faiz Ahmad Faiz’ (Pakistan) “We who were executed”, Lenrie Peters’ (Gambia/Sierra Leone) “We Have Come Home” among other gripping and vivid moving voices. 
Alon Nechushtan Ensemble will score and amplify the energy in these vivid and gripping selected works and tell their story through singing and playing, featuring an all star case and a transatlantic collaboration between American and French leading musicians in Paris and Brooklyn.

Alon Nechushtan Quartet featuring vocalist Sara Serpa and rhythm powerhouse Francois and Louis Moutin will play a soulful program of music inspired by the voices of ordinary people around the globe who make extraordinary decisions : leaving home for a better future, migration, immigration, roaming between original jazz, blues and contemporary.

“ A talent to watch, with a surfeit of ideas, an unbridled spirit and bold, two-fisted sense of Architecture" - (Down Beat magazine), Pianist Alon Nechushtan's music adventures has brought him to far corners such as the Yokohama Festival Japan with his contemporary compositions, The Sao-Paolo Brazil Jewish Music Festival with his Quintet Talat, Manila with his concerto for the Philippine Symphony Orchestra and The Tel Aviv New Music Biennale with his Compositions for Ensemble Music Nova. Native of Rishon Le Zion, Israel, Alon has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Central Park Summer Stage, The Blue Note Jazz Club and Kennedy Center frequently with his projects as a band leader and composer. www.musicalon.com

A native from Lisboa, Portuguese Vocalist Sara Serpa is a singer, composer, improviser, who through her practice and performance, explores the use of the voice as an instrument. Serpa has been working in the field of jazz, improvised and experimental music, since moving to New York in 2008. Literature, film, visual arts, nature and history inspire Serpa in the creative process and development of her music. Described by the New York Times as “a singer of silvery poise and cosmopolitan outlook,” and by the JazzTimes magazine as “a master of wordless landscapes,” Serpa started her recording and performing career with jazz luminaries such as Grammy-nominated pianist, Danilo Perez, Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow pianist, Ran Blake, and Greg Osby.

Bassist Francois Moutin was born in Paris. Francois worked non-stop with the greatest musicians of this age : Martial Solal, Michel Portal, Antoine Herve, Daniel Humair, André Ceccarelli, Eric Lelann, Jean-Michel Pilc, Christian Escoude. He has also performed with Peter Erskine, Randy Brecker, Niels Lan Doky, Mino Cinelu, Dave Liebman, John Abercrombie, Toots Thielemans, Didier Lockwood, Larry Schneider, Aldo Romano, James Moody, Terry Lyne Carrington, Richard Galliano, Bernard Lubat, Aaron Scott, George Brown, Sunny Murray, Michel Legrand, Archie Shepp, Claude Nougaro, Trilok Gurtu, Bob Berg, Birelli Lagrene, Wladimir Kosma, Marius Constant, Markus Stockhausen, L'ensemble Inter Contemporain. François has performed in every important European Jazz Festival, and he has toured in over 30 countries around the world.

Drummer Louis Moutin was born in Paris. Louis developed an early passion for music, particularly Jazz, in which he became immersed thanks to the family’s record collection. Louis has pursued a steady career as sideman with such renowned artists as : Martial Solal, Jean Michel Pilc, Michel Legrand, Antoine Herve, Tigran Hamasyan, Michel Portal, Giovanni Mirabassi, François Jeanneau, Manuel Rocheman, Christian Escoude, Albert Mangelsdorff, Andy Emler, N'guyen Le, Eric Lelann, Laurent Dehors, Simon-Spang-Hanssen.On various occasions, he has also performed with : Danilo Perez, Lew Soloff, John Abercrombie, Joe Locke, Lee Konitz, Flavio Boltro, Larry Schneider, Toots Thielemans, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Didier Lockwood, Markus Stockhausen, l'Ensemble Inter Contemporain, Johnny Griffin.

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Alon Nechushtan www.musicalon.com