Flight RJD | AFA On_Line Salon

Reggie Nicholson, Joe Fonda, and Daniel Carter in Performance & Discussion. Suggested minimum donation is $5. Donations go towards funding artist fees. Arts for Art's On_Line Salon series features live streaming FreeJazz performances and conversations every Tuesday and Thursday.

Thursday April 8, 2021, 8PM ET

Video is available to view through Monday April 12, 6PM ET

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Reggie Nicholson - drums

Joe Fonda - bass

Daniel Carter - woodwinds, trumpet

Flight RJD was scheduled exclusively for this AFA performance. We've known each other throughout our musical journeys, but this concert is our first time exploring music together as a group. Joe and Daniel are virtuosos of creating music through their instruments, and the spirit of our creativity will illuminate during this special evening. - Reggie Nicholson

Continuing in the tradition of drummer bandleaders such as Max Roach, Art Blakey, Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette, and Paul Motian, Reggie Nicholson has firmly established his reputation in this great tradition. Since relocating to New York City from Chicago in 1988, Nicholson has performed and recorded with a wide variety of new music luminaries such as Henry Threadgill, Amina Claudine Myers, Muhal Richard Abrams, Charles Gayle, Myra Melford, Anthony Braxton, Wilber Morris, Yuko Fujiyama, Roy Campbell, Butch Morris, just to name a few.

In May 2020, Arts for Art introduced the On_Line Salon series to provide performance opportunities for our artists who lost all in-person gigs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, we've presented over 45 performances featuring 100 artists. Performances stream every Tuesday and Thursday. See the full schedule at https://www.artsforart.org/onlinesalon.

Arts for Art is dedicated to the exceptional creativity that originated in the African American multi-arts jazz culture that utilizes improvisation to express a larger, more positive dream of inclusion and freedom.