Michaël Attias Quartet
March 2nd & 3rd @ 8:30 PM

Michaël Attias - Saxophone
Jim Lewis - Trumpet
Andrew Downing - Bass
Nick Fraser - Drums

Michaël Attias has earned a reputation as

one of the most questing and keenly

collaborative figures on the 21st-century

New York jazz scene, with a background

and outlook that make him “ an

emphatically cosmopolitan saxophonist and

composer,” according to The New York

Times. Migrations spanning North Africa,

the Middle East, Western Europe and the

American Midwest ultimately brought

Attias to New York City in 1994, where he

continues to pursue his muse as improviser,

composer and bandleader. The Village Voice

described Attias’ music-making as, “perpetually shifting tunes, richness of

timbre and a singular personality—you can almost see his music expanding and

contracting.” As a leader, he has released eight critically-acclaimed albums,

including the 2019 Out Of Your Head release échos la nuit (featuring Attias solo

on alto saxophone and piano), and the 2017 Clean Feed debut of Attias’ Nerve

Dance quartet. As a sideman, he has performed and recorded all over the world

alongside some of today’s most original and compelling musicians, luminaries

such as Anthony Braxton, Paul Motian, Oliver Lake, Anthony Coleman, Ralph

Alessi, Tony Malaby, Kris Davis and countless others.