STREAMING LIVE from Piedmont Piano Company
Howard Wiley and Friends
Sonny Rollins Freedom Suite
Featuring Howard Wiley (sax), Aneesa Strings (bass), and Thomas Pridgen (drums).
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Howard Wiley is “The most prodigious Bay Area saxophonist of his generation” (Berkeleyside). Having been mentored by Bay Area great Jules Broussard and sharing formative bandstand experiences with the likes of Clark Terry, Jason Moran, Orrin Evans, and Lauryn Hill, the Berkeley-born Wiley is a shining example of innate musical talent meeting opportunity born of hard lessons well learned. Association with the Thelonious Monk Institute and GRAMMY All-American Jazz Band established Wiley as a young talent on the rise, and his work as a professional has more than made good on his prodigious beginnings.
Aneesa Strings is a bassist, vocalist and composer from Oakland, California. She began playing professionally and recorded her first jazz album at just 13 years old. Aneesa received her Bachelors of Music in Jazz Studies at the University of Southern California in 2014, where she released her first solo album A Shift In Paradigm featuring her single “Simpin”, produced by Patrice Rushen in collaboration with SFJAZZ. aneesastrings.com
Thomas Pridgen is a drummer best known for his role as the drummer of The Mars Volta from October 2006 until October 2009. In May, 2020, Thomas he rejoined Trash Talk to record an EP, Squalor. He is currently touring with rapper Residente and is the drummer for his own project The Memorials.