Diego Gaeta + Yafeu Tyhimba
October 18, 2024 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Presented in partnership with
Doors at 7:30pm
8:00pm – Yafeu Tyhimba
Premiere of Dystopia, a new piece commissioned by the Los Angeles Jazz Society
Ennis Harris – alto sax/flute
Jordan De Tiege – tenor sax
Remee Ashley – trombone/bass trombone
Kaitlin Miller – harp
Alexis Angulo – vocoder/synthesizer
Samuel Reid – synthesizer/piano
Yafeu Tyhimba – upright bass
Trevor Zemtseff – drums/percussions
9:00pm – Diego Gaeta
Diego Gaeta – piano, synth, percussion
Bryan Baker – flute, tenor sax
Mekala Session – drums
Caleb Buchanan – bass
Jimetta Rose – vocals
Special Guests TBA
Yafeu Tyhimba has been selected as the recepient of the 2024 LAJS Jeff Clayton New Note Award and will premiere his commissioned piece Dystopia at this event.
Diego Gaeta will perform material from his recent acclaimed album Fearlessly Accessing The Divine Spirit Of Freedom From Here On Out
Gaeta recorded the initial ideas for this album by himself after experiencing a burst of creativity during the lockdown of 2020, in the aftermath of a season of protests in Los Angeles, on a piano at his home in El Sereno. “I was constantly not in tune with myself, always awaiting outrage and tragedy in a very unstable world. However, hitting the streets in support of various ongoing pandemic community actions felt necessary and it marked a point in time that ushered in large societal changes.The weight of that era made me feel allergic to making art at the time. All of these ideas came after that period, expressing my reflections subconsciously. I remember that the ideas came in a short amount of time, and then they developed.”
Diego Gaeta
Diego Gaeta is a keyboardist and producer born and raised in Los Angeles whose work blends and connects a sonic futurist approach that is informed by world folk music traditions of sacred improvisation. He recently released his debut album as a leader, titled “Fearlessly Accessing the Divine Spirit of Freedom From Here On Out” on Preference Records. Other releases include: “In Float” (with Lionmilk) on Leaving Records, “Una Luz Naranja” (with Carlos Niño) on Anandamide, and “This Could Be Our Every Day” which was self-released. He also recently appeared on two tracks from the Andre 3000 release “New Blue Sun”.
https://www.instagram.com/clubdiegoo/
Yafeu Tyhimba
Bassist, composer, and vocalist Yafeu Tyhimba is an artist who loves all musical styles. Hailing from Oakland, California, he mixes styles of jazz with R&B and funk. He started playing upright bass at 12 years old, studying with great jazz and pop musicians such as Bennie Maupin, Ndugu Chancler, and Patrice Rushen.
At 17 years old, he was accepted into USC for Jazz Studies bass and began a whole new chapter of his knowledge studying with greats like Darek Oles, Alphonse Johnson, Vincent Mendoza, Frank Ticheli, and Jae Deal. While in LA, he has garnered his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees and is now working on his Doctorate.
He has played with several incredible musicians including Jeff Lorber, Tony Austin, Nick Smith, Marvin Smith, Donald Dean, and Brian Hargrove. He is currently writing and producing a new album and constantly creating content for his social media platforms.
https://www.instagram.com/thebassboy/
