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Sat, Aug 09
|Sam First
Nicole McCabe Quartet with Cathlene Pineda, Alex Schwarz & Tina Raymond
A rising star in LA's interdisciplinary scenes, Nicole McCabe has been described by All About Jazz as having "...humility and respect in her playing, a true cognizance of the tradition from where her art comes from, and a feeling of surrender to where the music is directionally headed.”
Aug 09, 2025, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
Sam First, 6171 W Century Blvd #180, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA
Nicole McCabe (alto saxophone), Cathlene Pineda (piano), Alex Schwarz (bass), Tina Raymond (drums)
Nicole McCabe is an alto saxophonist, composer and educator from Marin County, California who works and lives in Los Angeles. A rising star in the city’s interdisciplinary scenes, she recently released Mosaic, her fourth album as a bandleader, on Ghost Note Records. The LP follows Landscapes on the Spanish label Fresh Sound and her 2020 debut Introducing Nicole McCabe on Minaret. What Is My Porpoise?, the latest album from her electro-jazz duo with bassist and partner Logan Kane, is forthcoming on Dox.
Mosaic, executive produced by Jeff Parker, showcases McCabe’s complex tone and expanding structural sensibility in a post-bop tradition that she plies with studied creative verve and surprise. To record these through-composed works, she formed a new band featuring Kane, drummer Tim Angulo and pianist Julius Rodriguez, with appearances by Jon Hatamiya on trombone, Aaron Janik on trumpet and Parker on guitar. The album…
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