Sam First Piano Fest: Cathlene Pineda Quartet with Nicole McCabe, Billy Mohler & Max Jaffe

Cathlene Pineda (piano), Nicole McCabe (saxophone), Billy Mohler (bass), Max Jaffe (drums)

Cathlene Pineda is a pianist and composer and has worked with Art Lande, Wadada Leo Smith, Albert “Tootie” Heath, Bobby Bradford, and Vinny Golia, amongst many others. Highlights of her recent projects include a collaboration with the LA Philharmonic and the Weimar Film Institute to compose and perform a piece to accompany silent film, a two-year-long collaboration with the Big Show Dance Company, a “New Note” commission from the Los Angeles Jazz Society to compose a large-scale composition based off of the poetry of LA’s first poet laureate, and a commission to compose a piece for the Jane Goodall Institute.

All shows at Sam First are 21+ (no one under the age of 21 will be permitted)

Show Times: 7:30pm & 9:00pm, and a separate ticket is required for each show.

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