Stratøs with Yakiv Tsvietinskyi, Adam Hersh, Daniel Durst & Efajemue Etoroma Jr.

Stratøs (tenor saxophone, EWI 4000s, FX), Yakiv Tsvietinskyi (trumpet), Adam Hersh (piano, synthesizers), Daniel Durst (electric bass), Efajemue Etoroma Jr. (drums)

Multi-award winning Los Angeles-based EWI 4000s/saxophonist, composer, producer, photographer, and cinematographer Stratøs opens up a cosmic summer with the Sam First debut of his electronic chamber jazz experiment. In preparation for the release of his latest compositional ambition, "Challenger Deep," he's assembled a few gems integral to the core of the Los Angeles music scene to premiere selected pieces from the yet-released project. Stratøs is a three-time winner of the Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award from 2019-2021. Additionally, he was awarded the ASCAP Foundation’s Johnny Mandel Prize as well as being selected as a National Sawdust New Works Commission Contest winner. The latter granted the composer the opportunity to write for the world renowned JACK Quartet.

All shows at Sam First are 21+ (no one under the age…