Khari Allen Lee (New Orleans) w/ Rob Wallace and Chris Finet Drone à Clochettes/Tamagawa (Paris)

As one of New Orleans’ most-in-demand artists, saxophonist, educator, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Khari Allen Lee has performed and recorded with such luminaries as Alvin Batiste, Ellis Marsalis, Edward \’Kidd\’ Jordan, Aaron Neville, Aretha Franklin, Dr. John, Branford Marsalis, Allen Toussaint, DeeDee Bridgewater, Stevie Wonder, Terence Blanchard, the Treme Brass Band, Leah Chase, Herlin Riley, the Astral Project, Shannon Powell, Wes ‘Warmdaddy’ Anderson, Jason Marsalis, Nicholas Payton, Bill Summers, Jeff \’Tain\’ Watts, Ravi Coltrane, Kenny Barron & more. He is lead saxophonist & touring member of Delfeayo Marsalis\’ Uptown Jazz Orchestra, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra directed by Adonis Rose, & a faculty member at the prestigious New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts (NOCCA).

Tamagawa (from Saint Etienne, France) is the solo project of french guitarist Bertrand Gaude. A legend of the french DIY scene since the 90’s (Oursonik, Mayo records), in 2006 he started the One Man Drone project, a vinyl compilation and several tours in Europe, North America and Japan, gathering Ondine, B°Tong, Shit and Tamagawa. As tours and collaborations followed (with Richard Pinhas, France, Raymonde Howard, Origami Galactika…), he developed his lunar blues during dark and psychedelic performances. One can cite as non-exhaustive influences Spacemen 3, Earth, Loren Connors or Les Rallizes Dénudés.

Drone à clochettes is a Parisian duo formed in 2009 and consisting of Thomas Robyn (Oldine) and Elisa Krywonis. Their music mixes improvisation and hypnotic mantras based on guitar drones, melodica, whispered singing and
of course the famous tiny bells. In 2012, they published an EP now out of print, Προμηθεύς, for a tour on the west coast of the United States with Tamagawa.