Darius Jones

Samesoul Maker created by American Darius Jones, whose advanced alto saxophone work was showcased in duo and solo form elsewhere during the festival, was through-composed. With four singers – Gelsey Bell, Aviva Jaye, Sunder Ganglani and Paul Pinto – vocalizing the composer’s invented language while sounding handheld bells – the performance was accompanied by the prepared, pointed and tapered tones from vibes and a circular shell played by Levy Lorenzo, that adumbrated and accentuated the ongoing vocal dialogue in Jones’s signature project.