NOV 7-10 | Traditions In Transition
Nov 09, 2024
Joe Henderson Lab
Please note: Dance floor is General Admission standing room only. If you would prefer seats, please select a different level for this show
Producer, electronic musician, and pianist Mark de Clive-Lowe makes a welcome return with a new project combining acoustic jazz, electronics, and live sampling.
“A musical force unlike any other” (Popmatters), de Clive-Lowe is an artist with established roots in multiple sonic worlds. The son of a Japanese mother and New Zealander father, de Clive-Lowe began piano studies at four, entranced by his father’s record collection and inspired by his brother’s pianistic inclinations.
Early exposure to Tokyo’s thriving club scene cemented the desire for serious study of jazz, and later immersion in hip-hop and R&B while a teen in Auckland gave the budding producer his first taste of collaboration with other like-minded musicians.
In the late-1990s, the piano was temporarily sidelined in favor of the synthesizer, mixing board and drum machine, and de Clive-Lowe was a major developer of the broken beat scene that blended cutting-edge electronics, classic funk, and percussion-heavy global influences with a distinctly jazz-inspired approach.
He has collaborated with Lauren Hill, Kamasi Washington, Eric Harland, Sheila E, Jody Watley, Hiatus Kaiyote, bass virtuoso Pino Palladino and dozens more, contributing to over 300 releases while releasing 23 full-length albums and nine EPs under his own name.
His latest Soul Bank release, Freedom: Celebrating the Music of Pharoah Sanders pays tribute to one of de Clive-Lowe’s biggest inspirations.
Producer, electronic musician, and pianist Mark de Clive-Lowe makes a welcome return with a new project combining acoustic jazz, electronics, and live sampling.
de Clive-Lowe is a musical force unlike any other
Popmatters
de Clive-Lowe is a musical force unlike any other
Popmatters
Personnel
Mark de Clive-Lowe keyboards, piano, electronics
An underground phenom...
Okayplayer
Personnel
Mark de Clive-Lowe keyboards, piano, electronics
An underground phenom...
Okayplayer
Watch & Listen
Thembi
The Creator Has a Master Plan
Thembi
The Creator Has a Master Plan