Videos
B R A H J A, live at King Georg Cologne
B R A H J A In The Mess, Album
With William Parker & Gerald Cleaver, Le Poisson Rouge NYC live
Press
„[BRAHJA] captures a marvelous mixture of sounds, textures and melodic themes composed, arranged and produced by Waldman” — The Vinyl Press
„No doubt this is one of the best albums, regardless of genre, to be released in 2019.” — Beatcaffeine
„Waldman geht die Dinge gern mit dem Willen zur behutsamen Wiederholung an […] und erzielt damit hypnosegeeignete Resultate.” — HHV Mag
Projects
B R A H J A
Devin Brahja Waldman (saxophone, electronics)
Janice Lowe (flute, voice)
Damon Hankoff (piano)
Joakim Heiboe (drums)
Sofia Salvo (baritone saxophone)
Georgia Wartel Collins (bass)
Core unit, sub. to change
Selected Discography
Biography
Devin Brahja Waldman is a New York saxophonist, drummer, synthesizer player and composer who leads the band BRAHJA, whose sixth album was released by RRGEMS Records in September, 2019. Waldman has accompanied his aunt, outrider poet Anne Waldman, since the age of ten. He has performed with Patti Smith, William Parker, Nadah El Shazly, Malcolm Mooney, Thurston Moore, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Charles Hayward, Mette Rasmussen and Yoshiko Chuma. Waldman is a member of New York City’s Heroes Are Gang Leaders (led by poet Thomas Sayers Ellis and saxophonist James Brandon Lewis) as well as Sam Shalabi’s Land of Kush (Constellation Records), and the Norwegian hardcore group MoE; he is a co-founder and producer for the Moroccan music ensemble Ziad Qoulaii Allstars— whose debut album will be released by Akuphone in 2020— and the NYC/Philly duo Notable Deaths. As a youngster, Waldman was taken under the wing of pianist Paul Bley. Waldman is a co-producer for Fast Speaking Music —a NYC poetry and music label which has released the works of Amiri Baraka, Meredith Monk, Eileen Myles, CAConrad, Fred Moten, Daniel Carter, Thurston Moore, Joanne Kyger and many others.
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