New Works Fest: Leela Paymai: Zheniia - San Jose Jazz

New Works Fest: Leela Paymai: Zheniia

Fri, Feb 21
7pm Doors, 8pm showtime (Pacific)
$16.60 / SJZ Break Room
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Iranian-American, San Francisco based Leela Paymai is a bassist, trombonist, songwriter and arranger. Originally a classical trombonist, she expanded her horizons when she moved to San Jose in 2018. Since then, she has shifted her focus to bass and has performed with multiple jazz, salsa, classical, rock and R&B groups. Her own band, Miss Hits, has played throughout the Bay Area and is in the process of recording their debut album. In her solo work “Zheniia”, she blends her jazz training with the Persian classical music she heard growing up. Her new work will be a debut of this fusion sound.

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This set will be livestreamed on Volume.com

Genres

International, Jazz, Jazz Fusion

Personnel

Allison Irvine - violin Chili Corder - oud, guitar JC Grady - drums Julian Lopez - keyboard Leela Paymai - bass

New Works Fest

New Works Fest 2024 features performances from Feb 16 to March 2 by some of the most exciting artists in jazz, blues, R&B, soul and electronic music in the SF Bay Area. The festival is an outgrowth of SJZ’s Jazz Aid Fund initiative, which provided crucial funds to 20 artists, each to produce a new work.

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Our all-ages popup venue and video recording studio that we've developed in our offices at 310 S. First Street at San Carlos in San Jose’s SoFA District. (map) The technology of the space is first-class with marvelous sound, lighting and video. During shows, all the action is projection-mapped to a 35′ X 14′ bank of windows, giving the space an immersive feel and enlivening downtown street life.

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