TOM SKINNER – VOICES OF BISHARA (LIVE)

TOM SKINNER – VOICES OF BISHARA (LIVE)

Tom Skinner Residency

On the final day of his residency, Tom Skinner will perform with his band ‘Voices of Bishara’. The album was heralded as one of the best jazz albums of 2022.

Voices of Bishara is Skinner’s first solo studio album under his own name – with inspiration found in the album title of Abdul Wadud’s 1978 album ‘By Myself’, pressed on Wadud’s label, Bishara.

Voices of Bishara is a classic sounding record that connects backwards to Skinner’s 2017 Hello Skinny collaboration with American composer and Arthur Russell-collaborator Peter Zummo on ‘Watermelon Sun’. It links sideways to Makaya McCraven’s beat maker-inspired treatments of jazz sessions, and it offers a musical bridge to Sons of Kemet’s most meditative moments.

The Voice of Bishara live band, comprised of esteemed names Chelsea Carmichael, Robert Stillman, Tom Herbert and Kareem Dayes have been touring the project over the past year, the shows sculpted around timeless and deeply emotional music that contains masses of movement and exceptional harmonic depth and texture. The sets sweep and soar through soundworlds, rich in musicality, always anchored by the deep doubling of cello and bass, alongside Skinner’s percussive, magic, drumming skills. 

Now working on a new record, Skinner and the Voices of Bishara band will be presenting brand new music to MOMO at the Rotterdam Theater on Saturday 20th April. 

Tom Skinner is the artist in residence for MOMO Festival 2024. He will curate and perform on three days, with three unique performances. Read more about the residency here.