BIRCKHEAD

3 Uptown

The Alchemist

Flux

4 And 6

Song For Nicole (prelude)

Song For Nicole

4 And 6 (interlude)

The Ivory Antidote

The Witching Hour (Suite 187)

The Mourning After (Suite 187)

Someday We'll All Be Free (Suite 187)

“The Mourning After” is a story of the resilience that binds a community beset with loss and their indefatigable collective commitment to love.

Brent Birckhead- Saxophone
Mark Meadows- Piano
Romeir Mendez- Bass
Carroll Dashiell III- Drums

The Mourning After

Brent Birckhead is an award-winning artist, whose aesthetic is an intersectional amalgam of traditional and popular styles. Unbound by genre, Birckhead’s approach to woodwind artistry is driven by his compulsion for creative risk and deep respect for legacy. His place in the continuum of a storied lineage begins with his surname, Birckhead, and extends to his extensive musical education and work ethic as a visionary approach to life as a rising leader.

Educated at Howard University (BME, MM), Birckhead was named best blues/pop/rock soloist and outstanding instrumental jazz soloist by Downbeat Magazine as part of the annual Student Music Awards. In 2011 Brent was named "Best Alto Saxophonist" by the Washington City Paper. The New York Times calls Birckhead “One of the most riveting young improvisers in New York.”

The Baltimore native's talent earned him the honor of performing and touring with legendary artists including Lauryn Hill, Nas, Wale, Eric Benet, Larry Graham, George Duke and many more.

On February 22nd Birckhead released his self-titled debut album on Revive music. The record is rooted in activism, introspection and sonic experimentation. The compositions are primarily original and deal with topics as varied as love, familial history and the fraught nature of the modern black experience.

Birckhead is the professor of saxophone at Morgan State University. He currently resides in New York city.

Brent Birckhead

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