Improvisation (excerpt)on the topic of exile 
Berlin, 2020
Music by Layla Zami (chalumeau instrument)
Photo by Layla Zami, Nice, France, 2017

Sefirot Sounds

Homesong by Layla Zami (excerpt)
Recorded live at the Poetry Meets series hosted by artist mokeyanju
Oyoun Berlin, 29.01.2023
Featuring Layla Zami (saxophone, poetry), Sean Haefeli (keys), Johnny Julo (bass) and Brian David Sauls (drums)

Homesong (Live)

Commissioned musical work created in response to Romi Morrison’s graphic score for the project Songbook: The Quotient of Desire

Credits
Composed by Layla Zami in collaboration with dancer Oxana Chi
All music performed live by Layla Zami (saxophone, loops, bells, wood drum)
Except drums performed by Hervé Hartock, composed and recorded by Layla Zami 
Sound Engineer: Heidrun Schramm
Recorded on September 7, 2023 at the Church KulturKirche Nikodemus, Berlin, Germany

Corpuscular Cores: Ju&Ju by Layla Zami

Commissioned musical work created in response to Romi Morrison’s graphic score for the project Songbook: The Quotient of Desire

Send Your Location by BAE BAE

The Kitchen L.A.B. Research Residency primary researcher Romi Ron Morrison hosts a roundtable discussion with artist Kumi James and the collaborative duos of Mendi + Keith Obadike and Oxana Chi & Layla Zami that will explore Morrison’s research on the graphic scores and personal life of Julius Eastman.

To culminate their residency with The Kitchen, Morrison will create a graphic score inspired by their research on Eastman’s use of graphic notation: the artist has commissioned this group of invited artists to develop a composition in response to their forthcoming score. On September 27, Morrison will host an in-person event comprising a conversation about the project with the contributing artists and a collaborative, movement-based performance by Chi with live-music by Zami.

Song Book: The Quotient of Desire

A song about redemption.  Bigger-tune version.

Waterside

Brief impression from a solo work-in-process, recorded live with one saxophone and a loop pedal.
Created at Abrons Arts Center, 2018 as a Resident Artist with Oxana Chi Dance Art and her AIRspace Grant for Performing Artists (2017-2018).
Dedicated to our dear Ali Rosa-Salas, and her summertime walks on the Brooklyn Bridge...

Waves of Friendship

Layla‘s Lament is Lonnie‘s Lament is Breonna’s Lament is George‘s Lament is Atatiana’s Lament is Tony’s Lament is Alice‘s Lament is John‘s Lament is all our people‘s lament...
When will have a morning without mourning ?
Live-Saxophone Improvisation by Layla Zami
Backing Track by Soulprovider
Original Theme "Lonnie's Lament" composed by John Coltrane & produced by Alice Coltrane

Layla's Lament is Lonnie’s Lament is Breonna‘s Lament is George‘s Lament is...

Layla Zami

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