Joe Block & Shabnam Abedi

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Multi-genre vocalist, composer, and arranger Shabnam Abedi joins pianist and composer Joe Block for a Lobby Stage performance bringing together two distinctive voices in contemporary jazz and beyond. Praised by The New York Times for her “lovely warmth,” Abedi draws on jazz, Indian classical music, and a wide-ranging vocal practice that has taken her from Jazz at Lincoln Center to Carnegie Hall. Block, a Steinway Artist and acclaimed pianist and composer, has performed with artists including Wynton Marsalis, Kurt Rosenwinkel, and Gary Bartz, and has been recognized by Jazz at Lincoln Center as one of “jazz’s most promising young composers.” Together, Abedi and Block bring their shared spirit of musical exploration to an intimate set on the Lobby Stage. Listed by WBGO Live Jazz.