Thursday October 23 * 7pm * $15-25 * TICKETS
Esquina with Michael Sarian (trumpet) with Santiago Leibson (keyboards), Marty Kenney (bass), Nathan Ellman Bell (drums)
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¡FIASCO! with Andrew Frankhouse (sax), Nelson Dougherty (guitar), Steve Arnold (bass), Keith Butler, Jr. (drums)
Join Transparent Productions for trumpeter Michael Sarian’s Esquina and DC’s own ¡FIASCO!.
Michael Sarian’s ESQUINA is a cinematic, electro-acoustic project blending jazz improvisation with modular textures and ambient soundscapes. Shaped by Sarian’s Armenian heritage and Argentine roots, the music explores identity, dislocation, and ritual through long-form compositions and extended trumpet techniques. Out now on by Greenleaf Music, ESQUINA invites listeners into a bold, immersive experience that pushes jazz into new territory.
https://michaelsarian.bandcamp.com/album/esquina
Washington DC-based ¡FIASCO! was first assembled in 2016 building a unique repertoire of sounds and materials rooted in droning folk songs, jittery hip-hop grooves, grunge, and punk rock. ¡FIASCO! was signed to Unit Records in 2023 and released their Unit debut Anger Artist in January 2024. This follows two independent releases Arson (2020) and Post-Truth (2021), which received substantial regional acclaim and secured the band performances at the DC Jazz Festival, and with acts like Messthetics and Harriet Tubman. Throughout years of club gigs, experimentation with original and re-imagined repertoire, and growing sophistication with electronics and effects, combining a jazz form with rock aesthetics and attitude, ¡FIASCO! built a following and a sound uniquely their own.