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Rosa Parks Oratorio at the New School
Jesse created live visuals for Wadada Leo Smith’s Rosa Parks Oratorio at the New School in NYC, September 24, 2016.
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson at the Blue Whale
Jesse will create live visuals for Miguel-Atwood Ferguson’s Ensemble at the Blue Whale in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles on August 19th & 20th, 2016.
Ten Freedom Summers at Molde Jazz Festival
Jesse will perform with Wadada Leo Smith’s Golden Quartet at the Molde International Jazz Festival in Norway on July 21, 2016.
Wadada Leo Smith and John Lindberg at the Hammer
Jesse will create live visuals for Wadada Leo Smith and John Lindberg at the Hammer Museum’s Billy Wilder Theater in Los Angeles, CA on June 23rd, 2016.
Ten Freedom Summers at Suoni per il Popolo.
Jesse will perform with Wadada Leo Smith’s Golden Quartet at the Suoni per il Popolo Festival in Montreal, Canada on June 2nd, 2016.
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson at the Blue Whale
Jesse will create live visuals for Miguel-Atwood Ferguson’s Ensemble at the Blue Whale in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles on January 29th & 30th, 2016.
Tonalism
Jesse will create live visuals with Carole Kim for DubLab’s free Tonalism event in Los Angeles from 6pm-12am on December 12th, 2015.
Wadada Leo Smith at the Renaissance Society
Jesse will create live visuals for two concerts related to Wadada Leo Smith’s solo show “Ankhrasmation: The Language Scores, 1967-2015” at the Renaissance Society in Chicago, October 24-25, 2015.
Timur and the Dime Museum’s Collapse at BAM
Jesse will create live visuals for the NY premiere of Timur and the Dime Museum’s multimedia requiem, Collapse, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival, September 17-19, 2015.
Joshua Treenial
Jesse will create live visuals projected onto rock formations at BoxoHouse in Joshua Tree, CA for the inaugural Treenial on May 22, 2015.
Wadada Leo Smith at the Stone
Jesse performs with Wadada Leo Smith as part of his week-long residency at The Stone in New York City, April 25th and 26th, 2015.
Ten Freedom Summers at UCSD
Jesse performs with Wadada Leo Smith’s Golden Quartet and the Pacifica Red Coral Ensemble, January 21, 2015 at UC San Diego’s Conrad Prebys Music Center.
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson DVD filming at Blue Whale
Jesse will create live visuals for the DVD filming of Miguel Atwood-Ferguson‘s large ensemble at the Blue Whale in Los Angeles, December 19-21, 2014.
Ten Freedom Summers in Athens & Wroclaw
Jesse will create live visuals for Wadada Leo Smith’s Ten Freedom Summers at the Onassis Cultural Centre in Athens, Greece, and at the Jazztopad Festival in Wroclaw, Poland in the month of November, 2014.
Carole Kim’s Edges at the USC Pacific Asia Museum
Jesse will create live visuals for the premiere of Carole Kim’s Edges, as part of the AxS Festival in Pasadena, October 4th & 5th, 2014.
Wadada Leo Smith’s Silver Orchestra in Los Angeles
Jesse will create live visuals for Wadada Leo Smith’s Silver Orchestra at the Angel City Jazz Festival in Los Angeles on September 27th, 2014.
Quartetto Fantastico at the Blue Whale
Jesse will create live visuals with the spectacular Quartetto Fantastico, live at the Blue Whale in Los Angeles, September 19th, 2014.
Ten Freedom Summers in San Sebastián
Jesse will create live visuals for Wadada Leo Smith’s Ten Freedom Summers at the Heineken Jazz Festival in San Sebastián, Spain on July 25th, 2014.
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Ensemble at the Blue Whale
Jesse will create live visuals for composer/performer Miguel Atwood-Ferguson‘s new ensemble at the Blue Whale in Los Angeles on June 27, 2014.
Collapse in Miami and Rotterdam
Jesse will create live visuals for Timur and the Dime Museum’s multimedia requiem, Collapse, at Miami Light Project and Rotterdam’s Operadagen Festival in Spring 2014.
Timur and the Dime Museum’s Collapse at RedCat
Jesse will create live visuals for the world premiere of Timur and the Dime Museum’s multimedia requiem, Collapse, at RedCat in Los Angeles, March 27-29, 2014.
Presentations at University of Porto & IPA, Portugal
Jesse will present his work with sound artist Maile Colbert at the University of Porto, Faculty of Fine Arts as part of the i2ads research group’s “Cinemas” series. He will also present with Colbert at the Instituto Superior Autónomo de Estudos Politécnicos in Lisbon.
Ten Freedom Summers in Paris & Istanbul
Jesse will create live visuals for Wadada Leo Smith’s masterwork “Ten Freedom Summers” in performances at the Sons d’Hiver Festival (Paris) and at CRR Concert Hall (Istanbul) in early 2014.
Ten Freedom Summers in London and Barcelona
Jesse will create live visuals for Wadada Leo Smith’s Ten Freedom Summers for performances at the London Jazz Festival, and at the 45th International Jazz Festival of Barcelona in late November, 2013.