LAMAR GAY BEN/IOEB ARMAS TO OPEN US

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DESCRIPTION2021 RELEASE. IT WAS PRODUCED AND RECORDED AT INTERNATIONAL ANTHEM STUDIOS IN CHICAGO BETWEEN MARCH AND JUNE OF 2021. ACROSS SIXTEEN TRACKS GAY FLUENTLY INTERWEAVES JAZZ BLUES BALLADS RB RAGA NEW MUSIC NURSERY RHYME TROPICALIA TWO-STEP HIP-HOP AND BEYOND IN A BEAMING EXPRESSION OF HIS SIGNATURE OMNI-GENRE PAN-AMERICANA BREW. ALONGSIDE HIS OWN SIZABLE TOOLKIT OF INSTRUMENTS (CORNET KEYBOARDS SYNTHESIZERS FLUTES PERCUSSIONS) GAY SURROUNDS HIMSELF WITH STEADY BANDMATES (INCLUDING TOMMASO MORETTI ON DRUMS MATTHEW DAVIS ON TUBA AND ROB FRYE ON WOODWINDS) WHILE ALSO SHINING THE SPOTLIGHT ON FEMALE ARTISTS FROM HIS CAST OF REGULAR COLLABORATORS. FEATURED ARTISTS ON THE ALBUM INCLUDE: OHMME SINGERS SIMA CUNNINGHAM AND MACIE STEWART BASSIST/VOCALIST/ARRANGER AYANNA WOODS MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RWANDAN ARTIST DOROTHE MUNYANEZA POET A. MARTINEZ CELLIST TOMEKA REID AND VOCALISTS ONYE OZUZU GIRA DAHNEE AND ANGEL BAT DAWID.