SAKINA ABDOU SOLO

FRANCE
CANADIAN PREMIERE

FRIDAY MAY 17
ÉGLISE SAINT-CHRISTOPHE D'ARTHABASKA
1 PM - $26 

Sakina Abdou : saxophones

FIMAV welcomes this bright new voice in the field of European improvised music. SAKINA ABDOU is a Lille-based saxophonist and flutist who has come to prominence through her collaborations with Eve Risser (Red Desert Orchestra), Raymond Boni, as well as members of the Muzzix collective in her hometown. However, with Goodbye Ground, her debut solo recording from 2022 on Relative Pitch Records, she makes a declarative statement of personal musical purpose. Sticking on the recording to alto and tenor saxophones, ABDOU’s statement is not in a single vernacular, however, as she ranges freely from a post-Ornette melodic liquidity to a post-Coltrane tonal density without any sense of simplistic derivation or pastiche. No matter when, her sound is emotional and evocative, steeped in some kind of blues, one that connects pasts and presents with imagination and verve.