OPTION: Devon Gates

Recorded in the ESS garden on August 20, 2023
Experimental Sound Studio presents Boston-based musician Devon Gates (bass, vocals) with special guests Lily Finnegan and Kayleigh Wilder.
Devon Gates is a bassist, vocalist, composer and improviser from Atlanta, Georgia. Through studying anthropology and jazz performance at Harvard University and Berklee College, she has worked with Terri Lyne Carrington, Linda May Han Oh, Vijay Iyer, Danilo Perez, Claire Chase, and esperanza spalding, and has performed with Social Science, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Susie Ibarra, Michael Mayo, and Tia Fuller. Most recently, her original "Don't Wait" was published in Berklee Press' "New Standards" collection. She is a Mutual Mentorship for Musicians fellow, and has performed at Joe's Pub, the Monterey Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Winter JazzFest, and SFJazz.
The OPTION series is curated by Ken Vandermark, Lily Finnegan, and Andrew Clinkman.

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