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Kali Fasteau came from a musical family, playing piano, cello, flute and singing since early childhood in Paris and New York. After her university training in World Music and Jazz, she traveled for fourteen years, living in India (1981-83), Turkey (1976-77), Nepal, Morocco, Senegal, Congo, Italy, Holland, France, Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Germany, Greece, Haiti and America, performing in festivals and concerts, radio, television and film soundtracks.

Her recording and performing associates include: Donald Rafael Garrett, Archie Shepp, Beaver Harris, Rashied Ali, William Parker, Joe McPhee, Oliver Lake, Joseph Jarman, Andrew Cyrille, Hamid Drake and Bobby Few, among many others.

Vivid    Crew's Choice Selection
   Kali Fasteau (soprano saxophone, vocals,
                            percussion, and flutes)
   Joe McPhee (soprano saxophone, pocket trumpet)
   Ron McBee (djembe and percussion)
   William Parker (bass)
   Hamid Drake (percussion)
   Sabir Mateen (bamboo slide flute and
                             tenor and alto saxophones)

Led by Kali, this all-star band delivers both high energy and soulful beauty, ranging from avant-garde jazz to African  and Asian sounds to blues dreams. Vivid, Kali's 14th album as a leader was recorded live in Chicago at Fred Anderson’s  Velvet Lounge, at the Guelph Jazz Festival in Ontario,  Canada in 1998, and at the Stone Ridge Arts Center in New York in 1999.

"Fasteau plays with agility and grace, with precision and freedom,  with driving force and haunting beauty. Moving  from soprano sax to drum set to a variety of indigenous reed instruments to mind-bending vocal glossolalia, she has  an ancient-to-future aesthetic." -- Pete Gershon, STN

"Calling Fasteau a "composer and multi-instrumentalist" is like calling Einstein a "clever little guy." -- Richard Kadrey, San Francisco Chronicle

"Fasteau is a compelling and individual performer on woodwinds, piano and strings...a richly generous music." -- Gary Giddins, Village Voice

15 tracks in 71:07 minutes

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