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Samora Pinderhughes And Jack Deboe: Patience Is Extremely Freeing

by Leo Sidran
December 26, 2024

Despite their long standing collaborative relationship, composer, pianist, vocalist, filmmaker, and multidisciplinary artist Samora Pinderhughes and drummer/producer Jack Deboe had never done an interview together before. Samora's music has a certain gravity to it. It deals with weighty, often difficult themes: incarceration, mental health, structural violence. His work asks us to reckon with uncomfortable truths about our world, and it does so with a sense of purpose and intention. But in person, Samora is funny, lighthearted, and full ...

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Samora Pinderhughes: Ascension

by Scott Lichtman
January 25, 2024

"Ascension," from tenor vocalist Samora Pinderhughes, delivers multiple delights. Opening to a Coltrane-like mantra, the song quickly transforms itself into an upbeat rendition of “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," then onto tasteful trumpet and flute solos, and ultimately a spoken-word vision for a better world. But the greatest treat is his voice, which flutters and bends in the mid-and upper-registers. Finish listening feeling complete... and waiting for further developments from this inspiring musician, multi-art form creator, and social activist.