Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few

APPEARING: MANHATTAN MARATHON @ NUBLU

Friday, January 13, 2023

Isaiah Collier - saxophone, world instruments, percussion, Michael Ode - drums, Jeremiah Hunt - bass, Julian Davis Reid - piano

Isaiah Collier is a Chicago/Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, curator, activist, motivational speaker and educator. Collier is most known for his work as a saxophonist, in addition to being a drummer. Collier's sound and approach is drawn from the influences of master saxophonists such as John Coltrane, Roscoe Mitchell, Wayne Shorter, Ari Brown and Gene Ammons.

Collier has shared the stage with many musicians both locally and internationally such as Chance the Rapper, Lewis Nash, Wadada Leo Smith III, Antonio Hart, Junius Paul, James Carter, Rene Marie, Carl Allen, Paul Rogers, Bennie Maupin, Rudy Van Gelder, Angel Bat Dawid and many more.

In addition to Collier playing at such notable venues and festivals as The Jazz Showcase, Dizzy's Club Coca Cola, Lithuania Jazz Festival, The White House, Chicago Jazz Festival, Winter Jazzfest, The Hyde Park Jazz Festivals, Sons D'hiver Festival (Paris), The Logan Center, The Harris Theatre, U.S Embassy (Paraguay), he is also a former fellow of the prestigious Dave Brubeck Institute Stockton, CA. He is one of the last musicians to work with the late Rudy Van Gelder.

His most well-known work is with his group "Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few." Their most recent project is "The Unapologetic Negro" (2019) and their first release was "Return of The Black Emperor" (2017). He received a five-star review from Downbeat Magazine on his new project  "Cosmic Transitions", recorded at the legendary Rudy Van Gelder's studio (2020).