Sam Pluta Big Band

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Wet Ink presents The Sam Pluta Big Band, a unique grouping of the Wet Ink Ensemble plus an all-star cast of guest performer/improvisers. This new work merges Pluta’s practices of composition, improvisation, and electronics, focusing on the many talents of his co-conspirators to create an hour-long immersive musical experience.

Centered on performer-driven interplay and sonic exploration, The Sam Pluta Big Band highlights an extraordinary roster in duo/trio configurations designed for dialogue, counterpoint, and gesture. The ensemble’s flexible setup allows the music to shift rapidly between meticulously scored environments and imaginative improvisations, with Pluta’s electronics amplifying and refracting the acoustic sound world in real time.

The Event Celebrates the Release of Pluta’s New Album, Slays Well with Others

Pluta’s new album, Slays Well with Others, will be released at the concert by Carrier Records (www.carrierrecords.com). Slays presents Pluta in his element, performing duos and trios with a cast of like-minded sonic explorers. The album features duos with vocalists Bonnie Lander and Damian Norfleet, an assault-on-the-senses trio with Ingrid Laubrock and Tom Rainey, collaborations with Modney and Mariel Roberts Musa in various formations, a live performance with Peter Evans, a live quartet with Laura Cocks, Dana Jessen, and George Lewis’s Voyager, and studio tracks with reeds specialists Anna Webber and John Dierker.

Program:Sam Pluta - new work (2025, World Premiere)

Artists: Ingrid Laubrock, saxophone; Bonnie Lander, vocals; ; John Dierker, saxophone and bass clarinet; Madison Greenstone, bass clarinet and contrabass clarinet; Peter Evans, trumpet; Ben LaMar Gay, cornet; Erin Lesser, flute; Alex Mincek, saxophone; Ian Antonio, percussion; Eric Wubbels, piano; Modney, violin; Mariel Roberts Musa, cello; Sam Pluta, electronics