Audio-video jazz improv: Mn’Jam Experiment, w/teens

AJBlogs Posted: April 15, 2019 11:54 am

What’s new in improvisational music? Where else can innovation go? Mn’JAM Experiment — singer Melissa Oliveira and her visual/electronics/turntablist partner JAM — will show you. – Howard Mandel

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