Kim Lake
Sounds
Be
like
water
passing thru
orange navels
growing
out
beyond opposites
you can find me way out there
out there
dancing
in between
something and nothing
I will be here
Kim Lake
singer/composer/film artist
A lover of the quiet, blurs the lines, with her minimalist approach to sound. Raised in St. Louis, Mo. she was heavily influenced by B.A.G.
(The Black Artist Group), a avantgarde jazz movement. She has imbibed the ethos that music is the medicine and has developed a free, open, and intimate sound. She has worked with the late Geri Allen, Meshell Ndegeocello, The Roots, Angelique Kidjo, Oliver Lake Big Band, Vernon Reid, Mary J. Blige, Bilal, De La Soul, Marc Cary, Black Rock Coalition, James Hurt, Freedom Suite Now, and others.
She has appeared on Saturday Night Live and in the Sundance Award winning film, Alive Inside, based on the healing powers of music.
BE LIKE WATER,
a collab with Gene Lake
will drop 2026.
LITTLE CHURCH/ORANGE NAVELS
performances
BLUES ALLEY
Heidi Martin Ensemble
JULY
International Jazz Day
Sing For Hope
Union Station
April
HEIDI MARTIN ENSEMBLE
KENNEDY CENTER
APRIL
Sing For Hope
Union Station
Washington D.C.
OBASI AKOTO
SMALL'S JAZZ CLUB
NYC
GLAZ
SOFT JAZZ
CASABLANCA
MOROCCO
Co-Creation
EP
BE LIKE WATER
ALBUM
Tall Trees
SOMETHING TO EAT
SHORT FILM
BILLIE HOLIDAY THEATRE
NYC
Heidi Martin
SING FOR HOPE
DC
IMPROVXlll
#JAZZDAYS
Back for another year of unrestricted improvising string sets, the Firey Strings Company partners with 52 Studio Arts in presenting IMPROV Xlll , an exciting program of cutting edge artists from NYC and beyond. Improvisers, Jazz artists, World renowned musicians, electronic specialist, acoustic players all converge on #JazzDay as part of the Herbie Hancock Institute's International Jazz Day Festival. For IMPROVXll String players and composers will showcase new techniques, sing , play, working electronic instruments and new ideas.
Nioka Workman Trio
APRIL 30th
WASHINGTON WOMEN IN JAZZ
MARCH 2023
SUNDAY MORNING MEDITATIONS
THE COTTON IS HIGH
TALL TREES
sHORT FILM
and
music
FEBRUARY 2023
SOMETHING tO EAT
HA-CE
TALL TREES
short FILM
Heidi Martin Ensemble
Jazz Roads /South Arts
AFRICAN ANIMATED FILM FEST/PAJAMA PARTY
BLACK JOY
Billie Holiday Film Festival
LITTLE CHURCH
SHORT FILM
Tall Trees
Multikulti
COMMISSIONED BY
CITY ARTS GRANTS CORP.
NYFA
The Gem.In.I
Choreographer
Germaul Barnes
Nioka Workman
NYC dept. of Cultural Affairs
