Matana Roberts. Nov. 5, 2011.

Matana (m(a)-ta-na\) Roberts; internationally documented, chicago-born saxophonist/multidisciplinary sound artist; working in various mediums of  sound performance/inquiry; has created alongside visionary experimentalists of this time period in various areas of sound, dance, poetry, visual art, theater; some recent work focused on the place/problem of memory/tradition as recognized, deciphered, deconstructed, interrogated through radical modes of sound communication, alternative styles of musical notation, and multi-genres of improvisation; based in new york city. www.matanaroberts.com