Matana Roberts, African American Saxophonist & Composer

(Matana Roberts, Photo by Owen Richards)

Our blogging friend Chris Becker, a composer in New York City, calls our attention to his interview with the African American saxophonist Matana Roberts, a native of Chicago. She is also a composer whose website says she is engaged in “soundscape exploration”. Matana is a member of the “Association For The Advancement Of Creative Musicians – Chicago”, whose motto is “Great Black Music”. The group provides free music training for inner city youth in Chicago. Chris Becker writes:

“William,
Hello. I just posted an interview I did with composer Matana Roberts on my blog, and thought you might find it interesting (and maybe appropriate to link to from AfriClassical). Here is the link:

http://beckermusic.blogspot.com/2009/10/interview-with-matana-roberts.html

Hope all is well with you. Take care.

Chris Becker”
http://www.beckermusic.com/
Matana Roberts
African American Saxophonist
African American Composer
Soundscape Exploration
AACM Chicago