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, she was heavily influenced by B.A.G. (The Black Artist Group), an avantgarde jazz organization, that inspired her free, open and intimate approach to the music.
Kim has worked with master jazz pianist 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 and others.
She also has tv and film credits as well, which includes Saturday Night Live and an appearance in the Sundance Award winning film, Alive Inside, based on the healing powers of music.
Recently, Kim has become an experimental film artist, known as Tall Trees, and her short film, Little Church, debuted at the
Billie Holiday Film Festival,
commissioned BY NYFA.
Kim will be releasing her
debut EP,
this summer
BE LIKE WATER,
a collaboration
with
drummer
Gene
Lake.
LITTLE CHURCH (EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM)
Upcoming
FEELS LIKE WATER
DEBUT ALBUM
2024
Tall Trees
SOMETHING TO EAT
SHORT FILM
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
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