Leo genovese

At 1-800 Happy Birthday
Friday, December 2 at 6-7pm, doors open at 5PM.
WORTHLESSSTUDIOS

Join us for an extraordinary evening with Leo Genovese’s solo piano performance. His artistic philosophy centers around the power of music to raise awareness for the people struggling with economic, social and political challenge, and be a force for togetherness and good will. Please register below. Guests are welcome to stay for Charles Goold Trio at 7:30pm with an open jam session.

Leo was born in Argentina in 1979. He moved to the United States in 2001.
He has been traveling the world playing music for the last twenty years.
He has nine albums as a leader and dozens as a sideman.
He believes in music as a force of change.
He practices the saxophone in hotel rooms.
He doesn't support MP3 culture.
He cooks pretty spicy food, like his music.

About Leo genovese

Pianist & composer Leo Genovese was born in Venado Tuerto, Argentina. He has performed and recorded with his own bands, including Leo Genovese and the Chromatic Gauchos, as well as with Space Pilots, Tim Hagans, Hal Crook, Darren Barrett, George Garzone, Francisco Mela, Joe Lovano, Bob Gulloti, Phil Grenadier, Dave Santoro, Chris Cheek and Ben Monder. In 2004, he released his first solo album entitled HAIKUS II by Spanish label Fresh Sound Records. Genovese developed a collaborative relationship with Grammy-winning bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding, a fellow Berklee alum. Since 2005, he has toured with Spalding throughout the U.S., South American, Europe, Asia, Africa and elsewhere. Spalding provided vocals on numerous tracks on SEEDS, Genovese's second album as a leader. He studied piano at the University of Rosario in Argentina and at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

About 1-800 Happy Birthday

1-800 Happy Birthday is an exhibition honoring Black and Brown lives killed by police. Originally a voicemail project, now transformed into a large-scale exhibition in a 10,000 square-foot warehouse, 1-800 Happy Birthday is created by artist Mohammad Gorjestani and Even/Odd, curated by Klaudia Ofwona Draber, with artistic direction by Neil Hamamoto, and presented by arts nonprofit WORTHLESSSTUDIOS with the aim of honoring the lives of those lost too soon. The families of Dujuan Armstrong, Sandra Bland, Philando Castile, Stephon Clark, Fred Cox, Eric Garner, Oscar Grant, Xzavier Hill, Donovon Lynch, Sean Monterrosa, Tony Robinson, and Mario Woods are participating in the exhibition.