The 12 Houses Festival: Part VI

Chris Forbes: Piano and Compositions

Hilliard Greene: Bass

Michael “TA” Thompson: Drums

Chris Forbes is a pianist and composer who has been active on the New York free jazz scene since 2003. He has played with musicians such as Sabir Mateen, Daniel Carter, Matt Lavelle, Ras Moshe, Will Connell and Steve Swell. He is a member of Steve Swell’s Nation of We and the Steve Swell Quartet, with whom he appeared at the 2012 Vision Festival last June. He is also a member Matt Lavelle’s Morcilla and appears on the group’s CD The Manifestation Drama He is a frequent guest in Ras Moshe’s Music Now ensembles as well as Will Connel’s Adam Antine Project. He has recently premiered his Quezalcoatl project with singer Maryanne De Prophetis and Trumpeter Ron Horton. Forbes is also an accomplished concert music composer, with several orchestral pieces, a ballet and a music theater piece under his belt. He is also a full time music teaching artist with the “Life Lines” Community Arts Project in Sunset Park Brooklyn.