FRI 8 & 9:30 - Kayla Williams w/Vinicius Gomes, Dan Pappalardo, Keita Ogawa
About This Event
At Bar Bayeux, Kayla Williams leads a small-group set with Vinicius Gomes, Dan Pappalardo and Keita Ogawa. Williams brings a yacht-pop sensibility, Gomes and Pappalardo foreground ensemble listening and open textures, and Ogawa — a five-time Grammy nominee and three-time Grammy Award winner — supplies versatile percussion and drums.
About the Artists
Kayla Williams
Kayla Williams is making waves in the world of yacht-pop alongside her band, The Yacht Daddies, who deliver a high energy, nostalgia drenched yacht-rock/retro-pop show filled with smooth grooves and big feel good vibes.
Vinicius Gomes
Vinicius Gomes is a New York City–based bassist working across jazz and free improvisation. At Bar Bayeux, he appears in small-group settings with musicians including Sebastian de Urquiza, Glenn Zaleski, Rudy Royston, Kayla Williams, Dan Pappalardo, and Keita Ogawa.
Dan Pappalardo
Dan Pappalardo is a New York City–based jazz and free-music artist whose work turns up in small-room settings where the ensemble can breathe. At Bar Bayeux, he has appeared alongside Kayla Williams, Vinicius Gomes, and Keita Ogawa, including the set billed “FRI 8 & 9:30 - Kayla Williams w/Vinicius Gomes, Dan Pappalardo, Keita Ogawa.
Keita Ogawa
Hailing originally from Sasebo city, Nagasaki, Japan, Keita Ogawa is 5 times Grammy nominees and 3 times Grammy Award winner and one of the most versatile and sought-after percussionist and drummer in New York City.