Alan Braufman

Born in Brooklyn in 1951, Berklee-educated saxophonist, flutist, and composer Alan Braufman was an integral part of the New York free music community in the 1970s and 1980s, recording as a sideman with significant improvisational figures including Richard Landry, Cecil McBee, Carla Bley, William Hooker, and Paul Nash, in addition to subbing for saxophonist Gary Windo in The Psychedelic Furs. At Berklee, Braufman had linked up with multi-instrumentalist Cooper-Moore (then known as Gene Ashton), saxophonist David S. Ware, bassist Chris Amberger, and drummer Marc Edwards. All but Edwards moved into a loft building at 501 Canal Street in New York in 1973; this space became a nexus of performance in lower Manhattan, hosting sessions by the cooperative Braufman/Cooper-Moore group in its storefront venue. A variation on this band with McBee and percussionists David Lee, Jr. and Yohuru Ralph Williams recorded Valley of Search, Braufman’s debut as a leader, for India Navigation in 1975.

A 2016 Manna House performance resulted in the 2018 reissue of Valley of Search along with commemorative concerts, as well as the long-awaited follow-up The Fire Still Burns, released in 2020. The sounds you hear across Braufman's discography as a bandleader are richly detailed and forthright, embodying a range of emotions and circumstances that convey individuality, collectivity and hope. As infectious as the music is on 2024's Infinite Love Infinite Tears – this record contains several ear-worms – it is still generative and complex. Braufman observes that “the thing about this band that made it so much fun to work with is we could play with structure and within that we could go completely free and it was a seamless transition to come back. I compare it to a house; you can spend all day outside, but it’s nice to know where home is." The group is able to stretch out and reflect on optimism, beauty, and joy, finding dialogic phrases and a keening surge within the curvature of inside-outside playing. There is much history and love in this band, and in Alan Braufman’s art overall. Fifty-odd years after debuting on record, his sound-world is as vital and inviting as ever.

Cherry is a pop/neo soul artist based out of Ogden/Salt Lake City, Utah. Cherry being a singer her whole life, taught herself guitar at the age of 12 and hasn’t stopped since while being influenced by Imogen Heap, Nai Palm, Ariana Grande, Yebba and Sade . Cherry started writing music in 2016 and started publicly sharing her songs; bringing amazing opportunities playing several shows in and out out her hometown state. Cherry has been seen on Park City Tv, Local Fox 13 News and more. Cherry has shared the stage with Grammy Award Winner Michelle Branch, Gospel/Soul Icon Mavis Staples from The Staple Singers ,Wutangs Ghostface Killah and Grammy award winner Macy Gray. Cherry is in the works to release her debut album.