press & writings Don Byron, Matthew Shipp and many more gather for Eric Dolphy: Freedom of Sound festival in New York by Andrey Henkin – Jazzwise Angelica Sanchez presented a performance of Geri Allen’s “Celebration Ensemble Suite” alongside Pharoah akLaff, James Brandon Lewis, Chad Taylor, Jay Rodriguez, Jaleel Shaw, TK Blue, Amir ElSaffar, Kalia Vandever, and Devon Gates. Instruments of change by Dylan Goodman – Harvard Gazette Female musicians fight gender tone-deafness. Trauma Times 3: Munich Medea, Self Portraits (DELUXE), and you don’t have to do anything by Jackson McHenry – Vulture It feels wrong to reveal more of the self portraits Howze has planned, but the piece opens up from there. . .to a kind of healing — this time, with the aid of music by Devon Gates. Howze and Rider present a comforting ritual by way of a concert, with a few more eager members of the audience invited to contribute their own little reactions to the melodies. You could feel a collective release from those of us watching, after we’d gotten to know each other with Howze’s prodding, as the music resolved from atonal skitterings to more gentle harmonies. Though we probably couldn’t articulate it exactly, we’d been through so much together. Music Department Awards Inaugural Marion Brown Prize for Emerging Composers by Tom Porter – Bowdoin College Gates is welcomed as the newest member of Bowdoin’s musical community: She is the first winner of the Marion Brown prize—an annual residency for up-and-coming composers from underrepresented communities. Iyer & Friends Pay Homage to Andrew Hill by Michael J. West – DownBeat Iyer spotlighted Reggie Workman and Gates’ tandem work on “Smoke Stack” . . . Workman held the bottom and the main pulse while Gates explored the middle and high ranges. Remembering Andrew Hill, a moment in amber by Herb Boyd – New York Amsterdam News Meet Devon Gates by Canvas Rebel “I hope to continue being able to create these sorts of safer musical spaces where underrepresented folks feel like they can be real about the totality of what it is to experience musicmaking.” No Stranger to Improvisation by Nikki Rojas – The Harvard Gazette Bass player, composer, vocalist Devon Gates merges anthropology, music in Harvard-Berklee program. New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets by Women Composers by Terri Lyne Carrington – Berklee Press Devon’s composition “Don’t Wait”” is featured amongst this collection of 101 compositions by women composers including Lil Hardin Armstrong, esperanza spalding, Cassandra Wilson, and more. Terri Lyne Carrington: In Conversation with Kris Davis and Devon Gates on jazz, gender, and New Standards. by Terri Lyne Carrington – International Society Of Jazz Arrangers & Composers Harvard’s Eileen Southern Initiative Celebrates Music of Black Americans by Clover Nahabedian – i care if you listen “. . .a world premiere by current Harvard student Devon Gates. “Mediation on 1 Corinthians 13”. . .” on jazz culture, gender, and vulnerability by Devon Gates – M³ Anthology of Writings, Vol. 4 The Nap Bishop Is Spreading the Good Word: Rest by Melonyce McAfee – The New York Times “[Devon] Gates, who is a student at both Harvard College and Berklee College of Music, was so inspired by the Nap Ministry’s message that she reached out and secured an internship with Hersey in her hometown of Atlanta.” Reflecting on Jazz with New Resources from the Library of Congress by Kaleena Black & Claudia Morales – Library of Congress Dee Dee Bridgewater Meets Berklee: Fine And Mellow by Corey Brown – No Treble
