This summer, local jazz saxophonist and clarinetist Hunter Diamond spent three weeks studying composition with flutist Nicole Mitchell at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida—and now that he’s back in town, he has a bounty of new jams to share! Diamond is playing a free weekly Tuesday residency at the Whistler in September to debut that material: on September 10, he’ll lead a trio “conducted” by movement artist B’Rael Ali Thunder; on September 17, he’ll set poems by his father to music with a septet that includes reedist Cameron Pfiffner and bassist Katie Ernst; and on September 24, he’ll play with a quintet that includes saxophonist Nick Mazzarella and drummer Dana Hall.
- A recap video from the inaugural Camp Smokey Bear in 2018
