MICHAËL ATTIAS
Genres: Avant-Garde Jazz, 21st Century Modern, Post Bop, Jazz Related Improv, Composition • Israel

Born:August 4, 1968 Instrument: Saxophone The product of migrations spanning North Africa, the Middle East, Western Europe and the American Midwest, Michael Attias has been active in New York City as leader, sideman, composer, and improvisor since 1994. Concerts in clubs and festivals throughout the US, Europe, the Middle East and Japan have brought him together with such musicians as Anthony Braxton, Paul Motian, Oliver Lake, Butch Morris and Anthony Coleman. He has released two albums as leader in the last three years, Renku and Credo, for Playscape and Clean Feed respectively. Both were warmly received by critics and featured on several end-of-the-year lists of Top Releases. He's currently enjoying rich activity both as sideman and leader in multiple overlapping projects often featuring Tony Malaby, Nasheet Waits, Russ Lossing, John Hebert, Sean Conly, and many others. In recent news, Attias could be heard on the Sony Music Fall 2007 release of the Hino/Kikuchi Quintet: read more...