KA BAIRD
Genres: Jazz Related Improv, Composition, Jazz Related Soundtracks, Avant-Garde Jazz • United States

Ka Baird is a multi-instrumentalist, recording artist, producer, and performer based in New York City. She is heralded for her boundary pushing live solo performances that involve energetic body movements, extended vocal techniques, interactive psychoacoustics, and innovative use of live electronics. She creates a radically present tense and vigorous type of “body music" that seeks extreme release through physical exertion and psychic extension. She is one of the founding and continuing members of the psych-folk/avant-garde group Spires That In The Sunset Rise founded in Chicago in 2001. Her debut solo album "Sapropelic Pycnic" was released through independent Chicago label Drag City in 2017. Her latest recording "Respires" was released through Brooklyn based imprint RVNG Intl in October 2019. Recent national and international engagements have included performances at the Unsound Festival (Krakow), Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), MoMA PS1 (NYC), Issue Project Room (NYC), The Hirshhorn Museum (Washington D.C.), The read more...