Mark De Clive Lowe, Shigeto & Melanie Charles - "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" by Ryiuchi Sakamoto

Mark De Clive Lowe, Shigeto & Melanie Charles celebrated the release of their project "Hotel San Claudio" at Jazz Is Dead. They performed a rendition of "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" originally composed and recorded by Ryiuchi Sakamoto, Rest In Peace. This live performance took place May 6, 2023 at Lodge Room in Highland Park. Revered composer, pianist, DJ and two decade-long bridge between jazz, dance and hip-hop, Mark de Clive-Lowe (MdCL), links up with Brooklyn-based, Haitian-rooted, jazz vocalist and artist Melanie Charles and Detroit drummer/producer/DJ, Shigeto on Hotel San Claudio, a collaborative LP of spiritual jazz, live deconstructed beats, including a three-track set of Pharoah Sanders reinterpretations. Following Melanie Charles’ formidable Verve album debut Y’all Don’t (Really) Care About Black Women and MdCL's last longplayer, Freedom – Celebrating the Music of Pharoah Sanders, released in 2022 featuring Dwight Trible and Teodross Avery, these three forward-thinking musicians unite for a nine-track sonic exploration and improvised artistic journey across jazz, hip-hop and soulful house. And in light of the recent and sad passing of Pharoah Sanders, the three reinterpretations of the grand master – The Creator Has a Master Plan (there are 2 versions here) and Love is Everywhere – serve as a way to keep his message and spirit intact whilst at the same time, reimagining them for the here and now. ArtDontSleep hunts down inspiration information from the fertile local, national and international arts and music scenes to create multifaceted, multi-genre, specialty, handcrafted projects. ArtDontSleep started throwing afterhours happenings in 2004 capitalizing on the dedicated following at a few of Lojero’s favorite local clubs. Today, ArtDontSleep is an event production, promotion and artist managment firm in Los Angeles serving los angeles and abroad with curated specialty events and consulting services.