Biboye Onanuga presents Low & Slow

The Edmonton-based drummer is joined by an iconoclast ensemble of local musicians, sensitive to the music of the moment.

Biboye invites you to bathe in the sea of transcendent, meditative vibrations for the modern age. Biboye embraces the abstract essence of instrumental music as a balm — ephemeral expression, cutting through the noise of our modern world. A world built for speed, but rarely in service of the pace at which we can best love and be loved.

The quintet’s setlist of original tunes and arrangements is inspired by avant-garde greats who eschew genre, strive for sonic innovation, and dive deep in every performance; Artists such as Ahmad Jamal, Alice Coltrane and the acoustic work of contemporary players Ambrose Akinmusire, Aaron Parks’ trio (Matt Brewer & Eric Harland), and drummer Craig Weinrib (w/Sam Harris).

Biboye Onanuga is a British-born, Nigerian-Canadian drummer, and imaginative composer. Steeped in the arts scene since high-school, he quickly became a sought-after player — recently completing his music degree at MacEwan University and already joining nationally-recognized artists such as Odario (of CBC Radio’s Afterdark) and Tanika Charles, as well as local mainstays Jim Head, and Mboya Nicholson, to name a few. Biboye has made meaningful contributions to the local scene through his instrumental hip-hop/jazz band (Good information), 3-year-tenure weekly music series (New Standards) and more recent Sunday Jazz series (Daze Days).