There’s a respect of the traditional and the foundations and a fearless and playful infusion of a contemporary dash of flavoring at the keyboard. The politics of dancing is an element in the pianist’s artistry. Imagine the audacity of community, coming together, acceptance with grace, fairness, and judgement liberated.
Herzig dares and does it with flair. Every note is a piece of the story, each one as important as the other to the whole. Her band Monika Herzig’s Sheroes demands and heartily and firmly etches a place in the music’s timeline. The membership is as stellar as they ought to be and as brilliant as primary colors including; Leni Stern, Gina Schwarz, Jamie Baum, Rosa Avila, Camille Thurman, and Reut Regev.
Music that is beguiling and full of the spaces and places filled and left open that tell stories of life, family, love, and time, all while living in the time of now with a fearless contemporary dash.