(1983-06-18) June 18, 1983 (age 40) Miami, Florida, U.S.
Genres
experimental rock, avant-garde jazz, improvised music, free jazz
Occupation(s)
composer, musician
Instrument(s)
guitar
Labels
Tzadik, Resipiscent, New Atlantis, Unrock, Sleeping Giant Glossolalia
Member of
Unnatural Ways
Website
avamendozamusic.com
Musical artist
Ava Mendoza is an American guitarist, vocalist, and composer.[1]
An avant-garde artist whose work is described as traversing a number of genres,[2] Mendoza has performed with a wide range of musicians, including Nels Cline,[3] Matana Roberts,[4] Nick Zinner,[5] Jon Irabagon,[6] William Hooker,[7] William Parker,[8] Fred Frith,[9] The Violent Femmes,[10] Weasel Walter,[11] tUnE-yArDs,[12] Jamaaladeen Tacuma,[13] Rova Saxophone Quartet,[14] Moppa Elliott,[15] Negativland, and Malcolm Mooney.[16] Mendoza also leads the avant-rock band Unnatural Ways, a trio with Tim Dahl and Sam Ospovat.[1]
^ abCohan, Brad (15 May 2015). "Meet Ava Mendoza, the Blues and Punk Brutarian Who's Better at Guitar Than You". VICE. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
^Ham, Robert (9 December 2019). "Avant-Garde Guitarist Ava Mendoza On Juggling Projects and Making Music About Borders". Portland Mercury. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
^Longley, Martin (27 March 2019). "Ava Mendoza, Nels Cline & Ralph Towner". All About Jazz. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^Smith, Steve (August 2016). "Matana Roberts". The New Yorker. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^Doyle, Patrick (15 July 2019). "Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner Recruits Indie Rock Friends for Massive Orchestral Performance". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
^Ackermann, Karl (26 October 2020). "I Don't Hear Nothin' But The Blues: I Don't Hear Nothin' But The Blues Volume 3: Anatomical Snuffbox". All About Jazz. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^McDowell, Eric (18 March 2018). "William Hooker Trio: Remembering". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^"William Parker Trio". Skopje Jazz Festival. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^"The Stone in December". Avant Music News. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^"Violent Femmes, Ava Mendoza". The Chicago Reader. 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^Cohan, Brad (16 August 2012). "ugEXPLODE Musicians Mary Halvorson, Jessica Pavone, Ava Mendoza, Sandy Ewen And Damon Smith On Shredding, New York Vs. The Bay Area, And Houston's Improv and Drinking Scene". The Village Voice. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^Duncan, Byard. "Tune-Yards Compose Live Score for Buster Keaton Short Films". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^"Guitar Moderne Festival VIII". Guitar Moderne. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^"Rova Saxophone Quartet Stone Residency". Avant Music News. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^Wilson, Jerome (23 May 2019). "Moppa Elliott: Jazz Band/Rock Band/Dance Band". All About Jazz. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^"Malcolm Mooney and the Eleventh Planet". AdHoc. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
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edition Erich Hubner Dan Lynch – cover, label and booklet paintings AvaMendoza Prairie Prince M. C. Schmidt Blazenhoff, Rusty (September 3, 2020). "Negativland's...
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trio was "an accident", and had been suggested "as a joke" by guitarist AvaMendoza, who had shared the bill with them at one of their early concerts. While...
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