Idit Shner and MHONDORO - SOLD OUT!

AROUND THE WORLD TO OREGON  John Mambira is a traditional musician from Zimbabwe who toured Europe and the US with his band Bongo Love. Idit Shner, from Israel, performs as both a jazz and a classical saxophonist. Torrey Newhart, from Bend, Oregon, plays piano and keyboards and has experience as a band leader. Garret Baxter is from Ashland, Oregon, but now is an in-demand bassist in Portland. Ken Mastrogiovanni, a drummer from Eugene, Oregon, is at home with modern jazz but also composes music and produces beats. Put together, they are global and hyper-local—truly American, in the best sense of the word, and truly all of us, as this pandemic both brought us closer together across borders and threatened us with isolation.  

ONWARD Its name meaning the lion spirit in Shona, a language of Zimbabwe, MHONDORO formed spontaneously, in reaction to a global trauma, but it aims to carry its members and audience through to a new day with power. Heat Wave’s music is joyous, full of life force. Those voices that welcome us to the album on track 1 -Obsidian Horses- maybe aren’t the destination but a reminder that, even in the loneliest of times, none of us ever travel alone.

Idit Shner alto saxophone and bass clarinet John Mambira percussion and vocals Torrey Newhart keyboard and vocals Garrett Baxter bass Ken Mastrogiovanni drums