Born in August 2020 out of a decade-long musical friendship, the Pandemic Trio was organically born and started growing up at a time when the rest of the world was pretty much stuck, due to the coronavirus pandemic. They started streaming out of Renaud Penant’s music room every Sunday at noon, providing much needed cultural entertainment to American and European audiences, made possible by unemployment income and tips from all over the world. When after a while it grew unsustainable, the Jazz Foundation stepped in and its generosity carried the next growing phase, until venues started reopening and playing live was again possible. Anchored by Sacha’s encyclopedic knowledge, musical virtuosity and underrated composing skills, the trio’s focus is squarely set on three giants of modern African music: Thelonious Monk and his younger friends Bud Powell and Elmo Hope, alongside some of Sacha’s intricate compositions. This music is only alive because of the deep and lasting passion it ignites in its practitioners, and the trio’s only goal is to play whatever part it can in this now-worldwide labor of love!

This event is free and open to the public!

This event will also stream on the Jazz Foundation and Jazz Museum Facebook pages and the Museum YouTube Channel.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and by the Howard Gilman Foundation.