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BAMSPresents: S.O.U.L.STICE – Toki Wright x Seventh Sun
October 24th @ 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
BAMS Fest takes over unCommon bringing Live Music and Beats to the stage.
Toki Wright is a two-time Emmy Award-winning MC, poet, producer, and cultural diplomat. He has received two CLIO Award for advertising with General Mills for the number one worldwide Twitter trending project “Watch the Stove” which was also nominated for a Cannes Lion Award. Wright is currently the chair of the Professional Music Department at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Before relocating he was the Department Head of the United States’ first fully accredited Hip-Hop Studies program at McNally Smith College of Music. The program was awarded the “Best Transformative Higher Learning Model” from the Hip-Hop Education Center at NYU. Toki also facilitated seven Twin Cities Celebration of Hip-Hop Festivals and helped establish “Hip-Hop at H.E.A.L.S,” a program for former child soldiers in Gulu, Northern Uganda.
Toki’s worked with the US State Department, delivered a TED Talk, and ran the youth-led nonprofit YO! The Movement, helping to build community through the arts. Toki is a freelance writer, radio host and has been a judge for NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest, and a community organizer. He’s released albums and film through his media company Soul Tools Entertainment that have charted top 50 on MTV, iTunes, and more. Wright has performed at events like Coachella, Rock The Bells and more while sharing stages with the likes of Lizzo, Terri Lyne Carrington, Atmosphere, the late Sean Price, and J-Live. Toki has released recordings with Talib Kweli, BJ The Chicago Kid, and G Yamazawa to name a few.
Seventh Sun is a Boston-based saxophonist, producer, writer, and lyricist from Dayton, Ohio. Seventh Sun has become the heir apparent to Wynton Marsalis, Jazzmeia Horn, Ralph Peterson Jr., Edo. G, Jesus Molina, and many more around the world, & now, he’s carrying the torch for his own legacy. Seventh Sun’s music ranges from jazz to neo-soul and hip-hop. The unique blend of the tenor sax voice, while producing the modern styles of today invites listeners into a tasteful, fresh musical experience.
Through his music, Seventh Sun aims to inspire listeners to pay attention to things outside of themselves and find the brightest stars in the darkest places. As he puts it, “When you are in the darkest place, this is when you can see the most, like seeing the stars as they illuminate at night.”
Seventh Sun came to Boston from Dayton, Ohio in the fall of 2017 to attend Berklee College of Music on a full scholarship. Arriving in 2017 at Berklee, Seventh Sun studied with Ralph Peterson, Jr. on alto and tenor sax as well as with Tia Fuller, Neil Smith and Snarky Puppy’s band leader, Michael League. And, he founded the Seventh Sun group.