Mafuba

MAFUBA IS AN IMPROVISED MUSIC ENSEMBLE FOUNDED AND OPERATING IN MONTREAL, QUEBEC. STARTED IN 2022 BY MEMBERS SIBATEN HUMAYUN (TENOR SAXOPHONE) AND TRISTAN SISTI-AUBÉ (UPRIGHT BASS) AFTER MEETING IN THE JAZZ PROGRAM AT CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, THE BAND HAS KNOWN SEVERAL ITERATIONS BEFORE SETTLING WITH ITS CURRENT ROSTER, INCLUDING SEYJII SCHULTZ (DRUMSET), DUNCAN SEMEFAH YAO HUNTER NEALE (TRUMPET), AND SAM FORTIN (PIANO). ALTHOUGH OUR SOUND IS DERIVED FROM THE JAZZ TRADITION, WE PULL FROM SPIRITUAL JAZZ, AND SOUNDS FROM THE FAR EAST, WHILE BLENDING IN ASPECTS OF RNB, NEO-SOUL, AND HIP-HOP . ALL OF OUR COMPOSITIONS ARE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS BETWEEN THE FIVE MEMBERS, BUT ALSO WITH THE CITY OF MONTREAL.