Arooj Aftab at Joe's Pub (Archived Stream)
FREE. Thurs., May 7 at 8PM
Recorded live at Joe's Pub on April 28, 2019
When the neo-Sufi singer and composer Arooj Aftab performed this version of her song "Suroor" last year at Joe’s Pub, she had a small but elite band with her. On the piano, the MacArthur Fellow and Harvard Professor Vijay Iyer, and on the bass guitar, the endlessly versatile multi-instrumentalist and producer Shahzad Ismaily. Getting that trio back together would’ve been a challenge even without the pandemic, but with venues closed, Joe’s Pub is now bringing the three musicians back, by streaming Aftab’s dreamy, evocative live set online. Watch Arooj Aftab's full set with Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily as part of Joe’s Pub Live, an online archive series, on Thurs., May 7 at 8PM EDT.