Alana Detonators: Gianni Andreatta with Nicole Alono, upper right
Julián Pujols Quall
Marcos Morales
Elijah Bradford
Two new configurations bringing modern production-influenced approaches to virtuosic acoustic performance: plunderphonic-acoustic duo Alana Detonators and a trio by Julian Pujol Qualls with special guest Marcos Morales from Miami.
8:30 pm: ₐₗₐₙₐ Dₑₜₒₙₐₜₒᵣₛ
Nicole Alonso - samplers
Gianni Andreatta - guitar, winds, electronics
9:30 pm:
Julian Pujols Quall - piano, electronics
Elijah Bradford - guitar
Marcos Morales - drums
$15 / $10 w/ Student ID - Tickets Available at the Door
About The Artists
ₐₗₐₙₐ Dₑₜₒₙₐₜₒᵣₛ is the collaboration project of Chicago based musicians Nicole Alonso (she/her) and Gianni Andreatta (they/them). Nicole will use digital samplers and phone apps to sample Gianni’s sounds which include woodwinds, bowed guitar, and field recordings.
Julián Pujols Quall is a Dominican-American pianist and keyboardist, improviser, composer and educator from Chicago who has performed classical and jazz repertoire throughout the continental United States as well as in the Dominican Republic, Spain, Belgium, Puerto Rico and Mexico. A classically trained artist, Peabody Conservatory graduate, and DePaul University National Concerto Competition for Young Performers First Prize Winner, their work has found a home in jazz performance, improvisation and cross-cultural collaboration since developing experimental collaborative programs as a founding member of the Peabody Improvisers Collective. They are a curator for the Discoveries Hear & Be Heard series at Fulcrum Point New Music Project, and a 2025 National Association of Latino Arts and Culture Institute Fellow. Julián has been lead instructor for the Afro-Caribbean Jazz Combo at the Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center After School Matters and is currently an accompanist at The Joffrey Ballet’s Grainger Academy. They are the host of “The Changes”, a trilingual interview show presenting local and international musicians on Lumpen Radio. Julián completed a 2024 Banff Center for the Arts Jazz and Sonic Arts composition/performance residency, released the single Rothko; Tlaloc and Totec with Carrier Records in 2023, and most recently had their compositions Chord Prelude and Moriviví premiere at the DiMenna Center for New and Classical Music during the 2024 Yarn/Wire Institute Festival in New York. Julián´s compositions are central to two projects they direct: Julián and Friends, a collaborative composition concert series running since 2022 at The Jazz Showcase, featuring guest artists such as Corey Wilkes, Lorin Benedict, Levi Lu, Brandon Woody, Kweku Sumbry, Lenard Simpson, Vincent Davis and Marques Carroll, and Mamey, a jazz project founded in 2023 centering on Dominico-Haitian music.
A Cuban drummer, composer, producer, and graduate in Symphonic Percussion from the Professional School of Music in Matanzas, Cuba in 2014, Marcos Morales’ work combines performance, improvisation, and sonic exploration, grounded in Afro-Cuban rhythm and contemporary music practices. He has performed internationally in venues and festivals such as WOMAD Festival in Sydney, Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, Playboy Jazz Festival in Los Angeles, and the Seoul Dechi Art Hall in South Korea, collaborating with artists including Daymé Arocena, Roberto Fonseca, Harold López-Nussa, Joe Lovano, Celeste White, and Orquesta Aragón, among others. Mercurio Sessions is the central artistic project of Marcos Morales, dedicated to spontaneous improvisation and collaborative sound exploration. Conceived as an open creative platform, the project brings together musicians in unique sessions where music emerges organically without stylistic limitations.
Extremely well versed in most forms of music, Elijah Bradford comes from a classical and jazz background which has allowed them to study under many talented musicians; Herbie Hancock, Julian Lage, and Earl Klugh. Elijah Braford has spent most of the time in their career supporting various artists and their artistic endeavors, from recording and producing entire albums to touring nationally/internationally playing renowned festivals such as the Montreal Jazz Fest, Pitchfork, Afropunk, SXSW, and many others. Teaching masterclasses in Bogota, Colombia, CDMX, Mexico, Berlin, Germany, to composing music for commercials with major brands (Nike, JP Morgan Chase, North Face, etc.). With such diverse experiences, Elijah believes that the arts, in general, should be accessible. Further, that all styles of whichever art form should be explored, so that the learner can find their own unique voice within it all. Their teaching style stresses patience and thoughtfulness as keys to becoming fluent with the guitar.