Ize Trio

Ize Trio
$14,900
Jamaica Plain, MA

About the Artist

Ize Trio is a multi-cultural music ensemble focused on combining the American art form of Jazz with Middle Eastern traditions. We collaborate and perform in order to create a more inclusive vision for musical communities and to raise awareness for immigrant rights. Through our different backgrounds and cultural traditions, we write original music and tell musical stories that are important in opening positive dialogue about the relationship between the US and the Middle East. We seek to inspire musicians to add their cultural roots to the Jazz tradition and display how music can be a bridge to understanding and connection.

Starting in 2022, we dedicated ourselves to further developing our musical repertoire and exploring how to authentically blend our diverse backgrounds—representing the US, Cyprus, and Palestine—into our collective sound. We also focused on social themes that were important to us and tied us together with a common vision. In 2023 we performed at the United Nations, NY, along with orchestra and the extraordinary Palestinian singer Sana Moussa. This was a historic event, the first time the UN formally
acknowledged Nakba, the Palestinian crisis of 1948. In 2024, we performed in San Diego and succeeded in raising $15,000 for child victims of the earthquakes in Türkiye. We were joined by Turkish vocalist Heiraza who is also featured in this album.