BIO
Nora Stanley is an improviser and composer based in Brooklyn, New York. Stanley uses saxophone, flute, guitar, synthesizer, and voice in her work which spans jazz, rock and experimental music. As both a solo artist and a collaborator her music emphasizes openness, connection, and interaction, exploring the vast possibilities of texture, rhythm, and harmony. Stanley performs original music with her quartet as well as the duo World of Flowers (saxophone+effects/drums+effects) and the trio Sprat (voice/woodwinds). In 2023 she released Distance of the Moon (Colorfield Records) with collaborator Benny Bock and is currently working on a new solo project of songs. Interested in cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary collaboration Stanley performs with a Balinese Gamelan and works with contemporary dancers as well. In addition to her work as a leader Stanley frequently contributes woodwinds and more to recordings and performances with improvisers, rock bands, and songwriters. She has toured with Chris Morrissey, Caroline Rose, The New Pornographers, and Beth Orton and has appeared on recordings alongside Jeff Parker, Mark Giuliana and Jerry Gonzalez.
