Ava Mendoza
Ava Mendoza | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | June 18, 1983 Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Genres | Experimental rock, avant-garde jazz, improvised music, free jazz |
| Occupation(s) | composer, musician |
| Instrument | guitar |
| Labels | Tzadik, Resipiscent, New Atlantis, Unrock, Sleeping Giant Glossolalia |
| Member of | Unnatural Ways |
| Website | avamendozamusic |
Ava Mendoza is an American guitarist, vocalist, and composer.
An avant-garde artist whose work is described as traversing a number of genres, Mendoza has performed with a wide range of musicians, including Nels Cline, Matana Roberts, Nick Zinner, Jon Irabagon, William Hooker, William Parker, Fred Frith, The Violent Femmes, Weasel Walter, tUnE-yArDs, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Rova Saxophone Quartet, Moppa Elliott, Negativland, and Malcolm Mooney. Mendoza also leads the avant-rock band Unnatural Ways, a trio with Tim Dahl and Sam Ospovat.