The Black Nile & The Growth Eternal

Black Nile was born from their desire to bring jazz into a new century. Adopting sampling and modern production techniques that they learned from hip-hop, Black Nile’s improvisation is wildly inventive and combustible. Invited as artists in residence at MASS MoCA in 2025, Black Nile’s new album, Indigo Garden, will be released April 10, 2026 on MASS MoCA Records and will feature cover art from renowned conceptual artist Charles Gaines. Bringing in some of the best jazz musicians in LA to flesh out the band, like keyboardists Luca Mendoza and Brian Hargrove, and drummer Myles Martin, Indigo Garden is both an homage to the brothers’ LA roots and a bold step forward for the city’s jazz tradition. The Growth Eternal is a spiritual, afro-surrealist bass & vocoder music project. Tulsa, OK native Ghalani started the project in 2018, disillusioned with academia while trying to connect with their ancestral lineage through a Jazz degree. The music textures take you on an emotional journey, using sound as medicine by weaving thru genres in a way that feels grounded and refreshingly innovative at the same time.