TANYA TAGAQ
Jazz Related Improv/Composition • Canada
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b. 1977, Ikaluktuutiak (Cambridge Bay), Nunavut, Victoria Island, Canada. Raised in an Inuit community, Gillis studied at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax. While there, she took an interest in traditional Inuit throat singing, a multiphonic and percussive form that is customarily performed by two people. Gillis was obliged to teach herself a solo variation and later taught others, thus generating partners with whom she was able to sing in duo. In 2000, Gillis was at the Great Northern Arts Festival where some of her paintings were exhibited. Unexpectedly invited to sing, she attracted attention and was recommended to Björk. The following year she joined the Icelandic singer on tour, appearing on her 2004 album, Medulla. Gillis has also performed with Shooglenifty and the Kronos Quartet, including a concert at Carnegie Hall. In performance she is often accompanied by Filipe Ugarte and his duo, Ugarte Anaiak. In
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Sinaa
Jazz Related Improv/Composition
2005
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Auk / Blood
Jazz Related Improv/Composition
2008
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Animism
Jazz Related Improv/Composition
2014
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Retribution
Jazz Related Improv/Composition
2016
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Split Tooth
Jazz Related Improv/Composition
2018
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Toothsayer
Jazz Related Improv/Composition
2019
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Anuraagtuq
Jazz Related Improv/Composition
2012
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