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Imani Winds is a Grammy Award-winning American wind quintet based in New York City, United States. The group was founded by flutist Valerie Coleman in 1997 and is known for its adventurous and diverse programming, which includes both established and newly composed works. The word Imani means "faith" in Swahili. They are also active commissioners of new music with the intent of introducing more diverse composers to the wind quintet repertoire.
The group has released nine CDs. Their first CD on a major label, The Classical Underground (Koch Entertainment), was released in January 2005 and was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2006. Their 2023 album Passion for Bach and Coltrane, a multimedia collaboration with poet A. B. Spellman, won the 2024 Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium.
In 2001 they won the Richard S. Weinert Award for Innovation in Classical Music from the Concert Artists Guild. In 2002, they won the CMA/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming and the CMA/WQXR-FM Recording Award for their first album Umoja.
In 2006 & 2009, they performed with the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, in the Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, in the summer series.
In 2007, they won the ASCAP Concert Music Award.
Imani Winds have toured throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe, and participated in Chamber Music Society Two, a professional residency program of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. In addition, Imani has toured internationally and recorded with saxophonist Steve Coleman, performed with pop recording artists Morley, and opened for Cassandra Wilson and Wynton Marsalis. They have performed with several notable jazz musicians such as Wayne Shorter, Steve Coleman, Paquito D'Rivera, and Stefon Harris. They have appeared on radio programs including Saint Paul Sunday, Performance Today, Performance Today, News & Notes, The Bob Edwards Show, and The World.
| Fred Ho | Josephine Baker's Angels from the Rainbow | Yes | |
| Paquito D'Rivera | Kites | Yes | |
| Wayne Shorter | Terra Incognita | Yes | |
| Alvin Singleton | Through it All | Yes | |
| Roberto Sierra | Concierto de Camara | Yes | |
| Jason Moran | Cane Jump Cut Rose | Yes | |
| Daniel Bernard Roumain | Five Chairs and One Table | Yes | |
| Stefon Harris | Anatomy of a Box (A Sonic Painting in Wood, Metal, and Wind) | Yes | |
| Jonathan Russell | Arrangement of Igor Stravinsky Rite of Spring Arrangement of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade
Arrangement of Gustav Holst The Planets | Yes | |
| Simon Shaheen | Zafir | Yes | |
| Danilo Perez | Travesias Panamenas | Yes | |
| Mohammed Fairouz | Jebel Lebnan Deep Rivers | Yes | |
| Vijay Iyer | Bruits | Yes | |
| Jeff Scott | Passion for Bach & Coltrane | Yes | |
| Frederic Rzewski | Sometimes | Yes | |
| Reena Esmail | The Light is the Same | Yes | |
| Courtney Bryan | Blooming | Yes | |
| Valerie Coleman | Bronzeville Phenomenal Woman, Concerto for Wind Quintet | Yes | |
| Aaron Helgeson | Calls of close and away | Yes | |
| Henry Threadgill | 2.6 Pentadactyl | Yes | |
| Alison Yun-Fei Jiang | On Light and Birds | Yes | |
| Ted Moore | feedback vii: speak, contain | Yes | |
| Kevin Kay | Quiver | Yes | |
| Maria Kaoutzani | Speak, Mind | Yes | |
| J. P. Redmond | 9X9: Nine Pieces for Nonet | Yes | |
| James Primosch | Four Sketches | Yes | |
| Jessie Montgomery | Sargeant McCauley | Yes | |
| Ledah Finck | Fractured Fossil | Yes | |
| Nathalie Joachim | Seen | Yes | |
| Richard Wernick | Quintet for Winds | No | Premiered but did not commission |
| Kenji Bunch | Shout Chorus | No | Premiered but did not commission |
| 2002 | Umoja | Imani Winds |
| 2005 | The Classical Underground | Koch International Classics / Koch |
| 2006 | The Imani Winds | Koch International Classics / Koch / Koch International |
| 2007 | Josephine Baker: A Life of le Jazz Hot! | eOne / Koch / Koch International Classics |
| 2008 | This Christmas | Koch / Koch International / Koch International Classics |
| 2010 | Terra Incongnita | E1 Entertainment |
| 2013 | Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring | EMI Classics |
| 2016 | Startin' Sumthin' | eOne |
| 2021 | Bruits | Bright Shiny Things |
| 2023 | Passion for Bach and Coltrane | Imani Winds Media Production |
With Chris Brubeck
With Chick Corea
With Wayne Shorter
With Mohammed Fairouz
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