Art Lande & Bruce Williamson at The Falcon

Grammy-nominated Art Lande is considered one of the premiere improvisational jazz pianists today.

ART LANDE (piano, percussion):
http://www.artlande.com/
Pianist, Art Lande, has recorded 40+ albums for ECM, Arch, Elektra and Windham Hill Records, appearing with Gary Peacock, Eliot Zigmund, Jan Garbarek, Steve Swallow, Mark Isham, Paul McCandless, Ron Miles, Nguyen Le, Mark Johnson and Peter Erskine. He has also performed with Chet Baker, Charlie Haden, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Ernie Watts, Jon Hendricks and Sheila Jordan. As an educator, Art has influenced countless musicians, including pianists Fred Hersch, Kenny Werner and Myra Melford. He has composed over 300 songs and collaborated with dancers, visual artists and poets, including Allen Ginsberg - bringing a vast vocabulary of musicianship to a variety of performance ensembles, always striving for creativity, interaction and improvisational flexibility....

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Grammy-nominated Art Lande is considered one of the premiere improvisational jazz pianists today.

ART LANDE (piano, percussion):
http://www.artlande.com/
Pianist, Art Lande, has recorded 40+ albums for ECM, Arch, Elektra and Windham Hill Records, appearing with Gary Peacock, Eliot Zigmund, Jan Garbarek, Steve Swallow, Mark Isham, Paul McCandless, Ron Miles, Nguyen Le, Mark Johnson and Peter Erskine. He has also performed with Chet Baker, Charlie Haden, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Ernie Watts, Jon Hendricks and Sheila Jordan. As an educator, Art has influenced countless musicians, including pianists Fred Hersch, Kenny Werner and Myra Melford. He has composed over 300 songs and collaborated with dancers, visual artists and poets, including Allen Ginsberg - bringing a vast vocabulary of musicianship to a variety of performance ensembles, always striving for creativity, interaction and improvisational flexibility.

BRUCE WILLIAMSON (saxophones, woodwinds):
http://www.brucewilliamsonmusic.com/
Bruce performs in jazz cvenues worldwide - Lincoln Center's operas & ballets, Broadway show orchestras and on many TV and film soundtracks. He has performed or recorded with Fred Hersch, Jack McDuff, Jimmy Smith, Benny Green, Bobby McFerron, Gary Peacock, Dave Douglas, Milford Graves, Art Lande, Paul McCandless, Mark Isham, Tom Harrell, Randy Brecker, Toshiko Akiyoshi among others. Bruce can be heard on over 50 recordings, including his own on the Timeless and Origin labels. He has worked with famed director Julie Taymor and composer Elliot Goldenthal, and been awarded multiple NEA grants for jazz composition. Bruce is currently on the faculty at Bennington College, VT.

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