This is an All Star cast, that promises to deliver an evening of music extraordinaire.
The deep connection between these players stems from their involvement together in the legendary Creative Music Studio workshops, where the spirit of music reaches for the sky of abundant inspiration. Not to be missed!
Billy Martin
http://www.billymartin.net/
Aftern touring with Chuck Mangione, Martin returned to NYC where he played with John Lurie’s Lounge Lizards, a Downtown experimental jazz band, best known for their contributions to the "Get Shorty" soundtrack. He joined with John Medeski and Chris Wood in '91 to form Medeski Martin and Wood. Two decades later, the trio continues to record and perform, recently releasing "Juice" (September 2014) with the addition of guitarist John Scofield. Throughout his tenure with MMW, Martin has pursued outside projects, with both notable musicians and up-and-comers. ...
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This is an All Star cast, that promises to deliver an evening of music extraordinaire.
The deep connection between these players stems from their involvement together in the legendary Creative Music Studio workshops, where the spirit of music reaches for the sky of abundant inspiration. Not to be missed!
Billy Martin
http://www.billymartin.net/
Aftern touring with Chuck Mangione, Martin returned to NYC where he played with John Lurie’s Lounge Lizards, a Downtown experimental jazz band, best known for their contributions to the "Get Shorty" soundtrack. He joined with John Medeski and Chris Wood in '91 to form Medeski Martin and Wood. Two decades later, the trio continues to record and perform, recently releasing "Juice" (September 2014) with the addition of guitarist John Scofield. Throughout his tenure with MMW, Martin has pursued outside projects, with both notable musicians and up-and-comers.
Kenny Wessel
http://www.kenwessel.com/
Kenny Wessel is a vital and personal voice in jazz, and has performed in 27 countries at major jazz festivals, concert halls and in radio and television appearances. Wessel worked with revolutionary jazz artist Ornette Coleman from 1988-2000, as a member of Coleman's Prime Time. Ken has appeared with Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic and the London Philharmonia Orchestra. He can be heard on Steely Dan frontman, Donald Fagen’s album, "Morph the Cat" as a featured soloist.
Ingrid Sertso
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ingrid-sertso
Through her work with such avant-jazz musicians as Don Cherry and Karl Berger, Ingrid Sertso established herself as a captivating, adventurous vocalist, capable of blending jazz, African, South American, and other worldbeat influences into a distinctive, hypnotic sound. During the late '60s, she lived in Europe, Serts led her own trios and performed with Eric Dolphy, Don Cherry, Steve Lacy, Karl Berger, and Leo Wright. In 1972, as a permanent resident of the US, she released her first album, "We Are You".
Kirk Knuffke
www.kirkknuffke.com
Cornetist and composer, Kirk Knuffke, is the winner of Downbeat Magazine's "Rising Star" critics poll 2015. A recipient of the Jerome Foundation composers grant, Kirk has released 15 recordings as a leader or co-leader. One of modern jazz’s most skilled navigators of the divide between inside and outside, freedom and swing, he has "full command of his most demanding instrument” – All About Jazz.
He has been called "One of New York City's busiest musicians".
Ken Filiano
www.allmusic.com/artist/ken-filiano
Bassist, composer, improviser, Ken Filiano, has been performing around the world for thirty years, collaborating with leading artists in multiple genres, fusing the rich traditions of the double bass with his limitless imagination. Ken leads two quartets - Quantum Entanglements (with Michael Attias, Tony Malaby, and Michael TA Thompson), and Baudolino's Dilemma (with Vinny Golia, Warren Smith, and Michael TA Thompson). He is a co-leader of The Steve Adams/Ken Filiano Duo and of TranceFormation (Connie Crothers, Andrea Wolper)
Karl Berger
www.karlberger.org
Award-winning composer/arranger/conductor,Karl Berger, wrote and recorded over 200 compositions and arrangements for classical ensembles, jazz groups, song-writers and performers, big bands, symphony and crossover projects. He has gained critical acclaim for his original scores for live orchestras and ensembles and for numerous recordings.
As a performer ( piano, vibraphone ) Karl won 6 Downbeat Critics Awards and remains internationally active on the concert and residency circuits for new music and innovative jazz. The Karl Berger Improvisers Orchestra and Ensembles are influential forces to date. He now records for John Zorn’s Tzadik label.
With Ornette Coleman and Ingrid Sertso, Karl Berger founded the Creative Music Foundation, with the legendary Creative Music Studio at the core. CMS maintained a year-round program and campus in Woodstock, New York, that attracted many world-renowned composers and improvising artists of many instruments and traditions from around the world. At CMS Karl Berger developed his Music Mind approach for heightened focus on detail, emotional expression, and cross-cultural communication, with the universal Gamala Taki Rhythmic Training at its center.
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