Joe Fielder's Open Sesame — "Fuzzy And Blue" Record Release Celebration at Monday Jazz Sessions at Quinn's

In 2019, Quinn's BFF trombonist Joe Fiedler released Open Sesame, packed with inventive jazz readings of material drawn from his longstanding “day job” as an EMMY-nominated music director and staff arranger for the famed children’s show Sesame Street. The effort was equally beloved by lay listeners and the jazz world alike and it was clear that the project would be no one-off. Joe sez: “I have these songbooks from the Sesame Street office, and if you whip through the first 30 tunes, absolutely everyone knows them. But there are six or seven thousand songs they’ve done over the past 50 years, with plenty of gold in there to do a second album for sure.”...

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In 2019, Quinn's BFF trombonist Joe Fiedler released Open Sesame, packed with inventive jazz readings of material drawn from his longstanding “day job” as an EMMY-nominated music director and staff arranger for the famed children’s show Sesame Street. The effort was equally beloved by lay listeners and the jazz world alike and it was clear that the project would be no one-off. Joe sez: “I have these songbooks from the Sesame Street office, and if you whip through the first 30 tunes, absolutely everyone knows them. But there are six or seven thousand songs they’ve done over the past 50 years, with plenty of gold in there to do a second album for sure.”

Fuzzy and Blue, Fiedler’s second volume of Sesame Street songs, shines still more light on the extraordinary wit and melodic gift of the foundational Sesame Street composers Joe Raposo and Jeffrey Moss, among others. Joe will celebrate this new release with his expanded Open Sesame ensemble, now boasting an ever-more formidable, all-star lineup of killing players including Steven Bernstein on trumpets, Miles Griffith on vocals, Jeff Lederer on reeds, Sean Conly on acoustic and electric basses and Michael Sarin on drums.

PLEASE NOTE: masks and proof of COVID vaccination will be required for attendance. Please also note Quinn's new admission policy: a cover charge of $15 cash will be required at the door for admission to this performance.

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