Brittany Karlson, Forbes Graham, Nick Neuberg, at Lilypad

A growing creative musician deserving and being more and more in the spotlight, Brit leads a Boston group of Jazz improvisers to bring her choice music and leadership to the forefront displaying her unique vocabulary of creativity!

Bassist (& vocalist) Brittany Karlson is an adventurous musician with roots in jazz, American old time and bluegrass, and other improvised music.
She has become a bassist in demand from especially the Free Jazz and New Music (aka “other” improvised music), not only in Boston but beyond into other New England opportunities.
She has performed across the USA, Canada, and Europe in a variety of ensemble settings, including improvised trio Letter Castle and American old-time/bluegrass/Swedish string band The Goodbye Girls. Karlson performs original songs under the moniker Karl, having released debut album “Feast Day” on Lungbasket Recordings and will release upcoming album “And the Green Grass Grows all Around” in 2020. ...

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A growing creative musician deserving and being more and more in the spotlight, Brit leads a Boston group of Jazz improvisers to bring her choice music and leadership to the forefront displaying her unique vocabulary of creativity!

Bassist (& vocalist) Brittany Karlson is an adventurous musician with roots in jazz, American old time and bluegrass, and other improvised music.
She has become a bassist in demand from especially the Free Jazz and New Music (aka “other” improvised music), not only in Boston but beyond into other New England opportunities.
She has performed across the USA, Canada, and Europe in a variety of ensemble settings, including improvised trio Letter Castle and American old-time/bluegrass/Swedish string band The Goodbye Girls. Karlson performs original songs under the moniker Karl, having released debut album “Feast Day” on Lungbasket Recordings and will release upcoming album “And the Green Grass Grows all Around” in 2020.
She also has a solo project involving a comedic sound puppet show from behind the bass. As a visual artist, she makes finger puppets as well as collaborates with composer Steven Long to create collage work under the name Vanitas.
Karlson is an AmSAT certified Alexander Technique teacher and teaches private lessons in Jamaica Plain, Boston.
She received her Bachelor’s of Science degree in music from Berklee College of Music in 2015 in Performance on the double bass

Forbes Graham: more than Boston favorite, an internationally recognized improviser and conceptualist!
“There are hidden secrets in the horn and a host of musical linguists uncovering new languages…FORBES GRAHAM doesn’t ignore it. He embraces the blue note and turns it “magenta haze.” The Boston-area improviser sputters and attacks the trumpet with shark-attack notes before letting out a haunting whistled horn like a meditative Don Cherry, or a gruffled stutter like a duck being strangled. Essences…” (Miles Beyond: The New Sounds of Trumpet, NPR, August 2010)

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