INGRID LAUBROCK'S UBATUBA at

Ubatuba’s music inhabits a compositional and structured realm but with an ease and flow allowing the camaraderie of the band to come through. The music, composed by the leader can be playful and engaging. The sound draws you in slowly, until you find yourself unexpectedly in the middle of her musical imagination. It toys with notions of time and meter, often suggesting there is none, only to snap into rhythm in an instant. Texture is not just just flourish or color, but as a rhythmic tool, with dissonances adjusting ever so slightly beneath the surface.

Ubatuba consists of cutting edge NY based musicians at home in Jazz, New Music as well as experimental music. Between them have performed with Anthony Braxton, Henry Threadgill, ICE, Mary Halvorson, David Torn, The Bad Plus and many others....

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Ubatuba’s music inhabits a compositional and structured realm but with an ease and flow allowing the camaraderie of the band to come through. The music, composed by the leader can be playful and engaging. The sound draws you in slowly, until you find yourself unexpectedly in the middle of her musical imagination. It toys with notions of time and meter, often suggesting there is none, only to snap into rhythm in an instant. Texture is not just just flourish or color, but as a rhythmic tool, with dissonances adjusting ever so slightly beneath the surface.

Ubatuba consists of cutting edge NY based musicians at home in Jazz, New Music as well as experimental music. Between them have performed with Anthony Braxton, Henry Threadgill, ICE, Mary Halvorson, David Torn, The Bad Plus and many others.

"Ingrid Laubrock has been on my watchlist for the last five years, she’s a saxophonist of substance and a bandleader who’s willing to do things her own way. Ubatuba is an excellent showcase for her forceful independence. The compositions are exceedingly well integrated into the improvising and it’s a pleasure to hear Tim Berne’s alto saxophone sounding wonderful in tandem with Laubrock and trombonist Ben Gerstein."- -John Corbett, Downbeat

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