Bernhard Haaks Quintet at Cupping Room Cafe

Bernhard Haaks Quintet,
featuring Mr. Charles Ellerbee ,guitar ( Ornette Coleman’s Prime Time Band ),
Frederika Krier, violin,
Melissa Aldana, sax,
David Ambrosio, bass,
Bernhard Haaks, drums.

The Quintet will perform works by Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and others.
As a longtime band member of Ornette Coleman’s Prime Time Band, setting international standards for all following avant-garde bands, Mr. Charles Ellerbee toured worldwide for fourteen years and has also worked with the Sun Ra Arkestra, Noel Pointer, Charles Earland and others....

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Bernhard Haaks Quintet,
featuring Mr. Charles Ellerbee ,guitar ( Ornette Coleman’s Prime Time Band ),
Frederika Krier, violin,
Melissa Aldana, sax,
David Ambrosio, bass,
Bernhard Haaks, drums.

The Quintet will perform works by Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and others.
As a longtime band member of Ornette Coleman’s Prime Time Band, setting international standards for all following avant-garde bands, Mr. Charles Ellerbee toured worldwide for fourteen years and has also worked with the Sun Ra Arkestra, Noel Pointer, Charles Earland and others.

Frederika Krier has worked with Steve Lacy, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jojo Kuo ( Fela), Juini Booth ( Sun Ra Arkestra ), Dennis Davis ( David Bowie, George Benson ), and many others.

Melissa Aldana has performed at the New Orleans Jazz Festival, the Blue Note, the Lincoln Center as well as some of the most prominent Jazz venus in Spain.
She is considered by Greg Osby and George Garzone as the most prominent young saxophonist in Jazz today.

David Ambrosio is a high in demand bassist in New York City. He has performed with Jazz greats as Kenny Werner, Terry Gibbs and Buddy DeFranco, George Garzone and many others and is part of many groups including George Schuller’s Circle Wide.

Bernhard Haaks has worked with Al DeFino, ( guitarist with Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and many others ), international concert pianist and Jazz Cabaret Singer Ms. Julie Holtzman, and others. Currently he is leading his nine piece Ensemble Blue Moon, merging Jazz, Classical and New Music.

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