Randal Despommier & Jason Yeager Quintet at Williamsburg Music Center

Pianist/composer Jason Yeager and saxophonist/composer Randal Despommier make their debut at the Williamsburg Music Center, presenting original music, as well as masterpieces by Monk, Ornette Coleman, and other iconoclastic composers. Melding the fiery energy of jazz improvisation with the nuanced orchestrations of chamber music, Yeager and Despommier recently celebrated the release of their new collaborative album, All At Onceness, on Red Piano Records. This genre- and centuries-spanning amalgam is a soulful mix of improvisational arrangements of Baroque, Romantic, twentieth-century, and contemporary pieces. Joining the duo are three of New York's most adventurous up-and-coming jazz artists: bassist Tyrone Allen, drummer Sebastian Kuchczynski, and trumpeter Noah Halpern. ...

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Pianist/composer Jason Yeager and saxophonist/composer Randal Despommier make their debut at the Williamsburg Music Center, presenting original music, as well as masterpieces by Monk, Ornette Coleman, and other iconoclastic composers. Melding the fiery energy of jazz improvisation with the nuanced orchestrations of chamber music, Yeager and Despommier recently celebrated the release of their new collaborative album, All At Onceness, on Red Piano Records. This genre- and centuries-spanning amalgam is a soulful mix of improvisational arrangements of Baroque, Romantic, twentieth-century, and contemporary pieces. Joining the duo are three of New York's most adventurous up-and-coming jazz artists: bassist Tyrone Allen, drummer Sebastian Kuchczynski, and trumpeter Noah Halpern.

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