Mike Rood / Drew Gress / Colin Stranahan TRIO at Bar Next Door

Mike Rood (guitar), Drew Gress (bass) and Colin Stranahan (drums).

Hailed as "one of the best and brightest of the new generation" and "a master guitarist and composer" with “a wonderfully fresh approach to the guitar” and “an ambitious and unique musical vision” by All About Jazz, HiFi Magazine, and Just Jazz Guitar Magazine, guitarist and composer Mike Rood recently released his tour de force debut album of original music, The Desert and the City, to international critical acclaim.

Bassist/composer Drew Gress performs extensively with artists on the cutting edge of contemporary improvised music, heard within the ensembles of John Abercrombie, Ralph Alessi, Tim Berne, Don Byron, Uri Caine, Bill Carrothers, Ravi Coltrane, Marc Copland, Mark Feldman, Fred Hersch, John Hollenbeck, Tony Malaby, and John Surman....

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Mike Rood (guitar), Drew Gress (bass) and Colin Stranahan (drums).

Hailed as "one of the best and brightest of the new generation" and "a master guitarist and composer" with “a wonderfully fresh approach to the guitar” and “an ambitious and unique musical vision” by All About Jazz, HiFi Magazine, and Just Jazz Guitar Magazine, guitarist and composer Mike Rood recently released his tour de force debut album of original music, The Desert and the City, to international critical acclaim.

Bassist/composer Drew Gress performs extensively with artists on the cutting edge of contemporary improvised music, heard within the ensembles of John Abercrombie, Ralph Alessi, Tim Berne, Don Byron, Uri Caine, Bill Carrothers, Ravi Coltrane, Marc Copland, Mark Feldman, Fred Hersch, John Hollenbeck, Tony Malaby, and John Surman.

Colin stranahan is among the most sought- after drummers in the country, working with such artists as Kurt Rosenwinkel, Johnathan Kreisberg, Fred Hersch, Dan Tepfer, David Binney, and many others. He recently won 3rd prize in the 2012 Thelonious Monk International Drums Competition.

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