Bpd Trio: Baczkowski / Padmanabha / Dejesus at Bop Shop Records

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Buffalo-based baritone saxophonist/improviser Steve Baczkowski performs solo, in trio with drummer Ravi Padmanabha & bassist Brian DeJesus (BPD Trio), and in frequent collaborations with guitarist Bill Nace, drummer Chris Corsano & bassist Brandon Lopez. A widely-acclaimed trio LP Mystic Beings (with Corsano & Nace) was released by Open Mouth Records in December 2018 and Old Smoke, a live recording with Corsano and Lopez was released on CD by Relative Pitch Records in April 2019. (https://relativepitchrecords.bandcamp.com/album/old-smoke) A new LP Open Door highlighting Baczkowski's 20-year duo collaboration with Ravi Padmanabha was recently released on Padmanabha’s Good Karma/Bad Karma Records and the Lopez Trio, with drummer Gerald Cleaver, will have it’s 2nd release on Relative Pitch in 2022.