Natalie Cressman's Pentagram at Which Way West? Sunday Concert Series at Bird & Beckett Books and Records

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The 20-year-old trombonist of the Trey Anastasio Band (Phish) will be performing in the SF Bay Area for the first time in 2012 at Bird and Beckett Books this July. The project's vision is to expose the elasticity of genres, to push away musical boundaries and allow styles to blend into one another, and in the process create something refreshing and universal. Drawing on her upbringing saturated with Brazilian and Cuban rhythms, Cressman organically combines elements of jazz, folk, Indian music, and these African-based rhythms to form a refreshing hybrid unique to her own musical life experience.