Sam Boshnack Quintet/Giordano & Albero at The Royal Room

Sam Boshnack Quintet returns!
After a 2-year hiatus, the Sam Boshnack Quintet returns with new members, new music and new gusto.

Composer/trumpeter Samantha Boshnack‘s small ensemble as a leader, the Sam Boshnack Quintet, thrashes and bounds through tightly-woven twists, tunnels and cliffs with the deftness and precision of a chamber ensemble and the weight of a rock band. Boshnack synthesizes a dazzling array of musical influences in her sophisticated yet fun, highly original compositions—from intricate chamber writing to lush jazz panoramas and funky brass band-inspired grooves....

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Sam Boshnack Quintet returns!
After a 2-year hiatus, the Sam Boshnack Quintet returns with new members, new music and new gusto.

Composer/trumpeter Samantha Boshnack‘s small ensemble as a leader, the Sam Boshnack Quintet, thrashes and bounds through tightly-woven twists, tunnels and cliffs with the deftness and precision of a chamber ensemble and the weight of a rock band. Boshnack synthesizes a dazzling array of musical influences in her sophisticated yet fun, highly original compositions—from intricate chamber writing to lush jazz panoramas and funky brass band-inspired grooves.
The band features some of Seattle’s most accomplished improvisers and has been hailed as “delightful, surprising….explorative and intriguing… phenomenally innovative musicians with a unique signature sound that owes as much to their, on the spot, ingenuity as to Boshnack’s original writing” (All About Jazz). The new line-up of the Sam Boshnack Quintet is: Samantha Boshnack (trumpets & compositions), Rex Gregory (clarinets), Alex Chadsey (piano, keyboards), Marina Christopher (bass) and Greg Campbell (drums).
In 2011, Boshnack created the Sam Boshnack Quintet. They released Exploding Syndrome in 2014 featuring Dawn Clement on piano. In 2017, the Sam Boshnack Quintet released Nellie Bly Project (Artists Recording Collective) to critical acclaim. Nellie Bly was a 19th-century daredevil feminist and journalist who worked within extreme confines to achieve great things for both the subjects she covered (including mental health and prison facilities), and for women in her field. The album moves between the narrative and abstract, creating an imaginative world that channels Bly’s groundbreaking spirit. The Sam Boshnack Quintet has toured many venues including; JazzPOP at Hammer Museum (Los Angeles), Center For New Music (San Francisco), Earshot Jazz Spring Series at Seattle Art Museum, Frye Art Museum (Seattle), Luna's Cafe (Sacramento), O'Shaughnessy Cultural Center (Whitefish, MT), among others.
ABOUT THE OPENER:
Brazil and Spain meet at a rhythmic crossroads in the music of Giordano and Albero. Their dance and song celebrating and empowering the Latin sisterhood started when playing music together around 2015. The connection continued beyond the stage and their friendship opened an artistic space where their life stories could turn into songs.
Adriana Giordano: vocals and songwriting
Marina Albero (2018 Earshot Golden Ear - Emerging Artist) : piano, hammered dulcimer and composition.

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