Mark Shilansky & Fuge Mill at Jazz At The Arsenal Series at The Arsenal Center for the Arts

Bluegrass, Celtic, and Classical music, creating a complex yet attractive blend of musical styles and traditions. Original group pieces are featured side by side with music by such composers as Thelonious Monk, Leonard Cohen, and Samuel Barber. Violin and mandolin augment the quartet of piano, guitar, bass, and drums, creating a transparent and vibrant palette of improvisation and counterpoint. Members of the group combine their wide-ranging experience playing with such artists as Luciana Souza, Esperanza Spalding, Stevie Wonder, and Darol Anger, into a musical melange that explores diverse idioms, linked through improvisation and groove....

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Bluegrass, Celtic, and Classical music, creating a complex yet attractive blend of musical styles and traditions. Original group pieces are featured side by side with music by such composers as Thelonious Monk, Leonard Cohen, and Samuel Barber. Violin and mandolin augment the quartet of piano, guitar, bass, and drums, creating a transparent and vibrant palette of improvisation and counterpoint. Members of the group combine their wide-ranging experience playing with such artists as Luciana Souza, Esperanza Spalding, Stevie Wonder, and Darol Anger, into a musical melange that explores diverse idioms, linked through improvisation and groove.

Mark Shilansky - piano/voice
Eric Byers - guitars
Jason Anick - mandolin, violin
Greg Loughman - bass
Jordan Perlson - drums

with special guests:
Mimi Rabson - violin
Kathleen Flynn - soprano voice
David Thorne Scott - tenor voice


"[Fugue Mill] is...an especially fresh and inventive jazz album.” - Jon Garelick, Boston Globe
http://www.markshilansky.com

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