Michael Bisio Solo Performance at Elysium Furnace Works at Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center

"The physicality of Mr. Bisio's bass playing puts him in touch with numerous predecessors in the avant-garde, but his expressive touch is distinctive." — Nate Chinen, NY Times

"Bisio's playing appears to be produced by sorcery." — Frank Rubolino, Cadence Magazine

"Bisio's playing exemplifies the physical and sensory aspects of the bass; it infiltrates the listener beyond the ears. The artist is a working musician who digs down deep to create an air of generous harmonics and a profoundly earthy timbre that compares to Charlie Haden's freest playing. What we have heard from Bisio in recent years is the emergence of a powerful composer and leader.” — Karl Ackermann, from his 4-star review of Inimitable, All About Jazz...

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"The physicality of Mr. Bisio's bass playing puts him in touch with numerous predecessors in the avant-garde, but his expressive touch is distinctive." — Nate Chinen, NY Times

"Bisio's playing appears to be produced by sorcery." — Frank Rubolino, Cadence Magazine

"Bisio's playing exemplifies the physical and sensory aspects of the bass; it infiltrates the listener beyond the ears. The artist is a working musician who digs down deep to create an air of generous harmonics and a profoundly earthy timbre that compares to Charlie Haden's freest playing. What we have heard from Bisio in recent years is the emergence of a powerful composer and leader.” — Karl Ackermann, from his 4-star review of Inimitable, All About Jazz

Elysium Furnace Works returns in 2022 with a half-dozen performances by some of the most of the world's most talented, accomplished musicians. EFW also launches its first foray in presenting music beyond our longtime Beacon homebase with our first concerts at the exquisite Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center (CHAC) in Poughkeepsie, NY.

To kick off our 2022 season, EFW will present the extraordinary double bassist Michael Bisio performing a solo recital on July 30 at CHAC in support of his new, already-acclaimed solo recording Inimitable on Mung Music.

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