The Don Byron 4tet at The Falcon

For over two decades, Don Byron, a recipient of the first Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, has been exploring widely divergent traditions while continually striving for what he calls "a sound above genre."
As clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, arranger, and social critic, he redefines every genre of music he plays, be it classical, salsa, hip-hop, funk, rhythm & blues, klezmer, or any jazz style from swing and bop to cutting-edge downtown improvisation.
He has been consistently voted best clarinetist by critics and readers alike in leading international music journals since being named “Jazz Artist of the Year” by Down Beatin 1992. Don’s 2006 Blue Note Records album, “DO THE BOOMERANG” - interpretations of the music of soul/R&B legend Junior Walker – is the inspiration for his current performing band....

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For over two decades, Don Byron, a recipient of the first Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, has been exploring widely divergent traditions while continually striving for what he calls "a sound above genre."
As clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, arranger, and social critic, he redefines every genre of music he plays, be it classical, salsa, hip-hop, funk, rhythm & blues, klezmer, or any jazz style from swing and bop to cutting-edge downtown improvisation.
He has been consistently voted best clarinetist by critics and readers alike in leading international music journals since being named “Jazz Artist of the Year” by Down Beatin 1992. Don’s 2006 Blue Note Records album, “DO THE BOOMERANG” - interpretations of the music of soul/R&B legend Junior Walker – is the inspiration for his current performing band.

Outstanding guitarist/composer Matthew Finck has performed and recorded with artists including Chris Barron, Nell Carter, Randy Brecker, John Medeski, and toured with trombonist Roswell Rudd. Matt formed his remarkable jazz/funk ensemble Fat Mink in 2005. The group has released a long awaited first album (2018).

Ben Perowsky’s notable career has placed him among a small vanguard of players able to move between jazz, experimental music and cutting edge pop and rock. He cut his teeth as a youth playing drums for the likes of Rickie Lee Jones, John Cale, Roy Ayers, James Moody, Bob Berg and Mike Stern. Ben broke ground driving back beats for NY bands Elysian Fields and Joan as Policewoman as well as John Lurie’s Lounge Lizards.

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