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• LEE KONITZ "SONGS"  (arr./cond. Ohad Talmor)

• LEE KONITZ NEW QUARTET:

• THE BIRTH OF THE COOL PROJECT

The John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble

2 Time Grammy Nominee/2011 Rising Star Jazz Big Band-Downbeat Critics Poll

December 2, 2009 - NYTimes
MUSIC REVIEW | JOHN HOLLENBECK
A Big Band Reaches for Bold Sounds

“Eternal Interlude” represents a major step forward. It’s richer, better developed and more aggressively orchestral;

its strangeness isn’t self-conscious. It’s the sound of a composer who’s really grown into himself." -  BEN RATLIFF

Personnel                                                                                     

Sax/Reeds: Ben Kono, Chris Speed or Jeremy Viner, Tony Malaby, Dan Willis, Alan Won                                                         

Trombone: Rob Hudson, Jacob Garchik, Alan Ferber,
Kurtis Pivert or Mike Christianson 
Trumpet: Jon Owens, Tony Kadleck, Dave Ballou, Laurie Frink
Bass: Kermit Driscoll Drums: John Hollenbeck
Piano: Gary Versace Mallets: Matt Moran                                   

Voice: Theo Bleckmann                                                          

Conductor: JC Sanford

johnhollenbeck.com

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The Michael Musillami Trio + 3

North American Tour- October 1-5, 2010              

(additional dates available, upon request)

Michael Musillami – electric guitar
Joe Fonda – bass
George Schuller – drums

Marty Ehrlich – alto saxophone
Ralph Alessi – trumpet
Matt Moran – vibraphone                 

 
DownBeat

-JAMES HALE, August 2009 Issue 

"From Seeds" -Playscape Records (Michael Musillami Trio +3):                                                                                    
"...Musillami has a tone that's impossible not to love...

a potent sextet, and the guitarist's writing provides a rich variety of settings."


All Music Guide
- Michael G. Nastos
"This sextet is potent, equally as able to turn on a dime, ride with the wind,

or hop aboard a freight train of steaming power and perseverance...

a marvelous new music recording of great depth and vision that retains its vibrancy upon repeated plays...highly recommended."

www.michaelmusillami.com

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Elliott Sharp

"ELECTRIC WILLIE" A Tribute to Willie Dixon

The Willie Dixon Project is a collaborative recording project with an all-star cast produced by composer and multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp.

The group includes the legendary guitarists Henry Kaiser and Glenn Phillips (of the Hampton Grease Band), the vocalists Eric Mingus

and Queen Esther, bassist Melvin Gibbs (Power Tools) and drummer Lance Carter (reknowned for his work with Sonny Sharrock, Cassandra Wilson,

and Sharp's Terraplane - sadly, his last work before passing from cancer.)  On the recording, E# plays guitar and console steel guitar.   

The group has arranged a number of Willie Dixon's classic songs and some of his less well-known ones as well.  The CD features high-powered

deep-soul vocals, raging guitars, and a behemoth rhythm section.  Now, with the upcoming release on Enja of the CD,  the Willie Dixon Project

is available for concert and festival appearances with drummer Don McKenzie (Vernon Reid's Masque).

Jazz Times

"One of the godfathers of the Downtown New York music scene, guitarist-composer Elliott Sharp has been conceiving experimental works

for a variety of small and large ensembles over the past 30 years...He remains as restlessly creative as ever, continuing to churn out

provocative new projects with remarkable regularity."