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02/08 Friday

7:30 PM Nick Grondin Group/Jason Yeager Trio

7:30 Jason Yeager Trio

The Jason Yeager Trio is comprised of some of Boston's most exciting up-and-coming jazz talent. Featuring interactive group improvisation, original compositions and arrangements with influences that range from Israeli to Vietnamese to traditional jazz music, this band exhibits the kinds of camaraderie and joyful spirit that are contagious. For more information and to hear recordings, visit http://www.jasonyeager.com

Jason Yeager - piano
Tal Gamlieli - bass
Mike Gleichman - drums

8:30 Nick Grondin Group

The Nick Grondin Group is a quintet formed at Boston’s New England Conservatory of Music. The group is committed to connecting modern jazz to audiences in the same spirit as their influences: Brain Blade Fellowship, David Binney Group and Maria Schneider Orchestra.
The concert will feature personal compositions and arrangements which are built on melodies that sing, harmonies that evoke many moods, forms that tell a story and grooves that infect!
For bio, photos and recordings, visit http://www.NickGrondin.com

Nick Grondin—guitar, compositions
Aaron Kruziki—alto and soprano saxophones
Michel Reis—piano
Tal Gamlieli—double bass
Tyson Stubelek—drum set