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04/24 Friday
7:00 PM Frank Carlberg Quintet
celebrating the new CD release
"The American Dream" on Red Piano Records
Red Piano Records, a new, artist run, Brooklyn based recording label, could not have chosen a more auspicious musical event for its debut release than pianist/composer Frank Carlberg’s The American Dream.
Brilliantly conceived and stunningly executed by an ensemble (made up) of some of Mr. Carlberg’s most reliable and longstanding associates, The American Dream is a jazz suite cum political cri de couer built around 12 short poems by the late Robert Creeley. The poems have been situated by Mr. Carlberg in musical contexts that extend and enhance the linguistic economy and emotional candor that characterize much of Mr. Creeley’s greatest work.
featuring
Christine Correa-voice
John O'Gallagher-saxophones
Frank Carlberg-piano
Jorge Roeder-bass
Michael Sarin-drums
Cover $10
Carlberg does a masterful job blending the music and words, the results sounding so organic. The melodies wrap around the words with ease and the solos never seem obligatory. His music is melodic, challenging, intelligent, and fiercely original. Many projects that attempt to blend poetry with creative music sound stilted but, over his career, Carlberg has proven that one can take these two art forms and make something quite special.
-Richard Kamins-Hartford Courant-
“with its on-the-mark musical, vocal and piano interpretations, adventurous rhythm section explorations and expressive dual sax playing, Carlberg has shown that sh*t can flow uphill In The Land of Art”.
-Elliott Simon-AllAboutJazz-
“…..both a romp and a haunt, joyful and grey, this music streams with nourishing beauty”.
-Dan Oullette-DownBeat-
10:00 PM Allan Chase, Joe Berkovitz and Bruno Råberg
Duos and Trios
Saxophonist Allan Chase, pianist Joe Berkovitz and bassist Bruno Råberg join forces for an intimate performance of duos and trios. They will play an eclectic mix of original compositions, jazz standards, free improvisations, and world music.
ALLAN CHASE is a jazz saxophonist and composer, and chairs the Ear Training department at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He is a former Dean of Faculty and chair of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Improvisation at New England Conservatory, and has also taught at Tufts University. He grew up in Phoenix and studied composition at Arizona State University, jazz at New England Conservatory, and ethnomusicology at Tufts University. He appears as a soloist on over 35 recordings with artists including Rashied Ali, John McNeil, Bruno Råberg, Joe Morris, John Zorn, and Gunther Schuller, and two CDs of his own featuring Lewis Nash and Matt Wilson.
JOE BERKOVITZ is a Boston-based pianist, composer and teacher with a style spanning many genres, from jazz to medieval music to funk. He attended New England Conservatory, where he studied with Jaki Byard, Ran Blake and George Russell among others. He has performed live with clarinetist Don Byron, and appears on Byron's Elektra/Nonesuch Recordings "The Tuskegee Experiments". He is also a co-founder of the Boston Improvisors' Group.
BRUNO RÅBERG is an internationally renowned bass player and composer. Since coming to the US from his native Sweden, he has made six recordings as a leader, about 30 as a sideman, and has performed numerous world-class artists. His latest recording, Lifelines (2008), features Chris Cheek sax, Ben Monder guitar, Matt Wilson and Ted Poor drums. Artists Råberg has performed with include Jerry Bergonzi, Sam Rivers, Donny McCaslin, Billy Hart, Mick Goodrick, Bruce Barth, Jim Black, and John Medeski.
For more info please visit www.brunoraberg.com