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04/24 Saturday
7:00 PM Inman Review: meet & greet /w poetry readings and maybe some acoustic music
10:00 PM Jason Rigby
JASON RIGBY QUINTET
Jason Rigby - tenor & soprano saxophones
Russ Johnson - trumpet
Mike Holober - rhodes
Cameron Brown - bass
Jeff Hirshfield - drums
>>>The Sage QUINTET is a powerhouse ensemble formed to explore group improvisation with the twists and turns of a two-horn front line mixed with the dynamic sound of the Fender Rhodes electric piano. The band was formed conceptually out of the influences of Miles' 70's electric bands, Ornette Coleman's explorations with Don Cherry and Dewey Redman, and Jack DeJohnette's mid-70's work - all culminating in a modern mixture of grooves, free melodies, psychedelic sounds, and angular horn lines. This performance comes off the heels of the group's critically acclaimed 2009 Fresh Sound Records release The Sage. The QUINTET will be performing newly penned Rigby originals, as well as some material from the record.<<<
"...the saxophonist's quintet sustains a daunting finesse while swinging full tilt on the new The Sage."
- Jim Macnie, The Village Voice
"Rigby's burly tenor tone and searching improvisations recall the expressionistic flights of Ornette Coleman and Joe Henderson."
- John Murph, DownBeat
NEWS RELEASE
New York-based tenor saxophonist Jason Rigby has been hailed as "a truly lyrical musician" and "New York's rising star of tenor sax." John Murph of Downbeat states: "Rigby's burly tenor tone and searching improvisations recall the expressionistic flights of Ornette Coleman and Joe Henderson." An earthy voice that deftly combines many influences - critics recognize in Rigby the creative mindset of Wayne Shorter, the energy of John Coltrane, and the elasticity and compositional style of Ornette Coleman and Paul Motian. Jason Rigby is rapidly attracting the attention of the music world as a saxophonist and composer who has something important to say.
Rigby first received critical acclaim for his debut album Translucent Space, which put his name solidly on the map of modern creative music. It was listed by Wire Magazine as one of the Top Jazz and Improv Recordings of 2006 and praised in The New York Times, The Village Voice, Saxophone Journal, and other periodicals of note.
Jason rigby's sophomore release, The Sage, which features this quintet, instantly received stellar reviews for its compositional expansiveness and cutting-edge improvisation. Focusing his attention on organic spontaneity, Rigby's concept involves creating sonic beauty with experimentation, group interaction and musical development. Not bound to traditional harmony, he bases many of his fresh-sounding originals on free-style melodies and ostinato rhythmic patterns.
Since moving to New York, Jason Rigby has performed with Mark Guiliana, the Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, David Binney, Eivind Opsvik, Tony Malaby and Cameron Brown. He has led his own bands on record and in venues in the US and Europe.