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07/05 Monday
5:40 PM Yoga with Natalie
7:45 PM Jon Fisher Quartet
Jonathan Fisher, Nathan Berla-Shulock, Raviv Markovitz, and Isaac Haselkorn will play one set of local Boston jazz. The music will be fiery but well-contained, and certainly very enjoyable.
Jonathan Fisher is a pianist from Newton, MA and a student of sciences at Yale College. He has been playing piano since age five, and he has since studied jazz with Rusty Scott, David Zoffer, JoAnne Brackeen, Wayne Naus, and Charlie Banacos. His piano style has been shaped by Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, Chick Corea, and melodies that he whistles to himself when walking down the street.
Nathan is a saxophonist, flautist, composer, and music producer from Newton, MA. He is currently a student at Manhattan School of Music where he studies jazz performance with George Garzone. Other teachers of his have included Steve Slagle, Garry Dial, John Riley, and Kelly Roberge. He has performed with artists such as Rich Perry, Ingrid Jensen, Geoffrey Keezer, and Bo Winiker.
Raviv Markovitz is an acoustic and electric bassist from Lexington, MA and is currently a college student at Columbia University in New York City. He was selected as one of 15 semifinalists for the 2009 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Bass Competition, and was selected to the 2009 GRAMMY Jazz Ensemble, the 2010 YoungArts Jazz Fellows, and the 2008 Vail Jazz Workshop under John Clayton. He was a 2010 NFAA Silver Award Winner, and he attended the 2009 Stanford Jazz Residency and earned a scholarship to the 2007 Berklee 5-week Summer Performance Program. He has won awards at the Berklee High School Jazz Festival, the Clark Terry UNH Jazz Festival, and various IAJE Festivals and has performed at venues such as Symphony Hall, the Berklee Performance Center, and Jordan Hall. He has studied with musicians such as Charlie Banacos, Bruce Gertz, John Clayton, Ben Waltzer, and Ugonna Okegwo.
Boston resident and native Isaac Haselkorn is one of the hardest working drummers around. Having finished his second year at Berklee College of Music, he performs regularly in venues and clubs in and around the Boston area. Isaac was recently accepted into Berklee's new Global Jazz Institute, and will continue to refine his artistic self under the instruction of Danilo Perez as well as other jazz greats.
10:22 PM The Fringe
The Fringe are one of the genuine living treasures of the Boston jazz scene. Originally formed back in 1971 by tenor-saxophonist George Garzone, bassist Richard Appleman, and drummer Bob Gullotti as an outlet for their free jazz improvisations, The Fringe have entertained and enlightened Boston area jazz audiences for over 30 years. Bassist Appleman left the band in 1985 to become Chairman of the Bass Department at Berklee College and was replaced by veteran bassist John Lockwood.
Along with their impressive tenure with The Fringe, Gullotti, Garzone, and Lockwood are in great demand as session players and have played with many of the greats of contemporary jazz. Along with keeping up with a busy performance schedule, each of them are well-respected educators helping to inspire the jazz musicians of tomorrow.