Music:
Member Since: 1/25/2007
Band Members:
Connie Crothers, improvising pianist, has been recognized by crtiics for her originality, virtuosity and range of musical expression. Jean Quist described her: “...a lioness on the keyboard.†She has performed solo and with various groups in festivals, such as Berlin Jazztage, Jazz at Middleheim, Belgium, DuMaurier International Festival in Toronto, JVC New York Jazz Festival, New Music America Festival, Spoleto in Charleston, NC; concerts in Merkin Hall, NYC, Location One, NYC, De Singel, Belgium, BAM, NYC, Deep Listening Space, Kingston, NY, Carnegie Recital Hall, Bim House, Netherlands; jazz club performances include the Blue Note, the Village Vanguard, Birdland, Sweet Basil. Five of her CDs have been chosen by critics for their list of the best records of the year. She leads a quartet, featuring Richard Tabnik, Roger Mancuso, Ken Filiano. She has performed and recorded duo with Max Roach. She has performed with Lenny Popkin, Warne Marsh, Lee Konitz, Andy Fite, Carol Tristano, Jemeel Moondoc, Henry Grimes, Eddie Gomez, Ratzo Harris, Kevin Norton, Ben Manley, Jim Staley, Adam Lane, Bud Tristano, John McCutcheon, Ace Yamashita, poet Mark Weber. She was visiting jazz master at Harvard University; featured on Marian McPartland’s “Piano Jazz.†She is the founder and president of New Artists Records. She teaches improvisation.
Ken Filiano performs throughout the world, playing and recording with leading artists in jazz, spontaneous improvisation, classical, world/ethnic, and interdisciplinary performance, fusing the rich traditions of the double bass with his own seemingly limitless inventiveness. Critics have called him a "creative virtuoso," a "master of technique" . . . "a paradigm of that type of artist. . . who can play anything in any context and make it work, simply because he puts the music first and leaves peripheral considerations behind." An integral member of numerous ensembles, Ken also composes for his own trio with Michael Attias, Michael T.A. Thompson, and Tony Malaby. Performance credits include DuMaurier International Jazz Festival, Bergamo Jazz Festival, Tampere International Jazz Festival (Finland), Bumbershoot Festival, Texaco New York Jazz Festival, Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival, JVC New York Jazz Festival, Jazz em Agosto (Lisbon), the Charles Ives Festival, and concert stages including Carnegie Hall. Ken has played and/or recorded with artists and orchestras including Steve Adams, Bobby Bradford, Nels Cline, Alex Cline, Connie Crothers, Ted Dunbar, Giora Feidman, Georgian Chamber Orchestra, Vinny Golia, Francois Grillot; Lou Grassi, Ursel Schlicht, and Steve Swell; Richard Grossman, Fred Hess, Joseph Jarman; Raul Jaurena, The Aardvark Orchestra with Sheila Jordan; Joe Labarbera, Joelle Leandre, Frank London, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Tina Marsh, Warne Marsh, Dom Minasi, Barre Phillips, Don Preston, Bob Rodriguez, Roswell Rudd, ROVA Saxophone Quartet, Paul Smoker, Andrea Wolper, Pablo Ziegler, and numerous others. Ken teaches bass and improvisation. He is on the faculty of Mansfield University (PA)
Andrea Wolper vocalist and songwriter, has been described alternately as “an ensemble instrument†and a “recalcitrant problem child,†“entirely original†and “a singer with an uncanny emotional touch for the past 50 years of jazz.†Her recent release, “The Small Hours†(VarisOne.Jazz), earned high critical praise. In addition to being a member of TranceFormation, Andrea leads her own trio and quintet. Mixing genres, crossing boundaries, Andrea approaches all her music with an adventurous and organic improviser’s spirit. Performance credits include Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola/Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York JVC Jazz Festival, Sweet Rhythm (NYC), Makor (NYC), Iridium (NYC), International Society for Improvised Music's Inaugural Conference (Ann Arbor, MI), Jazz at the Cape (South Africa), Donne in Musica Festival (Italy), Hot Clube (Lisbon), Club Reduta (Prague), Oxident Club (Berlin), Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz, Fairfax Jazz Festival, First Night NY, “A Singers Celebration†at New York’s Blue Note, and numerous other concert, club, and festival stages. In addition to leading and touring with own group, she’s a member of an original music big band, and has appeared as a guest artist with numerous other jazz and improvising ensembles. Andrea teaches vocal technique at her studio in Brooklyn and at Victory Music School, and leads workshops on jazz essentials for vocalists, and on improvisation as a tool for releasing music with spontaneity and freedom, for all genres/instruments. She is a former president of International Women in Jazz and was on the Advisory Board of the Jazz Vocalist Coalition.
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Record Label: C: New Artists; K: Nine Winds; A: VarisOne.Jazz
Type of Label: Indie
