Member Since: 4/2/2008
Band Members: DAVE FOX - piano, keyboards
BRUCE EISENBEIL - guitar
PAT LAWRENCE - acoustic bass
JON-MARC RYAN DALE - drums
DAVE FOX
received his B.A and M.A. in Piano Performance from UNC-Greensboro. He is currently completing his doctoral studies at Columbia University. He has been a full-time faculty member at Greensboro College since 1996. Fox founded and curates the Greensboro College Music Department’s Improvising Music Series, which features guest artists and local musicians performing improvisational collaborations. Some of the notable performers on this series have been Frank Gratkowski, Martin Klapper, Numinous Opposum, Hannes Loeschel, Tara Flandreau, Carrie Schull, and Eugene Chadbourne. Each of Dave’s CD’s have received critical acclaim. His music has been reviewed in major publications around the world.
As founder (2003) and curator of the Greensboro College “Improvising Music†Series
Mr. Fox has performed with many artists from around the world.
A brief listing of the musicians Dave has performed with include:
Han Bennink, Eugene Chadbourne, Bruce Eisenbeil, Frank Gratkowski, Jimmy Carl Black,Susan Alcorn, Antasten Duo, Andrew Voight, Morgan Gruberman, Ian Davis,
Martin Klapper,Scott Manring,David Doyle,Carrie Schull,Steve Flinn,Katsu Itakura,
Pulsoptional,Yelena Eckemoff Quartet
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY:
If These Songs Could Talk (2007) - The Dave Fox Group - Bigdog Applewood Records
ORM (2006) - Gratkowski / Fox/Menestre/Davis - Umbrella Records
The Foxbourne Chronicles (2005) - Eugene Chadbourne/ Dave Fox - Assembled Sound
Dedication Suite (2005) - Solo Piano - Umbrella Records
Gatewalk (2004) - The Dave Fox Group - Assembled Sound
The Greg Hyslop Trio (1999) - Greg Hyslop/Charles Gambetta/Dave Fox - Rockduster Records
FutureBach (1994) - Ivan Battle/ Barbra Hill/Dave Fox (producer) -Rockduster Records
FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES include:
2008 Greensboro, NC: Bicentennial Celebration
2007 Winston Salem Jazz Festival, NC
2007 Chadfest at the Stone, NYC
2007 Pidemont Jazz Festival
2006 Bellsouth Jazz and Blues Festival, Winston Salem, North Carolina
2006 Strasbourg Museum of Modern Art, Strasbourg, France
2006 Musique Action Festival: Nancy, France
2006 Piedmont Jazz Festival
1994-2000 Pianist in the US Air Jazz Orchestra, with performances in {Philadelphia, New York City, Dallas, San Fransisco, Kansa City, Salt Lake City, and the European cities of Frankfurt, Nurenburg, Eindhoven, Graz
email: [email protected]
website: www.davefoxgroup.com
www.arselect.com
BRUCE EISENBEIL
â€Remarkable†• "A distinctive voice. About as revolutionary as music can actually get."
~ The Wire
Bruce Eisenbeil is a composer, improviser, and guitar instrumentalist who has dedicated his life to the advancement of modern guitar techniques through the growth and evolution of modern improvised music. He has nine CD’s released and has performed throughout the USA, Canada, Japan, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Brasil, and at many festivals. Eisenbeil has been living in New York City since 1995 and he has collaborated with many fine musicians including:
Cecil Taylor, David Murray, Milford Graves, Evan Parker, Ellery Eskelin, Andrew Cyrille, William Parker, Dave Fox, Katsuyuki Itakura, Micheal Manring, Lukas Ligeti, Klaus Kugel, Shiro Onuma, Perry Robinson, Peter Evans, Rob Brown, Lou Grassi, Nate Wooley, Nasheet Waits and many others.
FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES include:2007 Edgefest (Ann Arbor, Michigan), 2006 Montreal Jazz Festival,
2006 Silent Art Festival(Bochum, Germany), 2005 Silent Art Festival(Cologne, Germany), 2001 Vision Festival, 1998 CMJ Music Conference, 1997 Texaco New York Jazz Festival, 1997 Buffalo Interprov Festival, 1997 Philadelphia Mellon Jazz Festival, 1997 Trenton Avant-garde Festival
1997 Philadelphia Fringe Festival, 1997 CMJ Music Conference
1996 Philadelphia PSFS-Mellon Jazz Festival
Eisenbeil’s 2007 release INNER CONSTELLATION got over 30 critically acclaimed reviews worldwide and was voted one of the Top 10 Jazz CD’s in 2007 by:
Ken Waxman (Coda),Budd Kopman (All About Jazz), Stuart Broomer (Village Voice),Eyal Hareuveni (All About Jazz) and Improv.hu (Hungary)
Eisenbeil’s work has been featured with cover story’s in All About Jazz (west coast - November 2007) and CADENCE. He has been interviewed in AVANT(England). The readers and writers of Cadence Jazz Magazine voted his third CD, OPIUM, one of the top 10 new jazz releases of 2002.
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY:
TOTEM: EISENBEIL/BLANCARTE/DRURY - SOLAR FORGE(ESP)
BRUCE EISENBEIL SEXTET - INNER CONSTELLATION (Nemu 007)
THE NABOBS - NIXON IS DEAD? (Konnex 5190)
EISENBEIL / KUGEL PROJECT - CARNIVAL SKIN (Nemu 003)
BRUCE EISENBEIL QUARTET - OPIUM (CIMP 241)
BRUCE EISENBEIL’S CROSSCURRENT TRIO - MURAL (CIMP 194)
BRUCE EISENBEIL TRIO - NINE WINGS (CIMP 144)
STEPHEN FLINN TRIO - KEEP THE METER RUNNING (Nine Winds 0246)
STEVE SWELL’S PARTICLE DATA GROUP (Cadence 1139)
STATE OF THE UNION 2001 - Compiled by Elliott Sharp
PAT LAWRENCE
Pat Lawrence was born in Ft. Wayne, Indiana where he began playing the bass when he was 14. In 1989 he moved to Chicago to be immersed in its rich music scene where he lived for 14 years playing in a wide variety of contexts including jazz, rock, improvised, and classical music. Pat performed with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and has performed under such conductors as Zubin Mehta and Daniel Barenboim. Being strongly drawn to Chicago’s burgeoning free music scene he had the opportunity to
play with some of the cities best improvising musicians such as Gene Colemans Ensemble NoAmnesia, Guillermo Gregorio, Jim O’Rourke, Fred Lomberg-holm, and Tim Mulvenna.
After relocating south Pat has continued to foster long distance collaborations. Most recently with Chicago musician/video artist Robbie Lynn Hunsinger on the short experimental film "Waterwind" and a new recording with the New York City guitarist Bruce Eisenbiel. In North Carolina Pat continues to follow his many interests as both a studio and freelance musician playing in many genres and with the areas finest improvisors including Eugene Chadbourne, the duo Go! with Mahlon Hoard, and The Dave Fox Group.
JON-MARC RYAN DALE
Jon-Marc Ryan Dale has been the most sought after jazz percussionist around North Carolina since his appearance with the UNC-G Jazz ensemble’s CD entitled “Vision.†Mr. Dale was born in High-Point North Carolina where he began his journey into music at an early age. He began playing drums when he was eight. He has toured the United States and he has performed and/or recorded with many artists including: John Scofield, Wycliffe Gordon, Chris Potter, Terri Lynn Carrington, Chad Eby, Steve Haines, Robin Eubanks, John Salmon, Mark Mazzatenta, Fred Wesley, and others.
Mr. Dale was with the UNC-G Jazz Ensemble when they were the first group from North Carolina to perform at the Dizzy Club Coca-Cola at Lincoln Center. Mr. Dale graduated with a B.A. in Jazz Performance from the Miles Davis jazz program at UNC-G. A variety of performing and recording projects keep him busy. Currently Mr. Dale resides in Greensboro with his wife Kelly where he works with local jazz artists on a regular basis.
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: Indie