Eclectic Bands -3-3-22

Composers Concordance brings together three bands, each with distinctive voices and vibes, for an evening of high velocity music, as well as great food and drink at NYC's legendary venue, Birdland.

The show begins with pianist Michael Wolff, who’s worked with everyone from Cannonball Adderly and Wayne Shorter to Frank Sinatra and served as Band Leader for the Arsenio Hall Show. He'll lead his trio with Ben Allison on bass andVictor Jones on drums.

Bassist Dan Cooper, whose compositions have been described as "full of instrumental virtuosity and the sly humor" (Fanfare), shares the stage with flutistKaoru Watanabe, pianist Alon Nechushtan, and drummer Max Maples.

Gene Pritsker's (Joe Zawinul, Matrix Resurrections), Sound Liberation wraps up the evening with the premiere of a quintet plus spoken-word composition, Sadness Expensive Prayer, based on poems of Erik T. Johnson and Robert C. Ford. The exquisite Soprano Adriana Valdés, trumpeter Franz Hackl, bassist Melissa Slocum, and drummer Gene Lake 

join Sound Liberation in this performance.

Michael Wolff Trio:

Michael Wolff - piano

Ben Allison  - bass

Victor Jones  - drums

Dan Cooper Quartet:

Kaoru Watanabe - flute

Alon Nechushtan - piano

Dan Cooper - bass guitar

Max Maples - drums

Gene Pritsker’s Sound Liberation:

Adriana Valdés - voice

Erik T. Johnsons & Robert C. Ford - poets/recitation

Franz Hackl - trumpet

Gene Pritsker - electric guitar

Melissa Slocum - double bass

Gene Lake - drums