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Tangria Jazz

The Tangria Jazz Group is acclaimed as one of the up and coming jewels of the Bay Area jazz scene. This group’s unique blend of fire, intensity and sensitivity sets them apart, moving audiences to new heights and drawing them into the closest confines of intimacy. Formed in the spring of 1997, the Tangria Jazz Group has developed a rich, captivating sound that brings new contributions to bear upon the genres of Latin and straight-ahead jazz. Each player brings an individual style to the group, always keeping Tangria’s sound interesting and dynamic. Their influences range from Ellington to Jobim, from Miles Davis to Joe Henderson

Tangria Jazz Group

By Tangria Jazz

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2008
Track listing: Nature Boy; Israel; Impressions; Teach Yourself to Live Elsewhere; Isotope; Bamako Love Walk; Black Nile.

Tangria Jazz Group: Tangria Jazz Group

by Michael P. Gladstone
April 16, 2008

On their third release, the self-titled Tangria Jazz Group continues to impress. With lots of positive press from the San Francisco Bay Area this trio, led by drummer/composer Sheryl Mebane with keyboardist Simon Rochester and bassist Justin Hellman, is thoroughly interactive and entertaining. Founded in 1997, Tangria Jazz Group has evolved with its most ...

Tangria Jazz Group: Tangria Jazz Group

by C. Michael Bailey
January 30, 2008

Tangria Jazz Group is what happens when the academy gets bored in the classroom and decides to go blow in the studio. The trio's first recording, Songs From Lady Bird was inspired by drummer/percussionist/physical chemist Sheryl Mebane's jazz novel Lady Bird (Pearl Street, 2003). Mebane's Eleven: Tunes for Two (Blastfamous, 2007) featured an abundance of original ...

Mebane's Eleven: Tunes for Two

By Tangria Jazz

Label: Blastfamous Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Teach Yourself To Live Elsewhere; Money Time; Warm; Ethan

Tangria Jazz Group: Mebane's Eleven: Tunes for Two

by C. Michael Bailey
June 28, 2007

The Tangria Jazz Group is ostensibly a jazz piano trio made up of brainiacs from all over the map. Drummer and composer Dr. Sheryl Mebane is an environmental chemist, bassist Justin Hellman is a product of the music department at the University of California, Berkeley where keyboardist Simon Rochester is currently conducting physics research. So, what ...