Jazz Articles about Marianne Osiel

Michael Bisio: NuMBq

by Mark Corroto
March 26, 2025

Michael Bisio borrows the phrase “and now for something completely different" from Monty Python's Flying Circus to describe his new quartet, NuMBq. Joining the bassist is longtime collaborator Jay Rosen on drums, along with two musicians traditionally rooted in classical music: violist Melanie Dyer and English horn player Marianne Osiel. With NuMBq, Bisio blurs the line between chamber music and jazz--but let's not confine this session to the Third Stream category. Early jazz-classical hybrids, such as Charlie Parker ...