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Lily Maase

A graduate of the University of North Texas's esteemed Jazz Studies program, Lily Maase first fell in love with the guitar at the age of seven. In the decades since, she has performed and recorded as a jazz, classical, and rock guitarist, established herself as a highly sought-after private instructor and come into her own as a young and adventurous composer. As a leader, Lily has recorded two albums of her own music, Natural Disasters (2004) with the Lily Maase Quartet and aftermath (2005) with LM5 (…the lily maase quintet…). The Dallas Observer recently honored LM5 with a nomination for Best Jazz Group in their 2005 Music Awards, and aftermath was recently acclaimed as a "superior effort by a very talented composer" by AllAboutJazz.com. As a sideman, Lily has appeared with the University of North Texas 3 and 4 O'Clock Lab Bands, performed West Side Story with the Denton Musical Theater Company, become the primary classical guitarist for the Jeff Cook Ensemble, and worked with keyboardist R. C. Williams (Erykah Badu). She recently received a scholarship to attend the 2005 Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music, where she studied with Mark Dresser, Dave Douglas, Susie Ibarra and over a dozen other professional musicians. Lily currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she freelances, plays with her quintet and works with Walter Thompson's New York Soundpainting Orchestra.

Press:

"Aftermath is a superior effort by a very talented composer."
-Budd Kopman, allaboutjazz.com.
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"Free-form jazz that [builds] groove and texture without getting cheesy. Maase's guitarwork...[strikes] an impressive balance between improv and restraint."
Sam Machkovech, the Dallas Observer

"If you have seen her live, or heard her recordings, I hope you have realized what a treasure Lily is."
-David West, the Denton Record Chronicle

theSuiteUnraveling at the Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC

by Budd Kopman
December 21, 2007

theSuiteUnraveling at the Cornelia Street CaféCornelia Street CaféNew York City, New YorkNovember 30, 2007 theSuiteUnraveling is guitarist/composer Lily Maase's working quintet comprised of Peter Van Huffel (alto and soprano saxophones), whose own album Silvester Battlefield (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2007) was released to high acclaim, Evan Smith (tenor saxophone), Matt Wigton (electric bass) and Fred Kennedy (drums). This gig was tied to a CD release party for her new album Unbind, which was a ...

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Album Review

Lily Maase: Unbind

by Budd Kopman
December 16, 2007

With the release of the outstanding Unbind, guitarist/composer Lily Maase continues to hone her musico-philosophic voice. She and her quintet, theSuiteUnraveling have created music that lives at the boundaries of jazz and progressive or art rock, being neither and both, with a message that is profoundly uplifting. The band is different from that on her previous release Aftermath (LMS, 2005) released more than two years ago. That was her Texas band, while theSuiteUnraveling is her New York ...

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Live Review

theSuiteUnraveling at 55Bar

by Budd Kopman
July 26, 2006

theSuiteUnraveling55Bar55 Christopher StreetGreenwich Village, NYCJuly 12, 2006 theSuiteUnraveling, Lily Maase's current New York group, played the early show at 55Bar to a good crowd. The gig started late because Maase's guitar decided to buzz uncontrollably, and she ran uptown, returning with an Ibanez in a cardboard box. It served its purpose, despite the fact that it refused to stay in tune, and that its electronics behaved differently than her main axe.

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Album Review

Lily Maase: Aftermath

Read "Aftermath" reviewed by Budd Kopman

by Budd Kopman
June 23, 2005

If the releases from the Between the Lines label fall at the classical/composed end of the jazz continuum, then Aftermath belongs in the fusion/experimental corner of the jazz universe. Its rhythms are closer to rock than jazz; the keyboards are electric, as is the bass; and the general vibe goes beyond solo improvising in front of the rest of the band. Labels can be misleading, of course, but one has to start somewhere. The LM5 would absolutely ...

Performance / Tour

21 Century Schizoid Music (Mon) Joe Fonda (Tue) Soul of the Blues (Wed) Gnu Vox Vocal Series (Thu) Lily Maase (Fri) This Week at Cornelia Street Cafe

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 26, 2007

CORNELIA STREET CAFE 29 Cornelia Street, NYC 212-989-9319 between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village 1 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, V, F to West 4th St. This Week At Cornelia Street Cafe Mon Nov 26, 8:30PM 21 CENTURY SCHIZOID MUSIC PRESENTS GENE CAPRIOGLIO Gene Caprioglio with his drone group and Italian wedding band Le Nozze di Carlo Cover $10 http://www.cdroots.com/ndc-1.html Tue Nov ...
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Performance / Tour

Roulette and Lily Maase present re:Disconnect // a long song for many people

Source: All About Jazz
September 25, 2006

Wednesday, September 27 Roulette: Location One 20 Greene Street (between Canal and Grand) New York, New York 8:30--11 pm $15 / $10 students

Guitarist, composer, and mixed media artist Lily Maase teams up with laptop extraordinary Christian Pincock to present re:Disconnect, her latest experiment in sonic architecture.

Presented as part of Roulette's fall 2006 concert series (www.roulette.org), re:Disconnect is part chamber performance, part multimedia installation, part long-form work ...
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