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Billy Bang Trio Announces April Tour Dates
Billy Bang - Violin
Abbey Rader - Drums
Todd Nicholson - Bass
The Billy Bang Trio featuring Abbey Rader and Todd Nicholson is set to tour the Northeast in early April. The group will perform in Massachusetts, Vermont, and Maine, before coming to New York for a performance at the Bop Shop in Rochester. Billy Bang and Abbey Rader offer the opportunity to take part in a musical experience only to be offered by two modern masters of improvised music. Their chemistry provides a powerful source of energy documented on three albums in the last 6 years. Teamed with up-and-coming bassist Todd Nicholson, the trio is sure to offer an unforgettable journey.
Tour Dates:
Friday, April 9
Iron Horse
20 Center Street
Northampton, MA
(413) 584-0610
www.iheg.com
Saturday, April 10
Vermont Jazz Center
72 Cotton Mill Hill, Studio 222
Brattleboro, VT
(802) 254-9088
www.vtjazz.org
Sunday, April 11
Railroad Square Cinema
17 Railroad Square
Waterville, ME
(207) 873-4021
www.railroadsquarecinema.com
Tuesday, April 13
The Bop Shop
274 North Goodman Street
Rochester, NY
(585) 271-3354
www.bopshop.com
Billy Bang:
The violin is hardly the first instrument that comes to mind when you think about jazz, but that's never daunted Billy Bang, one of the instrument's most adventurous exponents. Over the past 26 years Bang's hard-edged tone, soulful sense of traditional swing and evocatively expressive style has enhanced over two dozen albums by top names in a variety of genres, from the blistering funk of Bootsy Collins and the harmolodic groove of Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society to the intergalactic uproar of Sun Ra.
(More information on Billy Bang)
Abbey Rader:
A powerful and relentless searcher for the union of spirit and body in his interpretations of rhythm and melody, Abbey Rader was raised in the Bronx and influenced by swing, bop, and free improv that were prevalent in his upbringing. Abbey lived in Europe in the late seventies and all through the eighties, where he performed with John Handy and Dr L. Subramaniam, the Gunter Hampel Big Band and Trio, and with Mal Waldron in quartet and trio. He also had his own band, the “Right Time". Most recently Mr. Rader is working and recording in duo with Billy Bang, and in duo with David Liebman.
(More information on Abbey Rader)
Todd Nicholson:
Born in 1972 in San Francisco, Todd Nicholson has been living and performing in New York for the past five years. He has been leading his own groups, the Otic Band, and Lemon Law Arbitration, for the past two years. These groups focus on his compositions and collective improvisations, and they have performed on a semiresidential basis at CBGB
Abbey Rader - Drums
Todd Nicholson - Bass
The Billy Bang Trio featuring Abbey Rader and Todd Nicholson is set to tour the Northeast in early April. The group will perform in Massachusetts, Vermont, and Maine, before coming to New York for a performance at the Bop Shop in Rochester. Billy Bang and Abbey Rader offer the opportunity to take part in a musical experience only to be offered by two modern masters of improvised music. Their chemistry provides a powerful source of energy documented on three albums in the last 6 years. Teamed with up-and-coming bassist Todd Nicholson, the trio is sure to offer an unforgettable journey.
Tour Dates:
Friday, April 9
Iron Horse
20 Center Street
Northampton, MA
(413) 584-0610
www.iheg.com
Saturday, April 10
Vermont Jazz Center
72 Cotton Mill Hill, Studio 222
Brattleboro, VT
(802) 254-9088
www.vtjazz.org
Sunday, April 11
Railroad Square Cinema
17 Railroad Square
Waterville, ME
(207) 873-4021
www.railroadsquarecinema.com
Tuesday, April 13
The Bop Shop
274 North Goodman Street
Rochester, NY
(585) 271-3354
www.bopshop.com
Billy Bang:
The violin is hardly the first instrument that comes to mind when you think about jazz, but that's never daunted Billy Bang, one of the instrument's most adventurous exponents. Over the past 26 years Bang's hard-edged tone, soulful sense of traditional swing and evocatively expressive style has enhanced over two dozen albums by top names in a variety of genres, from the blistering funk of Bootsy Collins and the harmolodic groove of Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society to the intergalactic uproar of Sun Ra.
(More information on Billy Bang)
Abbey Rader:
A powerful and relentless searcher for the union of spirit and body in his interpretations of rhythm and melody, Abbey Rader was raised in the Bronx and influenced by swing, bop, and free improv that were prevalent in his upbringing. Abbey lived in Europe in the late seventies and all through the eighties, where he performed with John Handy and Dr L. Subramaniam, the Gunter Hampel Big Band and Trio, and with Mal Waldron in quartet and trio. He also had his own band, the “Right Time". Most recently Mr. Rader is working and recording in duo with Billy Bang, and in duo with David Liebman.
(More information on Abbey Rader)
Todd Nicholson:
Born in 1972 in San Francisco, Todd Nicholson has been living and performing in New York for the past five years. He has been leading his own groups, the Otic Band, and Lemon Law Arbitration, for the past two years. These groups focus on his compositions and collective improvisations, and they have performed on a semiresidential basis at CBGB
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