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Event

Medeljazz Quartet Featuring Laurent Medelgi At Rockwood Music Hall Stage 1 On March 30

Source: Laurent Medelgi
March 28, 2023

Midnight Show Get Tickets Rockwood Music Hall 196 Allen St New York, NY 10002 Guitarist and composer Laurent Medelgi returns to New York to premiere music from his latest release Versature. In creating post bop modern jazz sounds conveyed by his compositions, Medelgi has assembled a team of some of the best and most current players in the Big Apple including: Lex Torken: piano Marcos Valera: bass Colin Stranahan: drums “Beautiful album!”—Robert L. Smith, Oscar ...

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Recording

Laurent Medelgi project ~ Live in The Village ~ Available Today

Source: Laurent Medelgi
January 10, 2011

Remastered and mixed by Medelgi himself, Live in The Village features extended and revisited versions of original compositions first released on Diverses. Laurent composed for a ten piece band, but only eight band members were featured on the bill: Yutaka Uchida drums Danny Zanker Upright Bass Bartosz haddala Piano Adrianna Mollelo Violin Will Martina Cello Benjamin Drazen Tenor Sax Les rogers Trumpet An unusual line up provides for ...

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