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Gotham Wind Symphony

Gotham Wind Symphony is a NYC-based 45-member wind band founded in 2002. The members have performing experience with: Maria Schneider, John Hollenbeck, Vanguard Orchestra, Westchester Jazz Orchestra, Anthony Braxton, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Buddy Rich, Kanye West, Steely Dan, Philip Glass, New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera, New York City Ballet and the American Symphony.

The breadth of talent has led the GWS to record, perform and commission new works for wind band by: Thad Jones, Mike Holober, James Chirillo, Scott Robinson, John Hollenbeck, Bill Finegan, Ned Rorem, Chen Yi, Jonathan Newman and Bob Brookmeyer.

Gotham Wind Symphony is an ArtistShare Artist! The GWS' CDs are available at www.gothamwindsymphony. com, including the brand new third CD: "New Year, New Music".

LuLu's Ascent

Lulu’s Ascent Jazz Flavored Jam Band Delights Live Music Fans Original sounding music is in short supply these days, so it’s little wonder that Lulu’s Ascent is making a name for itself in the Hudson Valley and NYC area. Crossing the lines between pop, jazz, rock and jam band while maintaining a consistent style is quite a feat; yet, they cannot be labeled “eclectic” because they always sound like themselves---often boldly going where no band has gone before. And they actually write great, singable, memorable songs with interesting changes, textures, and dynamics. Only together a few months, audience response to Lulu’s Ascent’s performances has been wildly enthusiastic. It all started when singer/songwriter LuAnn Arena performed at the Woodstock Guitar Festival in 2004 with drummer Steve Olenski

Cold Reading Trio

Cold Reading Trio explores the territory between original and imitation in a constantly evolving musical dialog. They construct electro-acoustic environments featuring two-way interactions between live instruments and processed samples of these instruments created in real-time. The result is a texture encompassing the complete spectral range between the extremes of acoustic and electric sound. Every time Cold Reading Trio performs the experience is completely different. The group’s variety of instruments creates a shifting palette of sound, which is then augmented and multiplied by live layered sampling

Cadmium Lace

Electro-acoustic improvisation ranging from ambient to extatic. Clarinet, electric guitar and their ghostly processed samples weave a shifting web of sound, spiraling through a multitude of textures.

Ancient Future

Active since: March 11, 1979

World Fusion Music Ancient Future is the first and longest running musical organization dedicated exclusively to the mission of creating world fusion music. The term was coined by bandleader Matthew Montfort in 1978 to describe Ancient Future’s unusual blend of musical traditions from around the world. BILLBOARD calls the group “trendsetters” for their early contributions to the movement, which seeks to show how people from different cultures can grow by learning from each other. World fusion is more of a process than a genre. It is a process by which new traditions are created, and has been going on throughout history

Four80East

Active since: 1997

Four80East is a Toronto-based electro-jazz duo that’s all about the groove. Drawing from their diverse musical influences, Rob DeBoer and Tony Grace have created a signature sound that combines electronic production with live instrumentation. 
 Since breaking out with their debut “The Album” in 1997, Four80East has been a mainstay on contemporary jazz radio, with 9 studio albums and a double live album to their credit. 
 Although the band was born as a studio project, DeBoer and Grace have been able to transform their layered and captivating sonic productions into a high-energy live show, with the help of the many world- class musicians who join them on stage.

The SEA Trio

The Sea Trio are a 3-piece electronic/ clarinet band from Philadelphia, PA. The band formed onstage in Fall 2006 and has since played regularly in Philly and New York, often with guest horn players from the Sun Ra Arkestra. They have opened twice for Black Moth Super Rainbow, and played at the 2008 Kimmel Center for Performing Arts Summer Solstice Festival on the late night stage. Ephraim Asili (electronic beats), Andy Schwartz (keys) formed the band with a shared taste for early-70s electric Miles Davis albums & meditative jazz(Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane etc.) The music now combines a sound with elements of ambient electronic, and free jazz with an emphasis on the music being raw and live, with every show being almost completely improvised

The Mahavishnu Project

Back in 1971, when guitar-god John McLaughlin left Miles Davis and (Tony William’s Lifetime) to form the groundbreaking Mahavishnu Orchestra, he was the first to combine the fire of Hendrix-drenched rock with the groove of Coltrane’s modal jazz & the ethereal Indian ragas of Ravi Shankar. The critics called it “jazz rock” (of course it was much more) and the result was nothing less than a musical revolution. The Mahavishnu Orchestra has since been cited as a major influence on everyone from King Crimson to Phish, and was in many ways one of the first electric jam bands. Not surprisingly however, the music of the Mahavishnu Orchestra hasn’t gone on to be covered and re-interpreted by the many bands it has affected, largely due to its extreme technical demands

Refugio Instrumental Blues Band

Active since: January 1, 1957

RLJQ an instrumental latin jazz quartet, flute/sax, guitar, bass & congas, playing jazz classics & standards and bossa novas in a latin style working the los angeles ca for the last 5 years, playing any type of venue and event....

Industrial Jazz Group

A Brief History of the Industrial Jazz Group Formed by composer / pianist Andrew Durkin in the spring of 2000, the Industrial Jazz Group has frequently been accused of confounding innocent listeners. And no wonder: in addition to its perplexing name (the group could never be confused with, say, Nine Inch Nails), the IJG seems to change shape?"aesthetically and physically?"every year or so. Sure the music is always fun (and it should here be noted that many of the group