NEWS
August 22 2009
August
27 The Claudia Quintet Palmengarten, Frankfurt, GERMANY
28 The Claudia Quintet Kulturzentrum Gems Singen, GERMANY
29 The Claudia Quintet Zomer Fiets Tour Barn Dick Feerwerd NL http://www.zjft.nl/2009/pages/english/index.php
30 with Angelika Sheridan - fl., bassfl., Ulrike Storz - viol. , Scott Roller - cello, John Hollenbeck - drums Loft, Koln, GERMANY
September
11 Future Quest re-imagining the music of Meredith Monk Theo Bleckmann Ellery Eskelin John Hollenbeck Tony Malaby Gary Versace Cornelia Street Cafe NY, NY
13 The Claudia Quintet with special guest, Gary Versace-piano
25 Theo Bleckmann/John Hollenbeck Duo New Languages Festival
26 Theo Bleckmann/John Hollenbeck Duo Bennington College, VT
October
1 Refuge Trio Stimmenfang Festival Nuremburg, GERMANY
2 Refuge Trio Freistadt, AUSTRIA
3 Refuge Trio Porgy and Bess, Vienna, AUSTRIA
5 Refuge Trio Helsinki, FINLAND
6 Refuge Trio Turku, FINLAND
7 Future Quest DRESDNER FESTIVAL DER ZEITGENÖSSISCHEN MUSIKEN http://www.hellerau.org Dresden, GERMANY
8 Refuge Trio Katowice, POLAND
19-25 Meredith Monk Ensemble Songs of Ascension Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
26-Nov. 2 The Claudia Quintet with special guest, Gary Versace-piano
26 Clovis High School Clovis, CA
27 UC Northridge LA, CA
28 RedCat LA, CA
29 U of Nevada Reno
30 Williamette College Oregon
31 Portland, Oregon
November
1 Earshot Festival Seattle, WA
14-16 Meredith Monk ECM Recording
30 eternal interlude cd release gig at LPR, (NYC) also featuring Future Quest and Todd Reynolds performing selections from Rainbow Jimmies
December
6 The Claudia Quintet with special guest, Gary Versace-piano Philadelphia, PA
7-11 Towson State Residency
7 The Claudia Quintet with special guest, Gary Versace-piano Towson State, MD
14-16 CQ Recording Session
August 18 2009
JOHN HOLLENBECK LARGE ENSEMBLE, LED BY THE INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED COMPOSER/PERCUSSIONIST, CELEBRATES NEW SUNNYSIDE CD ETERNAL INTERLUDE
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30 AT Le Poisson Rouge
• Celebration Includes Todd Reynolds playing music from Hollenbeck’s Rainbow Jimmies CD; Hollenbeck’s Future Quest playing the music of Meredith Monk; and the John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble featuring Theo Bleckmann, Gary Versace, Tony Malaby, Ellery Eskelin and others *
Join composer/percussionist/bandleader John Hollenbeck as he celebrates the release of his new Sunnyside CD eternal interlude, with a three-tiered musical feast on Monday, November 30 at Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleeker Street, New York. The evening begins at 8 p.m. (212) 228-4854. http://www.lepoissonrouge.com
The celebration will include performances by:
• Violinist/composer Todd Reynolds playing music from Hollenbeck’s recent Rainbow Jimmies CD on GPE Records
• Hollenbeck and Theo Bleckmann’s Future Quest group — Hollenbeck, Bleckmann, Gary Versace, Ellery Eskelin and Tony Malaby — playing the music of Meredith Monk
• The John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble featuring 20 of the city’s top musicians: Hollenbeck, Bleckmann, Versace, Eskelin, Malaby, Kermit Driscoll, Jacob Garchik, Alan Ferber, Matt Moran and Tony Kadleck.
John Hollenbeck is one of the rare artists who have mastered the tradition of big band composition while crossing aesthetic borderlines and speaking directly to the time we live in today. eternal interlude, the follow-up to the Grammy-nominated “A Blessing” and the second CD by John Hollenbeck’s Large Ensemble, is an audacious example of the power of big band jazz to express emotions well beyond swing-era clichés. The CD was released August 18 on Sunnyside.
Hollenbeck’s music is a daring mix of pure, heart-on-sleeve lyricism and robust rhythmic propulsion, and eternal interlude is earning acclaim for its rich, panoramic orchestral textures as well as its members’ powerful individual voices. As Nate Chinen said in the New York Times: “The drummer and composer John Hollenbeck inhabits a world of gleaming modernity, and “Eternal Interlude” (Sunnyside), the second album featuring his Large Ensemble, reflects both the clarity and brightness of his vision.”
Hollenbeck’s twenty-piece ensemble consists of top New York musicians, like regular Hollenbeck bandmates Matt Moran (Claudia Quintet), Gary Versace (Refuge Trio) and Theo Bleckmann (Refuge Trio). Other featured players include saxophonists Tony Malaby and Ellery Eskelin, trombonist Jacob Garchik and bassist Kermit Driscoll. Unlike most contemporary big bands, this is no random agglomeration of freelancers - the John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble is an actual band. Practically all of the musicians appeared on “A Blessing,” and continue to perform with the Ensemble in concert.