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Barry Altschul with the Lucian Ban trio and Heiroglyphics at The Stone 12/7 |
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Written by Ronaldo Oregano
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Wednesday, 29 November 2006 |
Ban plays with a fluency and
sensibility that recalls Vladimir Horowitz as much as McCoy Tyner” -
Terrell Holmes, All About Jazz NY
 Lucian Ban
Nominated twice (2005 & 2006) for 'Best European Jazz Musician" by
The Hans Koller Foundation in Austria, pianist and composer Lucian Ban
was born in Cluj – Transylvania, Romania. After private piano/harmony
lessons he studies composition at Bucharest Music Academy from 1992 to
1995. He establishes the group Jazz Unit in 1995 and releases two
albums as a leader for the green records label in Romania. In 1999 he
moves to New York where he graduates in Jazz & Contemporary Music
at New School University.
His American debut recording Somethin' Holy in duet with bari
sax Alex Harding was awarded 4 stars by All Music Guide, and was
followed by the critically praised quintet album Premonition (2003), Tuba Project with Bob Stewart in
2006, and Playground
with Jorge Sylvester in 2006. The Lumination Ensemble co-lead with Alex
Harding and featuring drum legend Barry Altschul was nominated “One of
the 10 best shows of 2003” by All About Jazz NYC. Since then he has
played/recorded with: Alex Harding, Reggie Nicholson, Art Baron, Sam
Newsome, Barry Altschul, Jorge Sylvester, Brad Jones, Bruce Williams,
Damion Reid, Chris Dahlgren, Pheeroan AkLaff, J.D.Allen, Bruce Cox,
Hill Greene, Carlo DeRosa, Curtis Fowlkes, Mark Helias, Gene Jackson,
Ron Horton, Nasheet Waits, Bob Stewart, Gerald Cleaver, Derrek
Phillips, etc.
 Barry Altschul
Legendary drummer Barry Altschul was an original member in the super
group CIRCLE featuring Chick Corea, Anthony Braxton and Dave Holland,
recorded the seminal album ‘Conference of the Birds” and was a key
member of Paul Bley’s trios, Sam Rivers groups, Andrew Hill, Anthony
Braxtonetc. He’s considered one of the true masters of modern
drumming. Recently he has made appearances on the CIMP label, one
with the FAB trio (with Billy Bang and Joe Fonda) and one with the
bassist Adam Lane. Through the years Altschul has played or recorded
with Roswell Rudd, Dave Liebman, Andrew Hill, Sonny Criss, Hampton
Hawes, and Lee Konitz, among others.
 Mark Feldman  Hilliard Greene
Hilliard Hill Greene is one of the great veterans bassists of American
jazz with a 40 years career behind him and collaborations with the
great masters from Cecil Taylor, Don Pullen, Greg Osby to Charles
Gayle, Rashied Ali, Bobby Watson and many more. For the past 10 years
he’s the musical director for legendary singer Jimmy Scott.
The STONE www.thestonenyc.com
is located at the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street in NYC.
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 Tuesday, 07 October 2008
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