Scott Amendola 3-in-1
Photo by Lenny Gonzalez
For Scott Amendola, the drum kit isn’t so much an
instrument as a musical portal. An ambitious composer, savvy bandleader
and capaciously creative foil for some of the world’s most inventive
musicians, Amendola applies his rhythmic virtuosity to a vast array of
settings. His closest musical associates include guitarists Nels
Cline, Jeff Parker, and Charlie Hunter, Hammond B-3 organist Wil
Blades,
violinists Regina Carter and Jenny Scheinman, and clarinetist Ben
Goldberg.
As a sideman, Amendola has performed and recorded with Laurie Anderson,
Bill Frisell, John Zorn, John Scofield, Wadada Leo Smith, Bruce
Cockburn, Madeleine Peyroux, Joan Osborne, Jacky Terrasson, Phil Lesh,
Sex Mob, Wayne Horvitz, Johnny Griffin, Julian Priester, Sonny Simmons,
Pat Martino, Jim Campilongo, Bobby Black, Larry Goldings, and Paul
McCandless.
Scott was heard here previously with "Plays Monk", Scott Amendola
Quartet, and Emil
Viklický.
www.scottamendola.com
Tenor saxophonist Raffi Garabedian hails from
Berkeley, California, and attended Berkeley High School, where he was a
member of their award-winning Jazz Ensemble. As a teenager, Raffi
studied with Dayna Stephens. He went on to attend the New School from
2006-2010, where he received a Bachelors of Fine Arts and studied with
Bill McHenry, Mark Turner, Chris Cheek, Tony Malaby, and Andrew
Cyrille.
Raffi has recorded and performed with Jorge Rossy, Ben Street, and
Dayna Stephens. He helped found the brass band Brass Magic, and plays
with the Electric Squeezebox Orchestra in San Francisco.
He teaches regularly at the California Jazz Conservatory and the
Stanford Jazz Workshop.
He appeared previously at Chez Hanny with Marta Sanchez, and Noah
Garabedian.
https://raffigarabedianmusic.com/
Bassist Zachary Ostroff performed for President
Obama and the UN in New
York City during COP20, and made his debut performance as a leader at
the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. He was also featured in the HBO
Series Masterclass, performing with Joshua Bell in New York and London.
His summer 2018 performance schedule includes concerts with Scott
Amendola in Berkley, with Ibrahim Maalouf and Angelique Kidjo in
Vienne, France, with Ibrahim Maalouf and Wynton Marsalis in Marciac,
France, and with Taylor Eigsti and Eric Harland at Stanford
University.
He appeared previously at Chez Hanny with Dan Zemelman.
https://www.zacharyo.com/
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