What does 27 years of collaboration between two world-class jazz artists sound like?
Tenor saxophonist Dennis Mitcheltree and pianist Johannes Wallmann bring their extraordinary chemistry to this performance.
With decades of shared performances across the U.S., Europe, and beyond, this duo’s near-telepathic connection promises an evening of thrilling improvisation and an exclusive preview of their upcoming album, "Holding Space".
Jazz saxophonist and composer Dennis Mitcheltree has just released his 7th album, co-led with Johannes Wallmann, "Holding Space".
Mitcheltree is a mainstay of the tenor saxophone, having been based in New York City from 1987-2007 and in Los Angeles from 2007 to the present.
Dennis has performed and recorded with masters of the jazz world: Clark Terry, Billy Taylor, George Cables, Bill Holman, Bob Moses, Jim McNeely,
Howard Johnson, Gary Bartz, Kenny Werner, James Williams, Don Sickler, Charli Persip, Ronnie Matthews, Pete Yellin, Richie Cole, Bill Holman,
Pete Christlieb, Doug Webb, Carl Saunders, Joe Labarbera, John Clayton, Christian Jacob, Bruce Forman, Uri Caine, Ingrid Jensen, Johannes Wallmann, Andy Milne, and David Binney.
Mitcheltree was born and raised in Wisconsin, picking up the oboe and saxophone at age 12.
He received a scholarship from Berklee College of Music where he graduated with a Magna cum Laude degree in Jazz Performance in 1987.
He is the Artistic Director for the American Music Group, widely known for the INFLUENCES series presented at Carnegie Hall, and an award-winning saxophonist and composer.
A former student of Joe Viola, Billy Pierce, Jim McNeely, George Garzone and Joe Lovano, Dennis
teaches privately and as a guest artist/clinician/lecturer at universities and jazz education programs worldwide.
Johannes Wallmann is a pianist and composer, recording artist on Shifting Paradigm Records and Fresh Sound New Talent Records,
a Yamaha Piano artist, and the Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Born 1974 in Germany, Johannes Wallmann was raised on Canada's Vancouver Island.
He studied jazz piano and composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston (B.Mus., 1995),
and at New York University (M.A., 1997; Ph.D., 2010).
Wallmann taught at New York University (1996-2007), and the New School (2003-2007), before relocating to Oakland to lead the jazz studies program at California State University East Bay.
In 2012, he moved to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to become Director of Jazz Studies.
Wallmann has recorded or performed with trumpeters Ingrid Jensen, Brian Lynch, Ralph Alessi, and Russ Johnson;
saxophonists Gary Bartz, Seamus Blake, Phil Dwyer, Dayna Stephens, Pete Yellin, Dennis Mitcheltree, and Russ Nolan;
tubaists Howard Johnson and Marcus Rojas; guitarist Gilad Hekselman; bassists Jeff Andrews, Matt Penman, Sean Conly and Martin Wind;
drummers Danny Gottlieb, Tim Horner, Jeff Hirshfield, Terry Clarke, and Donald Bailey; and jazz singers Kevin Mahogany and Jackie Allen.
Will Lyle (born 1994) is an upright and electric bassist, bandleader, composer, arranger, and producer based in New York City.
He has performed and/or recorded with Ralph Peterson, Dave Kikoski, Duane Eubanks, Lewis Nash, Joe LaBarbera, Kendrick Scott,
Philip Harper, Mike LeDonne, Anthony Wonsey, Billy Kilson, Cecil Alexander, Stacy Dillard, Jeb Patton, Billy Drummond, J.D. Allen,
David Hazeltine, Bill Cunliffe, Pasquale Grasso, Ralph Moore, Roy McCurdy, John Colianni, Ingrid Jensen,
Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Jon Mayer (pianist), Bob Sheppard, Randy Napoleon, Barbara Morrison, Mark Ferber, Gary Novak, and Spike Wilner.
He has performed throughout the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Greece, Spain, Belgium, Denmark, Japan,
Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Mexico.
He has performed at Smalls, Mezzrow, Birdland, 55 Bar, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Ornithology, Cellar Dog (previously Fat Cat),
Sam First, The Lighthouse, The Blue Whale, Pit Inn (Shinjuku, Tokyo), Jazz Spot J, Mr. Kelly's (Osaka, Japan), Newport Jazz Festival,
Java Jazz Festival (Jakarta, Indonesia), Central Avenue Jazz Festival, YouTube Space, and numerous other venues.
Andy Sanesi is a Los Angeles based drummer.
His own band Blanco Diablo has a residency at The Mint in LA and plays regularly at other venues.
His jazz credits include Dave Binney, Oz Noy, Arturo Sandoval, John Zorn, Nir Felder, Brian Charette,
Julian Coryell Trio with Joe Bagg, John Beasley, Tim LeFebvre, Doug Webb, Mitch Forman, Bob Sheppard, Jerry Vivino, Scott Henderson, and Hadrian Ferraud.
In the pop world,
he is currently the drummer for living legend Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, and also plays with Missing Persons.
He has played with Johnny Rivers, Eminem, Rihanna, and Hal Wilner, among many others.