Wed

10/19/2011

9:30pm

Edgefest

Tamarindo Trio

9:30 pm

• $15 General Admission
• $5 Student

• Tony Malaby, tenor & soprano saxophones
• William Parker, bass
• Tom Rainey, drums

Event Details

Tickets to Edgefest are $10 - $15 for individual ticketed events, with a limited number of student tickets ($5) available for most performances. An Edgepass ($135) is available, which allows for admission to all events, as well as a special dinner with our Edgefest artists. A Saturday daypass is available for $50.

Edgefest is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius.

Tony Malaby

Originally from Tucson, Arizona, Tony Malaby has been permanently based in New York since 1995 and has been a member of many notable jazz groups including Charlie Haden’s Liberation Orchestra, Paul Motian's Electric Bebop Band, Mark Helias' Open Loose, Fred Hersch's quintet and Walt Whitman project, Michell Portal's Birdwatcher, various projects with Daniel Humair and bands led by Mario Pavone, Tim Berne, Chris Lightcap, Kris Davis, Angelica Sanchez, Michael Attias and Marty Ehrlich.

His debut cd Sabino made the New York Times and Philadelphia City Paper's top ten jazz lists for 2000. He has a brand new release, Tamarindo, with bassist William Parker and Nasheet Waits on drums. His other releases include Adobe, featuring Drew Gress and Paul Motian; Apparitions, featuring Tom Rainey, Mike Sarin, and Drew Gress; and Alive in Brooklyn Vol. 1 and 2 featuring Angelica Sanchez and Tom Rainey.

William Parker

As Steve Greenlee of the Boston Globe stated in July 2002, “William Parker has emerged as the most important leader of the current avant-garde scene in jazz.” He is working in many of the more important groups in this genre, some of the most prestigious being his own: The Curtis Mayfield Project, Little Huey Creative Orchestra, In Order to Survive, William Parker’s Quartet and other groups. In ‘95 the Village Voice characterized William Parker as "the most consistently brilliant free jazz bassist of all time." In 1972 at the age of 20, Parker quickly became the bass player of choice among his peers. Within a short time he was asked to play with established musicians such as Ed Blackwell, Don Cherry, Bill Dixon, Milford Graves, Billy Higgins and Sunny Murray. In 1980 he became a member of the Cecil Taylor Unit, in which he played a prominent role for over a decade.

Mr. Parker has released over 20 albums under his leadership. Most of his albums have hit #1 on the CMJ charts. These releases and their success highlight William Parker as an outstanding composer and band leader. From the beginning of his musical career, William Parker has been prolific, composing music for almost every group with which he has performed. His compositional skills span a range including operas, oratorios, ballets, film scores, and soliloquies for solo instruments. He has also successfully explored diverse concepts in instrumentation for large and small ensembles.

“(William Parker) is something of a father figure” stated Larry Blumenfeld in a New York Times article this past May. “He has looked for and encouraged young talent and has been a mentor to some of the younger musicians. Most importantly for Mr. Parker has been the workshops/performances for young people that he has conducted, both in the USA and in Europe. This has been for him amongst some of his most important work and greatest successes.”

Tom Rainey

Tom Rainey is a prolific session musician, having appeared on close to eighty recordings over a career spanning over 25 years. He has played with Tim Berne, Nels Cline, Fred Hersch, Tony Malaby, Tom Varner, Drew Gress, Kenny Werner, Mark Helias, and Simon Nabatov. He released his own first album Pool School in 2010.