Bruce Eisenbeil will perform with his Quartet at The Stone (two sets at 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM) on Thursday, March 23.
BRUCE EISENBEIL: electric and acoustic guitars
ELLERY ESKELIN: tenor saxophone)
JOHN LINDBERG: bass
KLAUS KUGEL: drums, percussion
The Stone is located at the corner of avenue C and 2nd street in New York City.
TICKETS are $10
For more information go to www.thestonenyc.com.
Eisenbeil plays in a strikingly original style, the aural equivalent of a Jackson Pollack painting, laced with abstract filigree lines and an undercurrent of searching lyricism"--Paul de Barros, Downbeat, March 2000
Here is a guitarist who plays as intimately as Wes Montgomery, but who hears harmony as an open chromatic field . . . his originality is evidenced by the fact that he has transcended the distinction between a leading line and a comping strum: He improvises the changes, turning harmonic speculation into the substance of the music"--Ben Watson, Jazziz, February 2000
Bruce Eisenbeil is a composer, improviser, and guitar instrumentalist who has dedicated his life to the advancement of modern guitar techniques through the growth and evolution of modern improvised music. As a leader he has several releases and has performed throughout North America, Japan, Germany, Brasil, and at numerous festivals. Eisenbeil has performed, recorded and collaborated with some of the best musicians in the world. Ellery Eskelin has been part of the New York jazz scene since 1983. He has worked and/or recorded with some of the finest musicians including David Liebman, Jack McDuff, Paul Smoker,Drew Gress, Phil Haynes, Joey Baron's Baron Down," Marc Ribot, Kenny Wollesen, Tim Berne, Joanne Brackeen, Paul Motian, Dave Douglas, Joe Lovano, Mat Maneri, and many others. John Lindberg has appeared on over sixty discs, including landmark recordings with Anthony Braxton, Jimmy Lyons, Steve Lacy, and Tony Coe, among others. Currently he is actively composing for, performing and recording with his various ensemble projects, as a solo bassist, and with the String Trio of New York. Klaus Kugel has worked alongside Tomasz Stanko, Kenny Wheeler, Charlie Mariano, Karl Berger, Kent Carter, John Tchicai, Lee Konitz, Nils Wogram, Vyacheslav Ganelin, Alec Dankworth, Steve Swell, Sabir Mateen to name but a few.
This quartet combines many facets of their talents into an eclectic mix of composing, improvising, and masterful musicianship. Along with jazz's essential rhythmic and textural elements this quartet will dig into experimental compositional techniques, from graphic and non-specific notation to serialist composed - through pieces. The band has a patient exploratory style and each artist has a significant history. Their common language will involve unique textures, moods and pulse.
For more information contact All About Jazz.