Pianist, composer Michael Weiss debuts a new group at the Kitano Hotel (66 Park Avenue), January 13 and 14, 2006, during the weekend of the IAJE Conference in New York City. Sets are at 8:00 and 9:45pm.
Personnel includes Steve Wilson - alto and soprano saxophones, Daniel Sadownick - percussion, Ugonna Okegwo - bass, and Willie Jones - drums.
Weiss has established his career for over twenty years in New York performing with the likes of Johnny Griffin, Art Farmer, Charles McPherson, Slide Hampton, Wynton Marsalis, George Coleman, Frank Wess and a host of other jazz veterans.
His fourth recording as a leader, Soul Journey, features nine original compositions including the 2000 grandprize winner of the BMI/Thelonious Monk Institute Composers Competition. Weiss has gained greater recognition as a composer with a New Works grant from Chamber Music America.
Jazz Journal notes that Weiss' music “lives and breathes freshness and exhilarating originality," while Jazz Times said, “the music on Soul Journey has warmth, integrity and above all, originality." In October, Weiss debuted his quintet at Detroit Symphony Hall. Claimed the Detroit Free Press, “the songs simply smoke."
Personnel includes Steve Wilson - alto and soprano saxophones, Daniel Sadownick - percussion, Ugonna Okegwo - bass, and Willie Jones - drums.
Weiss has established his career for over twenty years in New York performing with the likes of Johnny Griffin, Art Farmer, Charles McPherson, Slide Hampton, Wynton Marsalis, George Coleman, Frank Wess and a host of other jazz veterans.
His fourth recording as a leader, Soul Journey, features nine original compositions including the 2000 grandprize winner of the BMI/Thelonious Monk Institute Composers Competition. Weiss has gained greater recognition as a composer with a New Works grant from Chamber Music America.
Jazz Journal notes that Weiss' music “lives and breathes freshness and exhilarating originality," while Jazz Times said, “the music on Soul Journey has warmth, integrity and above all, originality." In October, Weiss debuted his quintet at Detroit Symphony Hall. Claimed the Detroit Free Press, “the songs simply smoke."
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