THE HOSCHAR-PALMIERI QUINTET

Akron based drummer Drew Hoschar returns home from NYC. The Hoschar-Palmieri Quintet is a 5-piece jazz combo of the young rising stars of the Ohio jazz scenes pursuing jazz degrees at the Manhattan School of Music and the University of Cincinatti’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). Both originally from northeast Ohio, drummer Drew Hoschar co-band leads with saxophonist Colin Palmieri for a night of fresh, original music, tasteful modern arrangements, and timeless classics with a band of young, heavy-hitting Cincinnati natives featuring Evan Taylor on guitar, Alex Nicodemus on piano, and Jack Early on bass.

Drew Hoschar – drums and cymbals

Colin Palmeri – alto saxophone

Evan Taylor – guitar

Alex Nicodemus – piano

Jack Early – bass

 

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SIGNAL QUARTET

Defying easy categorization, Signal Quartet brings together a variety of disparate strains from the jazz continuum to create a distinctive group sound. Incorporating the freewheeling adventurousness of the avant garde, the improvisational combustibility of post-bop, and the spaciousness and lyricism innate to the American Midwest; Signal Quartet can reach young and old, purists and radicals, aficionados and neophytes alike through their thoughtful compositions and unpredictable improvisations.

Personnel:

Ben Wolkins – Trumpet, Flugelhorn,

Ian Blunden – Guitar

Eric Nachtrab – Bass

Sean Perlmutter – Drums

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Daily Dose Of Jazz…

Takeshi Ogura was born on June 17, 1962 in Tokyo, Japan. He initially studied piano and trumpet before switching to the guitar. Moving to New York City at 26, he studied jazz guitar with be-bop guitar pioneer Chuck Wayne while attending The College of Staten Island in the Eighties. There he studied harmony and composition with Dr. Joseph Scianni. For ten years he was active on the New York jazz scene, then life caught up with him and he quit playing.

Takeshi got back to playing guitar in 2001 and has steadily built a reputation as a versatile and expressive player. Taking up residence in the Bronx, he often appears around the city with his jazz trio playing his compositions and unique arrangements of jazz standards. Since 2009 he regulary performs at The Bass Line in Mt. Vernon, New York.

He has shared stage performances with Duke Jones, Norman Connors, Sean Smith, Scott Fragala, Tyrone Govan, John Cooksey, John Fumasoli, James “Sugar Bear” Skelton, Jr., Art Bennett, Jasper Cain, Bill Crow, Seiji Ochiai, Dwayne Purdue, and Hiroshi Yamazaki.

Guitarist Takeshi Ogura, who has never led a recording session, continues to support this local and regional jazz scene with his trio and funk-jazz band New Project, along with Alan Eicher, Rondew Monroe and Greg Brown.

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KRANTZ CARLOCK LEFEBVRE

KCL, the iconic, genre-bending powerhouse trio led by visionary guitaristWayne Krantz and featuring drummer Keith Carlock(Steely Dan, Sting, John Mayer) and bassist Tim Lefebvre (Tedeschi Trucks Band,David Bowie), held a Thursday-night residency at NYC’s 55 Bar throughout the first decade of the new millenium. Cutting live recordings from the club and posting them online in the early days of the internet and touring only sporadically, KCL developed a thoroughly original style of interactive group improvisation inspired in part by the great Miles Davis Quintet of the 60s, but played out in spontaneously generated contexts of heavy funk, rock and electronica instead of straight-ahead swing.

As other instrumental bands of the day dabbled in derivative fusion and retro-jazz, KCL became an underground phenomenon, cultivating an international following of devoted fans of every stripe looking for an alternative creative music that served the mind, body and spirit. Relentlessly grooving, always innovative, never complacent -KCL made contemporary music that resonated beyond category.Other sideman obligations sidelined the band soon after their Abstract Logix release, “Krantz Carlock Lefebvre,” in 2010, but their reputation continued to expand globally through fan circulation of the band’s many live videos and recordings. Now, in 2020, KCL re-ignites to tour with incendiary shows throughout the USA, Europe and Asia.

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JOHN PIZZARELLI

World-renowned jazz guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli was called “Hip with a wink” by Town Country, “madly creative” by The Los Angeles Times and “the genial genius of the guitar” by The Toronto Star. John remains one of the most acclaimed interpreters of classic and modern song and an influential advocate for the continuing evolution of the American standards songbook. AllAboutJazz.com gave his 2023 album Stage Screen 4 stars, calling it “enduring music.”

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