Leni Kreienberg, voice; Frank Tao, clarinet; Jack Cavanaugh-Gialloreto, actor; Iseul Kim, piano; Klavya Mashru, guitar; Joseph L. Westermann, actor; Linus Chun-Ho, Ip violin; Adrian Ong, violin; Murphy Severtson, accordian; Neel Ghosh, ten sax; Orli Hersch, actor. An hour of new works for interdisciplinary ensemble directed by Jane Ira Bloom & Joseph Grifasi. Soprano saxophonist/composer Jane Ira Bloom is a pioneer in the use of live electronics and movement in jazz and winner of the Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album, the Guggenheim Fellowship for music composition, the Mary Lou Williams Jazz Award for lifetime service to jazz, Downbeat International Critics Poll & Jazz Journalists Award for soprano saxophone, the IWJ Jazz Masters Award, and the Charlie Parker Fellowship for jazz innovation. She has performed, recorded, and/or collaborated with Charlie Haden, Ed Blackwell, Fred Hersch, George Coleman, Kenny Wheeler, Julian Priester, Rufus Reid, Mark Dresser, Bobby Previte, Matt Wilson, Jerry Granelli, Mark Helias, David Friedman, Jay Clayton and Cleo Laine. Her affinity for other art forms has led to collaborations with other innovative artists including dancer/ choreographer Carmen DeLavallade, comedian Lewis Black, lighting designer James F. Ingalls, and actor Vanessa Redgrave. Her compositions and commissions include the American Composers Orchestra, St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, Pilobolus & Paradigm Dance Companies, NY City Center's Fall for Dance Festival, the Baryshnikov Arts Center, and the NASA Art Program. Joseph Grifasi has appeared on Broadway in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo, Dinner at Eight, The 1940's Radio Hour, Happy End and The Play's the Thing. His many film appearances include Presumed Innocent, The Deer Hunter, Big Business, Matewan, The Naked Gun, Natural Born Killers, Chances Are, Changing Lanes, F/X, Benny & Joon, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Brewster's Millions, Batman Forever, The Flamingo Kid, Ironweed, and Splash.
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