David Weiss Sextet

David Weiss SextetJLR Seating Map Notes: For this show, you may reserve individual tables on the map pictured. Note that some tables have limited sightlines as noted. General Admission ticket holders note that seating and sightlines are limted and may be standing room only. All table reservations include admission.David Weiss creative contributions to contemporary jazz continue. Tony Hall, JazzWise MagazineDavid Weiss- TrumpetMyron Walden- Alto SaxEric Wheeler- BassE.J. Strickland- DrumsPraised by The New York Times and the Village Voice for its bold inventions over the years, Weiss music evokes emotional complexity abundance and loss, the collateral beauty of pain and transmits a deeply personal sound informed by his strong connection to hard bop and swing, avant-garde and free improvisation, salsa, soca, fusion, and hard rock traditions. Across Auteur, the Queens native creates exquisite chambers of sound for his fellow artists to explore. Their ability to stretch each tune collectively and as supreme individualists serves Weiss intention for the music.As I was writing, the tunes came out as these extended forms, he says. With each, he strives to break from tradition but maintain certain traditional formats for soloing. Recorded at Big Orange Sheep Studios in Brooklyn and mixed and mastered by Katherine Miller and Fred Kevorkian, respectively, the compositions prompt an exploration of theme and variation throughout the record. Each artists treatment and development of melody further elevates the music, signaling a level of familiarity with each selection that invites unbound risk-taking. We try to workshop the material live as much as possible before going into the studio, says Weiss. Its not like one rehearsal and then, Lets do it. Weve worked it out.The sextet skirts the outer reaches of straight-ahead jazz, innovating while drawing from tradition. Sharonne Cohen, JazzTimes Instructions: For Table Reservations: Note the relative location of the stage and bar on

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