The Band - Bassoon in the Wild
The Bassoon in the Wild quartet featuring Michael
Rabinowitz (bassoon), Grisha Alexiev (drums),
Diana
Herold (Vibraphone) and Joe Fonda (bass) has performed at the
JVC Jazz Festival in NYC, The Frick Museum in Pittsburgh, The
Mohonk Mountain House Jazz Weekend and other clubs and venues
over the last year and a half. The leader, Michael Rabinowitz,
has carved a successful career as one of the few bassoonists
in the world that can play convincing jazz on his instrument.
This summer Michael
performed at the Bud Shank Jazz Festival in Washington State
and is going on tour throughout Pennsylvania this fall with Bassoon in the Wild, performing music from their recent CD release
Bassoon in Orbit. The group will also perform Oct.5th at The Trinity
Church Noontime Concert Series. Their music includes original
compositions, jazz standards, latin, jazz waltzes and rhythm
and blues. Their sound has a wide dynamic range, at times like
a chamber ensemble and other times like a rocking blues band.
The sympathetic interplay of bassoon, vibes, bass and drums offers
a unique texture.
About the band:
DIANA HEROLD - vibraphonist, marimbist, percussionist
Diana Herold
received her two graduate degrees from the New England Conservatory
and Rice University respectively.
Equally adept at performing
both improvised and non-improvised music, Herold has worked with
composers and musicians such as Yo Yo Ma, Lou Harrison (with
the Mark Morris Dance Group), Anthony Davis and Buddy DeFranco.
She has performed as a featured soloist and as a percussionist
with several larger new music groups and orchestras, including
the Discovery Orchestra, the BMI Orchestra, Muhal Richard Abrams,
Butch Morris, and the Brooklyn Philharmonic.
Her performances have
taken her throughout Europe, Central America, the United States,
and Canada (where she attended the Banff Centre for the Arts).
She can be heard on
recordings with They Might Be Giants, Tony Trischka, Sam Rivers,
Fred Ho, Rob Henke, and Chuck Clark. Diana leads her own jazz
group featuring her own compositions.
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GRISHA
ALEXIEV - drums
Grisha Alexiev
has been playing drums and writing music for 28 years. His performance
experience with such varied artists as Archie Bell, Ken Werner,
Sinfonia of Auckland (New Zealand), Sam Rivers, Randy Weston,
Marty Ehrlich, Julius Hemphill, John Cage, Arnett Cobb, Muhal
Richard Abrams, Anthony Braxton, and Richard Stoltzman, has given
him a unique and impressive style. As a composer, Alexiev has
been commissioned by dance companies and is recorded on The Jazz
Club and Mapleshade Labels.
In 1990, while a student
at New England Conservatory of Music, Alexiev was honored with
the Presser Award, a grant given annually to the most
promising student at each of the conservatories in the United
States. In 1994, he was the recipient of a National Endowment
for the Arts Performance Grant, and he has received several
Meet the Composer Grants since 1996.
He is co-founder (with
Neal Kirkwood) of the Discovery Orchestra, (with Sam Bardfeld)
The Atomic Strings, and leads his own 11-piece group, No Western
Shirts.
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JOE
FONDA - bass
A native of
Amsterdam, New York, Joe Fonda received his musical training
from Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied composing
and arranging.
He is the organizer
and producer of the Joe Fonda Ensemble which has performed throughout
the United States, and is the recipient of many grants from Meet
the Composer Foundation.
In March and April,
1999, he performed with Brenda Buffalino and Company at Town
Hall in New York; toured Europe with the Fonda/Stevens Group;
and toured Portugal with Carlo Morena and Jeff Hershfield. In
Spring, 1998, he toured with the Fonda/Stevens Group in Holland,
France, Germany, Belgium, Austria, and Switzerland.
He has performed at
the North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland, and at the Istanbul Jazz
Festival in Turkey. As a bassist, Joe has performed all over
the world with ensembles and orchestras; and he has more than
25 recordings to his credit.
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The Band - Bassoon in the Wild
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The Bassoon in the Wild quartet featuring Michael Rabinowitz (bassoon), Grisha Alexiev (drums), Diana Herold (Vibraphone) and Joe Fonda (bass) has performed at the JVC Jazz Festival in NYC, The Frick Museum in Pittsburgh, The Mohonk Mountain House Jazz Weekend and other clubs and venues over the last year and a half. The leader, Michael Rabinowitz, has carved a successful career as one of the few bassoonists in the world that can play convincing jazz on his instrument. This summer Michael performed at the Bud Shank Jazz Festival in Washington State and is going on tour throughout Pennsylvania this fall with Bassoon in the Wild, performing music from their recent CD release Bassoon in Orbit. The group will also perform Oct.5th at The Trinity Church Noontime Concert Series. Their music includes original compositions, jazz standards, latin, jazz waltzes and rhythm and blues. Their sound has a wide dynamic range, at times like a chamber ensemble and other times like a rocking blues band. The sympathetic interplay of bassoon, vibes, bass and drums offers a unique texture. |
About the band:
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DIANA HEROLD - vibraphonist, marimbist, percussionist Equally adept at performing both improvised and non-improvised music, Herold has worked with composers and musicians such as Yo Yo Ma, Lou Harrison (with the Mark Morris Dance Group), Anthony Davis and Buddy DeFranco. She has performed as a featured soloist and as a percussionist with several larger new music groups and orchestras, including the Discovery Orchestra, the BMI Orchestra, Muhal Richard Abrams, Butch Morris, and the Brooklyn Philharmonic. Her performances have taken her throughout Europe, Central America, the United States, and Canada (where she attended the Banff Centre for the Arts). She can be heard on recordings with They Might Be Giants, Tony Trischka, Sam Rivers, Fred Ho, Rob Henke, and Chuck Clark. Diana leads her own jazz group featuring her own compositions. |
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GRISHA
ALEXIEV - drums In 1990, while a student at New England Conservatory of Music, Alexiev was honored with the Presser Award, a grant given annually to the most promising student at each of the conservatories in the United States. In 1994, he was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Performance Grant, and he has received several Meet the Composer Grants since 1996. He is co-founder (with Neal Kirkwood) of the Discovery Orchestra, (with Sam Bardfeld) The Atomic Strings, and leads his own 11-piece group, No Western Shirts. |
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JOE
FONDA - bass He is the organizer and producer of the Joe Fonda Ensemble which has performed throughout the United States, and is the recipient of many grants from Meet the Composer Foundation. In March and April, 1999, he performed with Brenda Buffalino and Company at Town Hall in New York; toured Europe with the Fonda/Stevens Group; and toured Portugal with Carlo Morena and Jeff Hershfield. In Spring, 1998, he toured with the Fonda/Stevens Group in Holland, France, Germany, Belgium, Austria, and Switzerland. He has performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland, and at the Istanbul Jazz Festival in Turkey. As a bassist, Joe has performed all over the world with ensembles and orchestras; and he has more than 25 recordings to his credit. |