Hazmat Modine Bonfire 2024 tour from Lutterbeck to Nuremberg May 30th to June 23rd 2024. Featuring Wade Schuman , Erik Della Penna, Daisy Castro, Patrick Simard, Joseph Daley, Pamela Fleming & Steve Elson
In celebration of his 75th year, composer Joseph Daley will premiere compositions for conical bore instruments — Original compositions for both an Antiphonal French Horn Ensemble and a Mass Tuba Ensemble. These large ensemble compositions with rhythm section incorporate elements of jazz, avant garde and contemporary music.
Joseph Daley composer/conductor
ANTIPHONAL FRENCH HORN CHOIR • Vincent Chancey • John Clark • Deryck Clarke • Eric Davis • Ahnee Sharon Freeman • Rob Jost • Karl Kramer • Marshall Sealy • Shanyse Strickland • Mark Taylor • Deborah Thurlow
TRUE UNITY BASS ASSOCIATION • Jose Davila • Joe Exley • Dave Grego • Jack Jeffers • Marc Lindy • Bill Lowe • Earl McIntyre • Marcus Rojas • Ben Stapp • Bob Stewart • Keith Hartshorn-Walton
BOSTON TUBA SCHOLARS • Reece Ashley • Jimmy Chang • Clayton Frank • Lowrider James • Jordan Jenifor • Ben Romanow
RHYTHM SECTION • Jerome Harris: bass • Randolph Noel: piano • Buddy Williams: drums
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ARTISTS: BEN STAPP, BOB STEWART, BUDDY WILLIAMS, DERYCK CLARKE, EARL MCINTYRE, ERIC DAVIS, JEROME HARRIS, JOSE DAVILA, JOSEPH DALEY, KEITH HARTSHORN-WALTON, MARCUS ROJAS, MARSHALL SEALY, RANDOLPH NOEL, VINCENT CHANCEY
GENRES: AVANT GARDE JAZZ, IMPROVISATION, JAZZ, LARGE ENSEMBLE, NEW MUSIC
THE TUBA TRIO SAM RIVERS’ CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION TOUR 2023
Joseph Daley - tuba and euphonium
Warren Smith - drums
Scott Robinson - saxophones
After nearly 50 years of recognition as one of the consummate sidemen on the adventurous music scene – with remarkable artists like Sam Rivers, Carla Bley, Gil Evans, Charlie Haden, Muhal Richard Abrams, Taj Mahal and so many more – Joseph Daley has emerged as one of Jazz’ and contemporary music’s most extraordinary composers and leaders. Stunning musicians and fans alike with his brilliant 2011 CD, The Seven Deadly Sins, featuring his Earth Tones Ensemble (a full Jazz orchestra augmented by six additional low-tone horns, and including a seven-member rhythm section and four special guests), this powerfully innovative music mines the same rich vein of musical expression as that of immortals like Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington and George Russell, receiving rave reviews and making several Best of Year lists. In 2013 he followed up with The Seven Heavenly Virtues, then in 2014 Portraits: Wind, Thunder and Love which includes the five movement suite Wispercussion: Five Portraits of Warren Smith – both featuring string orchestras.
Drawing the attention of a number of prominent educators and university programs, since 2018 Joseph has become an in-demand and highly compelling educator, providing activities at various institutions in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Mexico, Washington, as well as a residency at Dartmouth College resulting in a performance of selections from The Seven Deadly Sins project. Plans for extended residencies are in motion for the future, including a week-long residency that will take place at Seattle Pacific University in January 2020, culminating in a full concert performance of The Seven Deadly Sins. Plans are also in place to repackage both Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Heavenly Virtues into a single CD entitled Sins and Virtues on his Jodamusic label in fall of 2019
In addition to his orchestral endeavors, Joseph is developing a significant reputation as a leader of smaller ensembles. In 2015, The Tuba Trio Chronicles – dedicated to his long time friend and mentor Sam Rivers, in whose Tuba Trio he performed extensively in the U.S. and Europe during the ‘70s and ‘80s – was released to high acclaim, and when time allowed three years later the ensemble toured in more than 15 U.S. cities in the spring of 2018. Joseph is also focused upon developing a series of life celebration projects dedicated to his late wife Wanda Daley, in which Joseph will use both his Tuba Trio Rituals Ensemble and Earth Tones Ensemble to realize this musical quest.
Joseph is also currently a member of the highly eclectic ensemble Hazmat Modine, under the direction of musician and visual artist Wade Schuman. It was Schuman’s paintings that helped inspire the creation of Daley’s Seven Deadly Sins project, which was developed at the MacDowell Colony in 2001.
Whether performing with his large ensemble; with his evocative Ebony Brass Quintet, his stunning World-music influenced Rituals Ensemble, the Tuba Trio or in sparer solo, or duo contexts; sheer musicality, deeply-hewn emotion and jubilant innovation are always at the core of Joseph’s most singular musical expression. Best known for playing the tuba, Joseph also plays euphonium, trombone and piano; but these days his growing reputation as a visionary composer is bringing him worldwide acclaim.
Born in New York City’s Harlem, Joseph began his musical studies in elementary school and received high honors and recognition throughout his school years (including the renowned High School of Music and Art), and was a member of the most prestigious ensembles in the New York City school system. During his high school years, he began performing on the Latin music scene – well-known as one of the most powerful foundations of higher musical learning – performing alongside such fine musicians as Rene McLean, Monquito Santamaria, Andy Gonzalez, Jerry Gonzalez, Alex Blake and many others.
A scholarship to the Manhattan School of Music resulted in his Bachelor’s degree in Performance and a Master’s degree in Music Education and led to a career as an educator in the New York and New Jersey school systems from 1976 until his retirement in 2005. Heavily dedicated to the education of young people to the highest values in musical understanding and expression, Joseph balanced his extensive educational commitments with recording and performing in the ensembles of some of the most provocative musicians on the contemporary jazz scene. In addition to those mentioned above, Joseph contributed heavily to groups led by other major artists including Muhal Richard Abrams, Makanda Ken McIntyre, Jason Hwang and Dave Douglas, and is an original member of Howard Johnson’s groundbreaking tuba ensemble, Gravity. He also produced the latest Gravity CD: Testimony. Joseph has also been a longtime collaborator with the highly respected composer/ethnomusicologist and master of non-Western instruments, Bill Cole – a relationship that is still in bloom.
EFW continues its 2020 season of live concerts in Beacon, NY with a performance by the gifted tuba and euphonium player, Joseph Daley and his accomplished Tuba Trio. An acclaimed instrumentalist and composer, Daley — whose past musical associates have encompassed everyone from Anthony Braxton to Taj Mahal, Kronos Quartet to Natalie Merchant, among many others — is joined in this group by Warren Smith on a drums and percussion and Scott Robinson on reeds, and for this performance will feature very special guest Tani Tabbal on drums and percussion. They explore the improvisational concepts of the visionary composer and multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers with whom Daley performed for many years, and to whose memory this group is dedicated.
The Joseph Daley Tuba Trio will perform at the Howland Cultural Center on Saturday, April 4 at 8 PM. The Howland Cultural Center is located at 477 Main St. in Beacon, NY and its phone number is: (845) 831-4988. Admission will be $15 in advance and $20 at the door — tickets are available at https://josephdaley.bpt.me.
Harlem Jazz Series - Joseph Daley Tuba Trio
April 3, 2020 7:00pm - 9:00pm
The Tuba Trio is an exploration into the improvisational concepts of the visionary composer & multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers and is dedicated to his memory. It features Joseph Daley on tuba and euphonium, joined by Warren Smith on a drum set, bass marimba, marimba and a variety of percussion instruments, and Scott Robinson on a variety of reeds including tenor sax, bass sax, a jazzophone, contra-alto clarinet, and theremin. JOSEPH DALEY has performed on the adventurous music scene with remarkable artists and has produced several acclaimed projects for his JoDa Music label. WARREN SMITH is known for masterful percussion work with an endless array of jazz artists, a bevy of pop stars, and in countless studios and Broadway pit bands, as well as on more than 3,000 recordings. SCOTT ROBINSON is best known for his work with various styles of saxophones.
Featuring: Joseph Daley - tuba, Warren Smith - drums, and Scott Robinson - reeds
1st set: 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm (15 min break)
2nd Set: 8:00 pm - 8:45 pm
House doors open at 6:30 pm
Price: $20
More Info: https://www.harlemjazzboxx.com/
Location
Greater Calvary Baptist Church
43-55 West 124th Street btw Malcolm X Blvd and Fifth Ave
New York NY 10027 US
Joseph Daley's Tuba Trio is an exploration into the improvisational concepts of the visionary composer & multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers. Daley dedicates his new album The Tuba Trio Chronicles to the memory of his good friend and mentor Sam Rivers, with whom he played in the Rivbea Tuba Trio along with Barry Altschul. Joseph Daley is heard on tuba and euphonium and joined by Warren Smith, heard on drum set, marimba and a variety of percussion instruments, and Scott Robinson on a variety of reeds including tenor sax, bass sax, contra alto clarinet and more.
After nearly 40 years of recognition as one of the consummate sidemen on the adventurous music scene—with remarkable artists like Sam Rivers, Carla Bley, Gil Evans, Charlie Haden, Taj Mahal and so many more—Joseph Daley stunned musicians and fans alike with his brilliant CD, The Seven Deadly Sins released in 2011. The album also received rave reviews and made several Best of 2011 lists. Featuring his Earth Tones Ensemble (a full Jazz orchestra augmented by six additional low-toned horns, and including a seven-member rhythm section and four special guests), this powerfully innovative music mines the same rich vein of musical expression as that of immortals like Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington and George Russell.
Whether performing with his large ensemble; with his evocative Ebony Brass Quintet; or in the sparer solo, duo or trio contexts; sheer musicality, deeply-hewn emotion and jubilant innovation are always at the core of Joseph's most singular musical expression. Best known for playing the tuba, Joseph also plays euphonium and valve trombone; but these days his growing reputation as a visionary composer is bringing him worldwide acclaim.
Warren Smith is known for masterful percussion work with an endless array of jazz artists, a bevy of pop stars, and in countless studios and Broadway pit bands, as well as on more than 3,000 recordings. He might be the only man alive who has played with Nat Cole, Harry Partch and Charles Mingus, as well as Janis Joplin, Aretha Franklin and Barbra Streisand! In 1961 he co-founded the Composers Workshop Ensemble, which is ongoing. Over the decades, Warren has worked with Muhal Richard Abrams, Count Basie, Anthony Braxton, Bill Cole, Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Aretha Franklin, Julius Hemphill, Quincy Jones, Janis Joplin (as her musical director), Makanda Ken McIntyre, Carmen McRae, Charles Mingus, Van Morrison, Harry Partch, Sam Rivers, Nina Simone, Henry Threadgill, Andrew White, Tony Williams' Lifetime, Nancy Wilson, and Joe Zawinul. Warren was a founding member of Max Roach's percussion ensemble, M'Boom. From the '60s through the '80s,Smith ran Studio WIS, which hosted many New York jazz musicians, such as Wadada Leo Smith and Oliver Lake. These days, Warren continues to perform with many top artists, as well as leading his own ensembles.
Bassist Michael F. Patterson has been involved in music for most of his adult life. While attending school at Philips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H. in the late '60s, he played his first paid gigs as a saxophonist in the soul band the Au Naturelles. At Exeter he was introduced to the music of John Coltrane. The album A Love Supreme was a life changing listening experience, Michael recalls. That experience led him to explore the works of Ornette Coleman, Marion Brown, Bill Dixon, Albert Ayler and others who were pushing the boundaries of a musical and cultural language. When Michael returned home to Fort Wayne, he studied music theory with John Morris, a Fort Wayne Philharmonic French horn player and educator. Morris, who introduced electronic music into the local public schools, influenced Michael (who had picked up guitar after being fascinated with the music of Jimi Hendrix) to develop an interest in the works Milton Subotnik, Karlheinz Stockhausen (with whom Michael later established an email conversation) and other electronic and musique concrete composers. After spending years as a guitarist in soul and rock bands, Michael’s interest in jazz, particularly his love of the music of Charles Mingus, led him to the bass. In the ‘90s, after studying electric bass guitar with David Johnson an alumnus of Roy Ayers’ and Betty Carter's groups, Johnson convinced Michael to pick up the contrabass. He then studied a number of years with Fort Wayne Philharmonic assistant principle Kevin Piekarski, and occasionally with Sam Agres of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Further studies included jazz bassists Earl Doug Hayes of Chicago, and Ken Gotshall. This period led him to work with a number of local bands and several stellar musicians, including Indianapolis saxophonist Rob Dixon, Toledo’s Leon Cook (an alumnus of Jimmy McGriff and Jack McDuff’s groups), and world-renowned saxophonist Ritchie Cole with drummer Russ Hunt during a short Midwestern tour. In recent years, his primary focus has been on the contrabass, playing in a number of jazz-oriented groups, including the Eric Clancy Trio, the Jim Steele Quartet, the Alicia Pyle, and the Chris Rutkowski quartets, to name a few. He also co-leads and is a principal composer for A Love Supreme Ensemble, a sextet that plays primarily original music often in an experimental or exploratory vein modeled after the groundbreaking Sam Rivers loft sessions, and for Sisi Ni Njia Ya Kale (we are the ancient way), a group incorporating aspects of jazz, West African and other eastern musics and spokenword artistry. His dream gig, however, was being invited to play in 2018 with the Joseph Daley Tuba Trio alongside music legends, pioneers and masters Joseph Daley, Warren Smith and Scott Robinson. Michael described the experience as beyond educational, at times almost frightening but bottomline transcendental—a life-changing experience. Michael calls it an unparalleled honor to once again be asked to join the group, this time with Joseph and Warren for another enlightening meta music experience, including a special concert presentation for A Big Apple Jazz Club Series at Wunderkammer in Fort Wayne, IN, along with a number of other dates.
"This captivating and stirring disc is further testament to Daley's superb musicianship and his artistic brilliance. The vibrant spontaneity, the shared musical vision and exquisite camaraderie make listening to this multi-textured record an inspirational and invigorating experience, one that can be savored anew with each spin." - Hrayr Attarian on The Tuba Trio Chronicles, All About Jazz 2016
This performance is made possible with the support of Jazz Road, a national initiative of South Arts, which is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Please join us Friday, March 27th from 7:30-9pm As Artlore Studio presents Joseph Daley Tuba Trio!!!!
As with the live performances,
The Tuba Trio Chronicles is an exploration into the improvisational concepts of the visionary composer & multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers and is dedicated to his memory. It features Joseph Daley on tuba and euphonium, joined by Warren Smith on a drum set, bass marimba, marimba and a variety of percussion instruments, and Scott Robinson on a variety of reeds including tenor sax, bass sax, a jazzophone, contra alto clarinet and theremin.
“This music colors/shades, reflects/deflects, echoes/contradicts, calls/responds, parries/thrusts and swirls about in a pastiche of joyous abandon and transcendent expression.” CD Baby
JOSEPH DALEY has performed on the adventurous music scene with remarkable artists Sam Rivers, Carla Bley, Gil Evans, Charlie Haden, Taj Mahal and so many more. In 2011 he released his brilliant CD, The Seven Deadly Sins. This album received rave reviews and made several best of 2011 lists. Since 2011 Daley has produced 4 other acclaimed projects for his for JoDa Music label (Seven Heavenly Virtues, Portraits, Trayvon Martin Suite and Tuba Trio Chronicles) while continuing sideman duties with Liberation Music Orchestra, Bill Cole’s Untempered Ensemble, Gravity and Hazmat Modine.
WARREN SMITH is known for masterful percussion work with an endless array of jazz artists, a bevy of pop stars, and in countless studios and Broadway pit bands, as well as on more than 3,000 recordings. He might be the only man alive who has played with Nat Cole, Harry Partch and Charles Mingus, as well as Janis Joplin, Aretha Franklin and Barbra Streisand! In 1961 he co-founded the Composers Workshop Ensemble, which is ongoing. Over the decades, Warren has worked with Muhal Richard Abrams, Count Basie, Anthony Braxton, Bill Cole, Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Aretha Franklin, Julius Hemphill, Quincy Jones, Janis Joplin (as her musical director), Makanda Ken McIntyre, Carmen McRae, Charles Mingus, Van Morrison, Harry Partch, Sam Rivers, Nina Simone, Henry Threadgill, Andrew White, Tony Williams’ Lifetime, Nancy Wilson, and Joe Zawinul. Warren was a founding member of Max Roach’s percussion ensemble, M’Boom. From the ’60s through the ’80s, Smith ran Studio WIS, which hosted many New York jazz musicians, such as Wadada Leo Smith and Oliver Lake. These days, Warren continues to perform with many top artists, as well as leading his own ensembles.
SCOTT ROBINSON is an American jazz musician. He is best known for his work with various styles of saxophones, but also performed with the clarinet, flute, and sarrusophone, along with other, more obscure instruments. Robinson has appeared on more than 200 LP and CD releases, including eleven under his leadership, with such musicians as Lionel Hampton, Anthony Braxton, John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Ella Fitgerald, Paquito D’Rivera, Sting, Maria Schneider, Elton John, Buck Clayton, and the New York City Opera, two of these recordings won a Grammy Award. He has also received four fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2000, the State Department named Robinson a “Jazz Ambassador” for the year 2001, funding a tour of West Africa in which Robinson played the early works of Louis Armstrong. Material from theses appearance was subsequently released on the album Jazz Ambassador: Scott Robinson Plays the Compositions of Louis Armstrong by Arbor Records.
https://www.jodamusic.com/
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This performance is made possible with the support of Jazz Road, a national initiative of South Arts, which is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Thursday, March 26 at 8:00 p.m.
$15 general admission, $12 students/seniors, $10 members
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Hallwalls & The Historic Colored Musicians Club present
Joseph Daley - tuba, euphonium
Scott Robinson - woodwinds
Warren Smith - drums, percussion
Joseph Daley's Tuba Trio is an exploration into the improvisational concepts of the visionary composer & multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers. Daley dedicates his new album The Tuba Trio Chronicles to the memory of his good friend and mentor Sam Rivers, with whom he played in the Rivbea Tuba Trio along with Barry Altschul. Joseph Daley is heard on tuba and euphonium and joined by Warren Smith, heard on drum set, marimba and a variety of percussion instruments, and Scott Robinson on a variety of reeds including tenor sax, bass sax, contra alto clarinet and more.
After nearly 40 years of recognition as one of the consummate sidemen on the adventurous music scene—with remarkable artists like Sam Rivers, Carla Bley, Gil Evans, Charlie Haden, Taj Mahal and so many more—Joseph Daley stunned musicians and fans alike with his brilliant CD, The Seven Deadly Sins released in 2011. The album also received rave reviews and made several Best of 2011 lists. Featuring his Earth Tones Ensemble (a full Jazz orchestra augmented by six additional low-toned horns, and including a seven-member rhythm section and four special guests), this powerfully innovative music mines the same rich vein of musical expression as that of immortals like Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington and George Russell.
Whether performing with his large ensemble; with his evocative Ebony Brass Quintet; or in the sparer solo, duo or trio contexts; sheer musicality, deeply-hewn emotion and jubilant innovation are always at the core of Joseph's most singular musical expression. Best known for playing the tuba, Joseph also plays euphonium and valve trombone; but these days his growing reputation as a visionary composer is bringing him worldwide acclaim.
Warren Smith is known for masterful percussion work with an endless array of jazz artists, a bevy of pop stars, and in countless studios and Broadway pit bands, as well as on more than 3,000 recordings. He might be the only man alive who has played with Nat Cole, Harry Partch and Charles Mingus, as well as Janis Joplin, Aretha Franklin and Barbra Streisand! In 1961 he co-founded the Composers Workshop Ensemble, which is ongoing. Over the decades, Warren has worked with Muhal Richard Abrams, Count Basie, Anthony Braxton, Bill Cole, Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Aretha Franklin, Julius Hemphill, Quincy Jones, Janis Joplin (as her musical director), Makanda Ken McIntyre, Carmen McRae, Charles Mingus, Van Morrison, Harry Partch, Sam Rivers, Nina Simone, Henry Threadgill, Andrew White, Tony Williams' Lifetime, Nancy Wilson, and Joe Zawinul. Warren was a founding member of Max Roach's percussion ensemble, M'Boom. From the '60s through the '80s,Smith ran Studio WIS, which hosted many New York jazz musicians, such as Wadada Leo Smith and Oliver Lake. These days, Warren continues to perform with many top artists, as well as leading his own ensembles.
Scott Robinson is an American jazz musician. He is best known for his work with various styles of saxophones, but also performed with the clarinet, flute, and sarrusophone, along with other, more obscure instruments. Robinson has appeared on more than 200 LP and CD releases, including eleven under his leadership, with such musicians as Lionel Hampton, Anthony Braxton, John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Ella Fitgerald, Paquito D'Rivera, Sting, Maria Schneider, Elton John, Buck Clayton, and the New York City Opera, two of these recordings won a Grammy Award. He has also received four fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2000, the State Department named Robinson a "Jazz Ambassador" for the year 2001, funding a tour of West Africa in which Robinson played the early works of Louis Armstrong. Material from theses appearance was subsequently released on the album Jazz Ambassador: Scott Robinson Plays the Compositions of Louis Armstrong by Arbor Records.
"This captivating and stirring disc is further testament to Daley's superb musicianship and his artistic brilliance. The vibrant spontaneity, the shared musical vision and exquisite camaraderie make listening to this multi-textured record an inspirational and invigorating experience, one that can be savored anew with each spin." - Hrayr Attarian on The Tuba Trio Chronicles, All About Jazz 2016
This performance is made possible with the support of Jazz Road, a national initiative of South Arts, which is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
This concert is also made possible through the Music Program of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), & a Collaborative Opportunities Grant from the Cullen Foundation made to Hallwalls and the Colored Musicians Club for the .9 Miles Collaborative.
This performance is made possible with the support of Jazz Road, a national initiative of South Arts, which is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
We are so excited to present Joseph Daley Tuba Trio at BOP STOP!
The Tuba Trio is an exploration into the improvisational concepts of the visionary composer & multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers and is dedicated to his memory.
As with the live performances, The Tuba Trio Chronicles is an exploration into the improvisational concepts of the visionary composer & multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers and is dedicated to his memory. It features Joseph Daley on tuba and euphonium, joined by Warren Smith on a drum set, bass marimba, marimba and a variety of percussion instruments, and Scott Robinson on a variety of reeds including tenor sax, bass sax, a jazzophone, contra alto clarinet and theremin.
“This music colors/shades, reflects/deflects, echoes/contradicts, calls/responds, parries/thrusts and swirls about in a pastiche of joyous abandon and transcendent expression.” CD Baby
JOSEPH DALEY has performed on the adventurous music scene with remarkable artists Sam Rivers, Carla Bley, Gil Evans, Charlie Haden, Taj Mahal and so many more. In 2011 he released his brilliant CD, The Seven Deadly Sins. This album received rave reviews and made several best of 2011 lists. Since 2011 Daley has produced 4 other acclaimed projects for his for JoDa Music label (Seven Heavenly Virtues, Portraits, Trayvon Martin Suite and Tuba Trio Chronicles) while continuing sideman duties with Liberation Music Orchestra, Bill Cole’s Untempered Ensemble, Gravity and Hazmat Modine.
WARREN SMITH is known for masterful percussion work with an endless array of jazz artists, a bevy of pop stars, and in countless studios and Broadway pit bands, as well as on more than 3,000 recordings. He might be the only man alive who has played with Nat Cole, Harry Partch and Charles Mingus, as well as Janis Joplin, Aretha Franklin and Barbra Streisand! In 1961 he co-founded the Composers Workshop Ensemble, which is ongoing. Over the decades, Warren has worked with Muhal Richard Abrams, Count Basie, Anthony Braxton, Bill Cole, Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Aretha Franklin, Julius Hemphill, Quincy Jones, Janis Joplin (as her musical director), Makanda Ken McIntyre, Carmen McRae, Charles Mingus, Van Morrison, Harry Partch, Sam Rivers, Nina Simone, Henry Threadgill, Andrew White, Tony Williams’ Lifetime, Nancy Wilson, and Joe Zawinul. Warren was a founding member of Max Roach’s percussion ensemble, M’Boom. From the ’60s through the ’80s, Smith ran Studio WIS, which hosted many New York jazz musicians, such as Wadada Leo Smith and Oliver Lake. These days, Warren continues to perform with many top artists, as well as leading his own ensembles.
SCOTT ROBINSON is an American jazz musician. He is best known for his work with various styles of saxophones, but also performed with the clarinet, flute, and sarrusophone, along with other, more obscure instruments. Robinson has appeared on more than 200 LP and CD releases, including eleven under his leadership, with such musicians as Lionel Hampton, Anthony Braxton, John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Ella Fitgerald, Paquito D’Rivera, Sting, Maria Schneider, Elton John, Buck Clayton, and the New York City Opera, two of these recordings won a Grammy Award. He has also received four fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2000, the State Department named Robinson a “Jazz Ambassador” for the year 2001, funding a tour of West Africa in which Robinson played the early works of Louis Armstrong. Material from theses appearance was subsequently released on the album Jazz Ambassador: Scott Robinson Plays the Compositions of Louis Armstrong by Arbor Records.
https://www.jodamusic.com/
$15
Composer and tubaist Joseph Daley pays tribute to the great saxophonist/flutist Sam Rivers with his stimulating and provocative The Tuba Trio Chronicles. Daley and percussionist Warren Smith, who appears on the current album, were member of Rivers' tuba trio in the 1970s. They both appeared on Rivers' three volume Essence (Circle, 1976), a live recording at the legendary Bim Huis in Amsterdam. This intriguing set of LPs, sadly, remains both out of print and not reissued on CD.
Versatile multi-reed player Scott Robinson joins Daley and Smith to pay homage to Rivers' innovative spirit. Apart from an imaginative cover of Rivers' famous "Beatrice" the ensemble performs all original material, either collective improvisations or Daley's own compositions.
The centerpiece of the disc is the cinematic and introspective "Terrarium." The track is built upon a framework of processed sounds that create a delightfully surreal and captivatingly ethereal ambience. Smith, on his unique multiple percussion instrument (MPI), rolls and tolls, thunders and flows setting the somber and visceral mood imbued with a definite primal spirituality. His full toned marimba gallops within the electronic sonic lattice. Daley, switching between euphonium and tuba, plays a serene and melancholic melody with Asian influences that spreads like a mysterious fog over Smith's mallets. Robinson weaves loose, flittering patterns with his muscular bass flute and his mournful clarinet solo adds a mystical edge to the music. The closing three-way conversation among Daley's growling horn, Robinson's resonant woodwind and Smith's chiming cowbells and crotales is sublimely liturgical
The three maintain the same degree of mastery over their performance when freely adlibbing as well. The unfettered extemporization "Emergence," the men play off each others' inventive ideas with dexterity and intelligence. Daley's warm, stately euphonium and Robinson's reverberating sarrusophone and jazzophone engage in a lyrical and passionate dialogue that is akin to two, stream of consciousness feeding off each other. Smith's booming tympani and splashing cymbals add an earthy third dimension to this ingeniously poetic tune.
This captivating and stirring disc is further testament to Daley's superb musicianship and his artistic brilliance. The vibrant spontaneity, the shared musical vision and exquisite camaraderie make listening to this multi-textured record an inspirational and invigorating experience, one that can be savored anew with each spin.
Track Listing: Interplay; Modality; Emergence; Sonorous; Terrarium; Beatrice; Proclamation.
Personnel: Joseph Daley: tuba, euphonium and processed sounds; Scott Robinson: woodwinds, percussion; Warren Smith: percussion.
Title: The Tuba Trio Chronicles | Year Released: 2016 | Record Label: Self Produced
HAZMAT MODINE has toured the world for over fifteen years. From Borneo to British Columbia, China to India, Brazil to New Zealand; throughout Europe and into Siberia. The band distills American music into an essence from its myriad forms: Blues, Country, R & B, Rock-n-Roll, Jazz, Gospel, World Music, Soul, Roots... Yet it adds to this mixture something raw and mysterious that feels at once familiar and new
Hazmat Modine sounds like a dangerous heated chemical because hazmat means hazardous material and Modine is a midwest company that manufactures heating products; Hazmat Modine’s danger is its super-talented nine-piece band which includes trumpet, tuba, saxophone, clarinet, trombone, harmonica, banjo, violin, guitar and drums. Schuman, besides being the front man and a musician is also the song writer, producer, and album designer.
Greenwich House Music School’s adult woodwinds ensemble Dance Clarinets will be presenting the world premiere of “Colorations and Explorations” by Joseph Daley, commissioned by Greenwich House Music School with assistance from the Department of Cultural Affairs.
After 50 years of working with some of the most remarkable artists in the adventurous music scene, Joseph Daley has emerged as one of jazz and contemporary music’s most exciting leaders and composers. His albums The Seven Deadly Sins and The Seven Heavenly Virtues earned rave reviews and secured a spot on several Best of the Year lists thanks to his innovative contemporary take on the tradition of Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington and George Russell.
Tickets are $15 general/$10 students and seniors at the door
The unique globe trotting New York roots band HAZMAT MODINE has toured the world for over fifteen years. From Borneo to British Columbia, china and India, Brazil to New Zealand, throughout Europe and into Siberia.
The band distills American music into an essence from its myriad forms:
Blues, Country, R & B, Rock-n-Roll, Jazz, Gospel, World Music, Soul, Roots... - yet it adds to this mixture something raw and mysterious that feels at once familiar and new.
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HAZMAT MODINE
CD RELEASE PARTY FOR
Box of Breath
on Geckophonic Records!
Feb. 1st, 2020 7:00 @
(LE) POISSON ROUGE
158 Bleecker Street, New York NY 10012 call: (212) 505-fish
The unique globe trotting New York roots band HAZMAT MODINE has toured the world for over fifteen years. From Borneo to British Columbia, china and India, Brazil to New Zealand, throughout Europe and into Siberia.
The band distills American music into an essence from its myriad forms:
Blues, Country, R & B, Rock-n-Roll, Jazz, Gospel, World Music, Soul, Roots... - yet it adds to this mixture something raw and mysterious that feels at once familiar and new.
Hazmat Modine’s fourth studio album, Box of Breath, is due out Feb 1st! CD release at Le Poisson Rouge Feb 1st with Balla Kouyate and special guests!
Early international reviews:
“... The songs are sublime again, the arrangements phenomenal, the vocals of Schuman and the band fantastic, and the passion with which they play unsurpassed…
Sorry, but this is an album that I can only talk about in superlatives - for me this is already the topper of 2019…” Moors magazine -Holland.
“…There is, in all likelihood, no other American band that so definitively captures the true meaning of roots music then Wade Schuman’s 9-piece New York collective.
Whilst touchstones abound, and lashings of blues, New Orleans flavored jazz and funk, Calypso, Balkanova, Klezmer, Gypsy Jazz, and African grooves are all thrown in the crucible,
what comes out is entirely original and intoxicating…Comes the time to pass judgement on the years best, Box of Breath has “contender" written all over it.” Rhythms magazine -Australia.
Seattle Pacific University Music Department is proud to present the 2020 Schoenhals Visiting Artist, Joseph Daley. A composer, teacher, and musician, Daley is recognized as one of America’s jazz elders. His seminal work, “The Seven Deadly Sins,” will be featured in a concert at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, January 31, at First Free Methodist Church.
As a composer in residence, Daley will be mentoring and working directly with our students during the week of January 26. A sampling of their new works will open the Friday event. In addition to presenting his work and his teaching work, Daley will also be presenting a lecture on integrating his faith into artistic generation.
Joseph Daley Lecture
Thursday, January 30, 11 a.m.
Nickerson Studios
Concert: “The Seven Deadly Sins”
Friday, January 31, 7:30 p.m.
First Free Methodist Church, adjacent to SPU campus
The unique globe trotting New York roots band HAZMAT MODINE has toured the world for over fifteen years. From Borneo to British Columbia, china and India, Brazil to New Zealand, throughout Europe and into Siberia.
The band distills American music into an essence from its myriad forms:
Blues, Country, R & B, Rock-n-Roll, Jazz, Gospel, World Music, Soul, Roots... - yet it adds to this mixture something raw and mysterious that feels at once familiar and new.
#hazmatmodine #newyorkmusic #newyorkworldmusic #apap #harmonica #nycrootsmusic #newyorkrootsmusic #tuba #boxofbreath #horns #uniquemusic #worldmusic #nycmusic,
HAZMAT MODINE has toured the world for over fifteen years.
From Borneo to British Columbia, China to India, Brazil to New Zealand; throughout Europe and into Siberia. The band distills American music into an essence from its myriad forms: Blues, Country, R & B, Rock-n-Roll, Jazz, Gospel, World Music, Soul, Roots... Yet it adds to this mixture something raw and mysterious that feels at once familiar and new.
Wade Schuman
Diatonic Harmonica, Lute Guitar, Guitar, Lead Vocals
Playing the harmonica since the age of ten, Wade is an accomplished master in the early Blues and musical styles of the 1920's and 30's. He grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan which has long had a vital and interesting musical scene, and currently resides and works in New York City. He draws musical inspiration from among others: Desmond Dekker, Jaybird Coleman, Sidney Bechet, Taraf De Haidouks and Slim Gaillard. Recording credits include Joan Osborn's "Relish" which was nominated for four Grammys.
Joseph Daley
Tuba
Joseph is a native of New York and perhaps this country's most consistent and creative "Lower Brass Specialist". Among others he has played with Sam Rivers, Carla Bley, Taj Mahal, Charlie Haden, Gil Evans, Lionel Hampton, Howard Johnson, Dave Douglas, and Muhal Richard Abrams. He appears on well over a dozen recordings.
Pamela Fleming
Trumpet, Flugelhorn
NYC trumpet player and composer Pam Fleming is the leader of original world jazz group Fearless Dreamer. Pam is best known for her work with Lilith Fair artists Natalie Merchant, Sarah McLachlan, Indigo Girls; Reggae stars Burning Spear, Dennis Brown and Maxi Priest; and Klezmer groups Metropolitan Klezmer and Isle of Klezbos.
Steve Elson
Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, Duduk, Flute
As a teenager, saxophonist Steve Elson toured with the legendary Johnny Otis Rhythm and Blues Revue, featuring Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Shuggie Otis and the Three Tons of Joy.He has gone on to play in a wide variety of settings including world tours with David Bowie, film soundtracks for Philip Glass, several hundred pop, jazz, klezmer, R&B and new music recordings. Elson has been a recipient of numerous composition grants and fellowships from the NEA, NYFA and Mary Cary Flagler. among others. He leads his group Steve Elson's Lips and Fingers Ensemble.
Reut Regev
Trombone, Flugabone, Slide Trumpet
Reut Regev was born and raised in Israel. Since arriving at NYC in 1998 Reut has taken part in various musical projects, playing Jazz, Latin music, Improvised and Contemporary Classical, Klezmer, Blues, Rock, and more. She has worked with Anthony Braxton, Butch Morris, Frank London Klezmer All-stars, Firewater and Grupo Irek among many others. Her debut recording as a leader, This is R Time, is scheduled to be released Jan 2009 on Ropeadope Records.
Erik Della Penna
Guitar, Banjitar, Vocals
Erik is a songwriter and guitarist living in New York City. He studied western classical music at The Mannes College of Music. After graduation he spent years preforming around the Northeast in ensembles informed by American roots music traditions. Erik then went on to write, record and tour extensively with artists such as Joan Baez, Natalie Merchant, Joan Osborne and David Yazbek. Erik has written music for A&E television, The New York Historical Society, as well as dozens of documentary films. His guitar and drum duo, Kill Henry Sugar, is currently in the process of recording their seventh collection of original songs. In addition, Erik is working on two musicals now in development, one in Chicago and one in New York City.
Hazmat Modine is a musical group based in New York City, USA, founded in the late 1990s, led by singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Wade Schuman.
Their music is rooted in blues and also touches on folk, jazz and World music. The most recent lineup of the band features harmonica, tuba, trombone, trumpet, saxophone, drums, guitar, violin as well as solo and harmony vocals.
Hazmat Modine is a musical group based in New York City, USA, founded in the late 1990s, led by singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Wade Schuman.
Their music is rooted in blues and also touches on folk, jazz and World music. The most recent lineup of the band features harmonica, tuba, trombone, trumpet, saxophone, drums, guitar, violin as well as solo and harmony vocals.
Interschool Orchestras of New York Presents Its Gala Celebration:
A TRIBUTE TO HOWARD JOHNSON
Featuring Taj Mahal and Students of InterSchool Orchestras of New York
Interschool Orchestras of New York (ISO) is proud to announce its 2019-2020 gala celebration, A Tribute to Howard Johnson, at Kaufman Music Center’s Merkin Hall, September 18, 2019 at 7:30 pm. The special event will honor the musical legend, who, in his five-decade career, has played alongside luminaries in multiple genres and pioneered the voice of the tuba in jazz. The event will also feature the talents of two-time Grammy-winning musician Taj Mahal and the students of the ISO Symphony. All proceeds from the event will support financial aid and scholarships for ISO students.
“ISO’s mission - to serve all young musicians who want to participate, regardless of ability to pay - is deeply rooted in a long-standing commitment to the children of New York City,” said Karen Geer, executive director of ISO. “We are thrilled to pay tribute to Howard Johnson as a distinguished member of the city’s vibrant musical legacy. His tremendous career and innovations in music are a testament to the creativity, passion, and perseverance our students find through playing in an orchestra and carry with them throughout their lives.”
Gala honoree and performer Howard Johnson, “I am honored to be recognized by ISO for my contributions to the music community. Being a musician has opened so many doors in my life, and I am grateful for the opportunity to make that possible for a new generation of players. Because of their time in the orchestra, the talented students of ISO will go on to be lifelong supporters of the arts, no matter their career path. The funds raised as part of this event will help make that vision possible.”
A Tribute to Howard Johnson will raise funds to support scholarships and financial aid for ISO students. As a critical element of ISO’s mission to nurture young musicians, no child has ever been turned away because of financial need; 80% of ISO students receive some form of financial assistance, and the organization awards nearly $250,000 in scholarships each year.
Sponsorships for the gala start at $2,500 and include dinner and an evening of performances by Howard Johnson, Taj Mahal, Billy Rich, Gravity, the Levon Helm horns, The Beartones, members of the ISO Symphony, and others. For more information, visit isorch.org or call (212) 410-0370.
Tickets: https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/tribute-to-howard-johnson/
Howard Johnson is a legendary performer and mentor to a generation of African-American musicians. Over the past half century, Johnson has appeared on hundreds of albums playing tuba, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, electric bass and other instruments with the giants of many genres. New York Times critic Nate Chinen credits Johnson as “the figure most responsible for the tuba’s current status as a full-fledged jazz voice.” Arriving in New York in the early ’60s, Johnson quickly gained notoriety as a sideman, recording and performing with Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones, Buddy Rich, Chick Corea, John Lennon, Paul Simon, and eventually hundreds of others. As a tubaist, Johnson was the first to demand prominent solo roles for the instrument in jazz and was heavily involved in the design and manufacture of a specialist tuba for jazz playing. In 1975, Johnson was appointed the inaugural bandleader of The Saturday Night Live Band. He was also a long-time muse to innovators such as Charles Mingus, Gil Evans, Carla Bley, and George Gruntz, who created music to showcase his multi-instrumentalist abilities, and inspired him in his life-long quest to expand the range and repertoire of the less familiar instruments in jazz and popular music.
Sparking interest in the music, especially in young people, has always been of paramount importance to Howard Johnson. It’s his life’s mission, likely fueled by his own passion for the art that first flared in junior high school. As a youngster, he spent every free minute in the band room, investigating the contents of the mysterious and intriguingly shaped instrument cases. He eventually tried his hand at many of the instruments he first encountered there, an opportunity to explore not afforded to many 21st century students, as arts programs in schools dwindle.
Supporting this voyage to musical discovery—and the self-discovery inherent in musical expression—is a mission dear to the heart of this legendary musician. Howard Johnson notes that while many people in the world have knowledge and talent, each individual has something unique and important to contribute, if given a chance: “What you give of yourself, there’s nothing that can beat that,” he declares.
Founded in 1972, the Inter School Orchestras of New York creates opportunities for school-aged children in New York City to make music together through a tiered system of four orchestras, serving beginners to pre-conservatory-level players. ISO provides a nurturing environment where all children can realize their personal best, achieve high artistic standards, and share their music with the community. Under the leadership of executive director Karen Geer, ISO serves nearly 300 students from diverse backgrounds living in each of the five boroughs and surrounding areas. Generous financial aid and scholarships ensure that every child can participate.
In its distinguished 47-year history, ISO has collaborated with artists and ensembles including James Earl Jones, David Amram, Raúl Jaurena, Canadian Brass, and Dance Theatre of Harlem, and on stages including Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the United Nations. Additionally, ISO has been featured on WNET’s (PBS) NYC-ARTS; participated in the Unity Youth Symphony as part of the HBO documentary Landfill Harmonic; and is a League of American Orchestras award winner as well as a member of the Channel 13 Hall of Fame.
Founded in the late 1990s by songwriter Wade Schuman (vocals and harmonica, occasional guitar and other instruments), the band in their formative years also featured mainstays Joe Daley (tuba, sousaphone) and Randy Weinstein (harmonica). Other personnel varied considerably, including not only performers on guitar, drums and sax but also exotic oddities like cimbalom and bass marimba.
Their debut album was recorded over a five-year span and earned positive critical notice. Hazmat Modine was featured on the National Public Radio program "All Things Considered" on October 25, 2006,[1] and on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation program "The Daily Planet" on May 29, 2006.[2]
Their second Hazmat Modine album featured a more stable lineup, though Weinstein has parted ways with the band.
In 2013 Wade Schuman enlisted his friend Erik Della Penna to join the band as a guitarist, co-vocalist and songwriter. Schuman wanted the band to evolve into one that had more vocal harmonies, he was becoming more interested in the long tradition of American songwriting by the likes of Irving Berlin, Fats Waller, Doc Pomus, Hays & Porter. A live album followed in 2014, and a studio album in 2015.
Last Show before the epic Box of Breath European Tour, this will be a real happening
HAZMAT MODINE
With Special Guest Chris Stromquist.
Saturday:
April 27th, 7:00 to 9:30 @
TERRA BLUES
149 Bleecker street,
#hazmatmodine#hazmatmodinemusic #nycrootsmusic #nyc #nycmusic #rootsmusic#worldmusic #tuba #harmonica #brass
HAZMAT MODINE plays the kind of Blues one might have found in a barrelhouse in New Orleans had the city been inhabited by gypsies who performed with Otis Redding and the city had been built on the Black Sea. The band is driven by harmonicas, tuba, drums, guitars, Banjo and a full horn section. Guests play such exotic instruments as the Romanian cimbalom, the banjitar, and the Claviola. Front man Wade Schuman has the appropriately throaty voice of someone who has both hopped freight trains and collaborated with the Throat Singers of Tuva. For the past eight years, the band has been touring in over 40 countries worldwide. They have collaborated/performed with a vast range of artists including Bombino, Kronos Quartet, Cat Empire, the Gangbe Brass band from Benin, and Natalie Merchant. The title track from their first CD BAHAMUT was recently used in the 3D film Pina by Wim Wenders, and currently in a performance by Pina Bausch and the Stuttgart Ballet. Their second CD Cicada was awarded the Charles Cross award in France for best blues album of the Year, and topped number one on the World Music Charts in Europe. Their new CD Extra-Deluxe-Supreme is out on Jaro records in Europe and due out this spring in the U.S.
("Hazmat" is a portmanteau of "hazardous material" and "Modine" is the name of a company that manufactures commercial heaters but may be used to refer to the heater itself.)
