Sat Sep 12
9:00PM & 10:30PM STEPHAN CRUMP'S ROSETTA TRIO
(Liberty Ellman, acoustic guitar; Jamie Fox, acoustic guitar; Stephan Crump, acoustic bass & compositions)
Memphis-bred bassist/composer Stephan Crump is among the latest generation of up-and-coming players on the NYC jazz scene. As a longtime sideman with adventurous jazz composers Vijay Iyer and Joel Harrison as well as singer-songwriters like Lucy Kaplansky and Jen Chapin, he has become known for the elegance and purposeful groove of his acoustic and electric bass playing. As a composer, he is emerging as a singular voice, avoiding obvious routes yet always finding honesty and lyricism. After many years of varied collaboration with critically-acclaimed guitarists Jamie Fox and Liberty Ellman (in both of whose groups he performs), Crump brought together this all-string chamber trio for the first time in 2005 to record an album of pieces written in the aftermath of 9/11. That album, Rosetta, was released in 2006 and greeted with inclusion on multiple top ten lists and other ecstatic reviews for its narrative depth and outstanding performances. Fresh out of the studio for their Cornelia St. performance, the trio will include tunes from Rosetta with emphasis on brand new material just recorded for their next release, including an extended work commissioned by the 92nd St. Y and NY Guitar Festival.
“Here is a string ensemble for the new century!” Donald Elfman, AllAboutJazz-NY
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