Guitar Trio/Quartet
The instrumentation of this group can feature one guitar in the front line, alone or supported by piano, or two guitars in the front line. Our repertoire combines Thelonious Monk‘s most challenging compositions with music by composers associated with the ECM record label, such as John Abercrombie, Richie Beirach, and Pat Metheny.
Personnel
Paul Bollenback, guitar
Art Hirahara, piano
Matt Clohsey
Chuck Braman, drums
Alternate Personnel
Hyuna Park, piano
Adam Wintz, Tom Guarna, guitar
Noriko Ueda, Thomson Kneeland, bass
Videos
Repertoire
Thelonious Monk:
A Merrier Christmas
Ask Me Now
Ba-lue Boliver Ba-lues-are
Bemsha Swing
Blue Hawk
Boo Boo’s Birthday
Brake’s Sake
Coming On The Hudson
Criss Cross
Friday The 13th
Gallop’s Gallop
Introspection
Let’s Call This
Light Blue
Misterioso
Monk’s Dream
Monk’s Mood
Played Twice
Reflections
Ruby, My Dear
San Francisco Holiday
Skippy
Thelonious
Think Of One
Ugly Beauty
Who Knows?
Work
John Abercrombie:
Foolish Door
John’s Waltz
Paramour
Ralph’s Piano Waltz
Pat Metheny:
Bright Size Life
Change of Heart
H&H
James
Never Too Far Away
Sirabhorn
Unity Village
Richie Beirach:
Broken Wing
Nightlake
Stray
Veils
Zol
Leni Stern:
Fortunate Fall
Monica
Promise
Various Composers
Agua Vihno (Egberto Gismonti)
Chance (Kenny Kirkland)
Four Winds (Dave Holland)
Lonely Woman (Horace Silver)
Summer Band Camp (Mick Goodrick)
Toy Tune (Wayne Shorter)
My Other Bands
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Saxophone Quartet With a front-line consisting of saxophone and guitar, this group explores some of the most challenging jazz compositions from the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s.
Vibraphone Trio/Quartet With a front-line consisting of vibraphone, either alone (trio) or supported by guitar or piano (quartet), this group explores a mixture of standards, Brazilian, and jazz compositions that lend themselves to the sound of the vibraphone.
Piano Trio This group explores rarely-performed compositions of Bill Evans and Antonio Carlos Jobim, among other great jazz composers.
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