$15 Cover @ the Door / Start 3:30pm / Doors 3pm / Seated Show
The Richard Tabnik Quartet exemplifies exciting, intuitive jazz improvising, and features:
Richard Tabnik, alto saxophone
Harvey Diamond, piano
Cameron Brown, bass
Skip Scott, drums
Richard Tabnik
“One of the most original alto saxophonists on the scene today!” -Italian Jazz Critic Vittorio LoConte
“A superb saxophonist!” -legendary jazz trombonist Benny Powell
“Why isn’t Richard Tabnik more well known?”- multi-instrumentalist and writer Tim Price
“You’re playing the most original $#*% of anyone here!” - Arnie Lawrence, renowned Saxophonist and originator of the NYC New School Jazz Program
“You take chances!” - Jazz Drummer Max Roach
Richard Tabnik, jazz alto saxophone, has performed with the bands of Connie Crothers and with his own bands at Smalls, Sweet Basil, Birdland, Roulette, Cornelia Street Café, et al in NYC as well as concerts in Russia, Estonia, Canada, and Sweden with Ms Crothers. Since Ms. Crothers untimely passing, Richard has been focusing on and extending many of the principles and concepts that he learned studying, playing, rehearsing and performing with her. Richard’s latest CD is the innovative “Symphony for Jazz Trio: A Prayer for Peace” on New Artists Records. Scheduled for release next year is a new work for The Richard Tabnik Quartet.
newartistsrecords.com/biotabnik
Harvey Diamond
“Pianist Diamond, among the last students of the legendary Lennie Tristano, improvises with beguiling intelligence and heart.” — Kevin Lowenthal, Boston Globe
The simultaneously cerebral and soulful pianist extends the legacy of his legendary mentor Lennie Tristano.—Kevin Lowenthal, Boston Globe, June 24, 2021
“Harvey Diamond is a fantastic pianist. He plays from his heart and totally disappears into the song. He's a real joy to sing with.” —NEA jazz master Sheila Jordan
Harvey Diamond, jazz pianist, has been described as “one of the unsung heroes of the Boston jazz scene since the mid-1960's,” both as a performer and as a teacher. He plays with a rare combination of technique, intellect, subtlety and heart.
music.jondreyer.com/harveydiamond.html
Cameron Brown
Cameron started studying music at age 10, first on piano, later on clarinet. But, drawn to the bass, he found himself playing a tin bass in a student dance band. As an exchange student in Europe, he worked with George Russell's Sextet and Big Band for one year and played with Don Cherry, Aldo Romano, Booker Ervin, and Donald Byrd. In 1966 he returned to graduate at Columbia College, Columbia University (1969, B.A. in Sociology).
In 1974, Brown met Sheila Jordan, gigged with free jazz pioneers Roswell Rudd and Beaver Harris, joined Archie Shepp's quintet in 1975, and recorded with Harris' and The 360 Degree Music Experience around that time.
The famous Don Pullen/George Adams Quartet, with him and drummer Dannie Richmond, developed into an intense and rewarding partnership which lasted during the 1980s. In addition to this quartet, Brown played with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, and various groups led by Shepp, Cherry, Rudd, and Richmond. He has also performed and recorded with Ted Curson, Lee Konitz, Chet Baker, Joe Lovano, Mal Waldron, Ricky Ford, Steve Grossman, Betty Carter and the John Hicks Trio, Etta Jones and Jane Ira Bloom.
Brown has appeared on more than 200 recordings. His first recording as a leader, after nearly 40 years of performing, was published in 2003 with his group The Hear and Now featuring Dewey Redman.
In addition to playing gigs and touring nationally and internationally, Brown is currently teaching jazz double bass at Green Meadow Waldorf School in Chestnut Ridge, New York, as well as offering private lessons. The musician also substitute teaches music theory classes at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City.
Skip Scott
Skip Scott, drummer, has astonished audiences for decades. After his years of study with Lennie Tristano. he galvanized audiences energizing the bands of Warne Marsh, Sal Mosca, and many others. We are very fortunate to have such an exciting and knowledgable artist in the percussion chair. He played drums on LI, played rock and roll, and was introduced to Tristano at a young age, started study in his 20’s. He actually used to cut Lennie’s lawn in 1965 at the age of 8, and would jam with him on drums after, when he was 12. Lennie taught him how to play a ballad. Skip first sat in with Lennie and Sonny Dallas at the Village Door in 1965! He knew Lee and Warne from an early age and also played many commercial gigs. Skip formally studied with Lennie for one year, after years of coaching and playing with him. His mother was the singer, Betty Scott, who studied and recorded with Lennie. His step father, drummer Dick Scott, also studied, played, and recorded with Lennie and many others on the scene, and was an influence on Skip’s musical evolution. Skip Scott has performed with Sal Mosca, Warne Marsh, Lee Konitz, Tal Farlow, Sheila Jordan, et al…