Bassist/composer Bruno Råberg presents an evening featuring his original compositions for this outstanding ten-piece band. The group will perform compositions from the “Evolver” album and in addition newly composed pieces. “…Evolver has all the heft and color of a big band, with imaginative arrangements that exploit the timbral range from bottom to top, and beautiful solo statements from an outstanding cast of characters.” -Jon Garelick – The Arts Fuse Magazine
Bruno Råberg is an internationally renowned bass player and composer. Since coming to the US from his native Sweden in 1981, he has made 14 recordings as a leader, more than 50 as a sideman, and has performed with numerous world-class artists, including Kris Davis, Walter Smith III, Terri Lyne Carrington, Jerry Bergonzi, Chris Cheek, George Garzone, Kenny Werner, Sam Rivers, Tony Malaby, Donny McCaslin, Bob Moses, Mick Goodrick, Ben Monder, Bruce Barth, Adam Cruz, Ted Poor, and Mike Mainieri. He currently presents concerts for solo bass and leads a trio featuring pianist Bruce Barth and drummer Matt Wilson. At 20 Råberg was drafted by Swedish trombone virtuoso Eje Thelin and spent the ensuing years performing and recording with renowned Swedish and European artists such as Bobo Stenson, Monica Zetterlund, Zpigniew Seifert and Nils Landgren. In 1981, Råberg left his performing career in Europe to come to the USA, thanks to a scholarship to the New England Conservatory in Boston. There he studied with Miroslav Vitous, Mick Goodrick, George Russell, and Bob Moses. Råberg has been a professor at Berklee College of Music since 1986 and teaches in the prestigious Berklee Global Jazz Institute, led by pianist Danilo Perez.
