A Jacob William Project:
Improv Jazz:
Jacob William (bass).
Forbes Graham (trumpet);
Luther Gray (drums);
Steve Lantner (piano);
Special Guest, Jason Robinson (tenor, flute)
For the unfamiliar, uninitiated, these are some of the Who’s Who of Boston’s creative Jazz scene, internationally acclaimed and travelled, for years, and not slowing down making musical waves at every performance…
The July 14th date at the Lily Pad is a special one for many reasons. After a long hiatus, bassist Jacob ... view more »
A Jacob William Project:
Improv Jazz:
Jacob William (bass).
Forbes Graham (trumpet);
Luther Gray (drums);
Steve Lantner (piano);
Special Guest, Jason Robinson (tenor, flute)
For the unfamiliar, uninitiated, these are some of the Who’s Who of Boston’s creative Jazz scene, internationally acclaimed and travelled, for years, and not slowing down making musical waves at every performance…
The July 14th date at the Lily Pad is a special one for many reasons. After a long hiatus, bassist Jacob William , Drummer Luther Gray, pianist Steve Lantner, trumpeter Forbes Graham, and tenor saxophonist Jason Robinson are coming together. This event will also be a musical announcement of the release of two long awaited Quintet and Trio recordings that Luther, Forbes, Steve and Jacob are part of.
The music will be a celebration of life and improvisation. No deliberate stylistic crafting, but the sources of experimentation as tradition will be explored. Swinging and deeply grooving.
Please come and join in!
When: 7/14/23, Friday, 8:00PM
Where: The Lilypad, 1253 Cambridge, St, Cambridge
Cost: $18, $15 Students, Seniors, Cash/Venmo
Contact: Alex @ Creative Music Series, alexlemski@gmail.com, 617/800
7255
https://www.creativemusicseries.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/265233245953134
BIO
William Jacob (bass):
Born and raised in India, Jacob arrived via rare routes to play on the vast fields of Jazz and other creatively improvised and composed music. Jacob grew-up in a syncretic milieu.
In his teens, Jacob started playing the bass guitar and soon began playing concerts and festivals all over India in the company of many forward-looking elder musicians who had a particularly deep interest in Jazz. Jacob moved to the U.S. in 1991 after receiving a scholarship to study music.
In 2001, Jacob received a Master of Arts in Music degree from Wesleyan University, where his studies and work combined ethnomusicology, world-music and experimental composition under Anthony Braxton, Neely Bruce and Alvin Lucier. He also studied South-Indian Carnatic vocal music with T. Viswanathan and percussion music with Ramanad Raghavan and David Nelson. During 1998-1999, he attended the New England Conservatory of Music and studied in the department of Third Stream Music / Contemporary Improvisation under Ran Blake and studied the bass with Cecil McBee and John Lockwood. In 1997 he earned a Bachelor of music degree from Berklee College of music, completing his studies focused on Jazz Bass performance under Bruce Gertz, Whit Browne and Rich Appleman while studying Theory, Composition and ArrangingJacob has worked with a diverse range of renowned personalities in Jazz and World-Music arenas.
Jacob has contributed to over 20 recordings.
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