The quartet! Newsome, Rosenthal, Lantner, Karlson

What is a CMS (Boston) project: Premier Out-of-State/Region musician(s) with Boston’s own creative; and chosen by our musician(s):

Boston invites the Jazz / Improv world in!

You (should) know of, have heard live these exclusive (our) home musicians, central to a growing, important, creative music scene!

Eric Rosenthal, drums, 4tet formed by, the significant .01% creative improv music monthly Lilypad series curator!

There isn’t another drummer you’d want to hear than Eric!

Steve Lantner, piano, There isn’t another pianist you’d want to hear than Steve!

Brittany Karlson, bass, There isn’t another young bassist you’d want to hear than Brittany!

Event: Music: Improv, Free Jazz, New Music

A rhythm “section” of leading master & up-and-coming Boston creative improv artists!

 (Sam) “Newsome expands the sound of a single soprano saxophone into a one man band.” Mark Corroto - All About Jazz wrote:

The Straight Horn of Africa, “a modern masterpiece.” - Ed Enright, Downbeat magazine

Many of the notes and sounds used in his compositions and improvisations stem from his sound palette of extended techniques and saxophone preparations.

New York-based saxophonist and composer Sam Newsome in the medium of solo saxophone, an approach for which he gained world-wide critical acclaim with his 2009 recording, Blue Soliloquy: Solo Works for Soprano Saxophone.

Conceptually speaking, Newsome sees himself more along the lines of a visual artist who paints with notes and sounds rather than shapes and colors.

Sam Newsome (born April 28, 1965)

He studied Jazz Composition & Arranging at the Berklee College of Music from 1983 to 1987 under Bill Pierce, George Garzone, Andy McGhee, and Hal Crook. Some of his classmates were Javon Jackson, Danilo Perez, Delfeayo Marsalis, Mark Turner, Julian Joseph and Donny McCaslin.

In 1995 Newsome decided to concentrate exclusively on soprano saxophone.  In 2005, Newsome began focusing on solo saxophone performance.

In addition to his solo recordings and performances, Newsome has collaborated with saxophonist David Liebman, drummer Andrew Cyrille, pianists Ethan Iverson and Jean-Michel Pilc. Newsome also plays regularly as a member of Francisco Mora Catlett's AfroHorn, The Bad Plus: Science Fiction, Fay Victor's SoundNoise and On the Quiet Side, and Meg Okura's Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble.

Newsome has since released several critically acclaimed solo saxophone CDs: