Wed 11/9 @ 8PM
Bassist/composer Noah Garabedian has been around, working as a sideman to a long list of musicians. Now he’s got his own ensemble and has recently made his recording debut as a band leader of the engagingly named sextet Big Butter and the Egg Men.
The New York-based musician cites Louis Armstrong, avant-garde jazz composer Henry Threadgill and Bach as influences on the band’s music.
“I wanted to create a band where the musicians could all comp for each other, without a traditional chordal instrument, and having a band that can potentially go from being an entire sextet improvising together, to a small duo or trio, was a very exciting prospect for me,” he says of a group that features drums, bass, trumpet and three saxophones. “Rather than writing in a conventional jazz structures, I wanted to experiment with several different melodies in a piece, different improvising sections throughout the composition, and a variety of textures within each song.”
The group will perform at the BOP STOP. Tickets are $12.
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