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The New Brunswick Jazz Project Presents Mike Baggetta Quartet

By Virginia DeBerry
The New Brunswick Jazz Project Presents
The Mike Baggetta Quartet
Thursday September 30
7.30PM n 10.30PM at
MAKEDA
338 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ
Mike Baggetta n Guitar
Jason Rigby n Sax
Eivind Opsvik n Bass
George Schuller – Drums
No Cover
Seeking to reinterpret the state of the American Song through a 21st century filter, The Mike Baggetta Quartet performs Baggetta’s original pieces with a focus on melody, group interaction and fearless improvisation. This ensemble features saxophonist Jason Rigby, bassist Eivind Opsvik and drummer George Schuller. Mike’s compositions for this ensemble draw inspiration from sources as varied as Keith Jarrett’s "American Quartet", Leonard Cohen, Edward Hopper and Ornette Coleman.
Guitarist Mike Baggetta is one of his generation’s most original jazz improvisers and composers. Baggetta recently received an ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award for his compositional talent, and the first album of his works for the Mike Baggetta Quartet, Small Spaces, has recently been released on the Fresh Sound New Talent label. In addition to leading the Mike Baggetta Quartet, Mike co-leads Tin/Bag, a new music duo with California trumpeter Kris Tiner. Baggetta has had the pleasure of performing and/or recording with Tom Harrell, Conrad Herwig, Ralph Bowen, Adam Kolker, Cameron Brown, Jeff Hirshfield, Jamie Baum, Tony Reedus, Bill McHenry, Matt Wilson, George Garzone, Bucky Pizzarelli and Ruth Brown among many others. Originally from Agawam, MA, Baggetta’s musical studies have been insightfully guided by Ted Dunbar, Vic Juris, Stanley Cowell and Jim Hall. He has performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival, The Kennedy Center, Town Hall and many other leading concert venues worldwide.
"This is a superb band…outstanding, and the performances are totally compelling." – Andy Hamilton, Jazz Journal (UK)
"… each piece he performs creates new worlds of possibilities…utilizing approaches from many different genres but never sounding derivative of any one person or school." – Richard Kamins, The Hartford Courant
"Rare is the young musician who fuses avant garde and postbop mettles so effortlessly – Small Spaces is a refreshingly unsafe approach to modern jazz." – Clifford Allen, All About Jazz NY
More info:http://nbjp.org |Mike @ 732.640.0001| [email protected]