• Nov 17: The Lily Pad, Cambridge MA, 7:30 pm
• Nov 18: Fairfield Theater Company, Fairfield CT, 7:30 pm
• Nov 19: Tishman Auditorium, the New School, NYC, 2:00 pm
• Nov 20: The Sanctuary, Troy NY, 3:00 pm
Program features the premiere of bandleader Russ Gershon's new suite "The Collected Unconscious," funded by a Jazz New Works grant from Chamber Music America. It's a sprawling piece inspired by Ethiopian scales and rhythms, but ranging throughout the E/O's musical universe of jazz and afro-caribbean music.
Also in the program: highlights of the music from the Haile Selassie-era Ethiopian National Theater which the E/O revived during its May 2011 tour of Ethiopia.
"Dependably marvelous" –Richard Gehr, Village Voice
"The best little big band ever." –Frank Alkyer, Down Beat
"A force that dares to break barriers." –Lofton A. Emenari III, WHPK, Chicago
"...a warmth and good humor that makes the music immediately accessible...
fabulous musicians, performing terrific music with great creative skill."
–Bruce Lindsay, allaboutjazz.com
"Serious chops and courageous experimentation with a strong sense of entertainment and subtle humor...for 25 years the Either/Orchestra has given much both to audiences and [the musicians] who've passed through its ranks." –Jeff Tamarkin, JazzTimes
"Boston's ten-piece Either/Orchestra makes its own rules."
–Brad Farberman, Time Out New York
"One of the few bands around equally at home at the Vision Festival, the Roseland Ballroom or CBGB." –Will Friedwald, Wall Street Journal
"...individual virtuosity, a devotion to strong melodic lines, a wry wit, a love of excitement and surprise, a genuine fellow-feeling on the bandstand, and feedback from audience regulars that makes performances feel something like family reunions." –Steve Elman, artsfuse.org
Brass: Tom Halter / Dan Rosenthal / Joel Yennior
Saxes: Hailey Niswanger / Russ Gershon / Charlie Kohlhase
Rhythm:
Gilson Schachnik / Rick McLaughlin / Pablo Bencid / Vicente Lebro
