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PATRICK CORNELIUS MAYBE STEPS / NICK VAYENAS CD RELEASE SHOW at ShapeShifter Lab

Courtesy of Yue Yu | Posted on October 20, 2012

Where

ShapeShifter Lab
837 Union St.
Brooklyn, NY
Map
(646) 820-9452

When

Fri, November 2, 2012
7:30p & 8:30 p

At Door

$10

Musicians

About

NOV 2 – PATRICK CORNELIUS MAYBE STEPS / NICK VAYENAS CD RELEASE SHOW

PATRICK CORNELIUS MAYBE STEPS / NICK VAYENAS CD RELEASE SHOW

Time: 7:30p & 8:30p
Cover: $10
Patrick Cornelius Maybe Steps:
Patrick Cornelius (saxophones),
Miles Okazaki (guitar),
John Chin (Fender Rhodes),
Peter Slavov (bass),
TBA – drums
Nick Vayenas Group:

Nick Vayenas: Trumpet, Trombone, Vocals
Doug Wamble: Guitar
Linda Oh: Bass
Dan Kaufman: Piano
Colin Stranahan: Drums

Alto saxophonist and composer Patrick Cornelius, whom the New York Times called “a self assured young saxophonist in the postmodern mainstream,” released his third album, Maybe Steps, on Posi-Tone Records in 2012. Cornelius’ penchant for penning surprising, cathartic songs firmly rooted in the jazz tradition earned him the American Society of Composers and Performers’ Young Jazz Composer Award three years in-a-row (2005-2007), and the 2012 New Jazz Works Comission by Chamber Music America. Maybe Steps follows 2011’s acclaimed trio record, Fierce, which Downbeat’s Michael Jackson praised for its “compositional smarts and…centered warmth.” Cornelius, whose band has in recent years been featured at venues such as Ronnie Scott’s, London Jazz Festival, and Pizza Express in London, and The Blue Note, The Rubin Museum, Smalls, Bar Next Door, and The Jazz Gallery in New York, continues to be one of New York’s most respected young musicians....

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