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Company of Heaven Jazz Festival
Evening #3

Monday, January 12
Admission:
$20 per seating (free with APAP badges), $10 minimum
Showtime:
8 & 10:30pm
reservations are recommended

The third and final evening of innovative jazz presented by the Company of Heaven NYC Jazz Booking Agency. The focus of this evening is to bring some of the most "cutting edge" jazz musicians to the unique Monkeytown performance space for a night of sonic exploration.

All of the musicians appearing this evening are members of the extensive Company of Heaven NYC artist roster.

Tonight's line-up includes:

8:00 pm set:
Judith Insell (solo viola) www.judithinsell.com
Mark Helias' "Open Loose" www.markhelias.com
Brad Shepik Trio www.bradshepik.com

10:30 pm set:
Elliott Sharp (solo guitar) www.elliottsharp.com
Ohad Talmor's "Newsreel" www.ohadtalmor.com
Matt Darriau's "Paradox Trio" w/video- The Battleship Potemkin Project"
www.myspace.com/mattdarriau

Company of Heaven NYC:
Company of Heaven was founded by Andreas Scherrer in 2000 in Linz, Austria, upon signing it's first artist, Amina Claudine Myers(piano/vocals). Since its' modest beginnings, Company of Heaven has gone on to represent some of the finest established names in jazz: NEA 2009 Jazz Master, Lee Konitz (alto saxophone), legendary jazz drummer Rashied Ali, & avant garde genius Charles Gayle(saxophones/piano), just to name a few. Company of Heaven is also proud to present the best of the "new breed" of jazz musicians on the scene: Taylor Ho Bynum(trumpet), Dana Leong (cello/trombone), Mary Halvorson(guitar), Dan Tepfer(piano), with an ever growing list of talent signing on continually.

 

Visit our web site for more details on our Jazz Artist Roster, including MP3 samples and YouTube links:
www.companyofheaven.com