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French Duo!! BOJAN ZULFIKARPASIC (pianist) & JULIEN LOURAU (saxophone)

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Jazzstock @ Senate Garage, 4 N Front St, Kingston

French Duo!! BOJAN ZULFIKARPASIC (pianist) & JULIEN LOURAU (saxophone) With a collaboration and friendship that has lasted for over twenty years, the concert is bound to be marked by their musical empathy. The listener is pulled in immediately and gets a real sense of the time that’s passed between them. There is a strong physicality to their playing; their music can be forceful and explosive, yet they leave lots of room for introspection and humor as well. Energetic, fluid, fierce but not brutal and there’s certainly no meaningless exuberance of notes. This is pure friendship, solid and uncompromising.

"SOUND EMBRACE" with the John Menegon Quartet

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Jazzstock @ Senate Garage, 4 N Front St, Kingston

JOHN MENEGON (bass & compositions), JEAN-MICHEL PILC (piano), CHET DOXAS (tenor sax), JIM DOXAS (drums) The music presented by Bassist/Composer/Educator John Menegon, in collaboration with these exceptional musicians, push the boundaries of today’s music on the world stage. The intuitive, spontaneous nature of the music between the musicians in the Quartet is deeply rooted in the traditions that come out of the Free Bop era of Ornette Coleman, Dewey Redman, and Paul Motian, to name a few. The music is created in the “moment of now!”

JAMIE BAUM SEPTET +

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Jazzstock @ Senate Garage, 4 N Front St, Kingston

JAMIE BAUM (flutes/spoken word), JONATHAN FINLAYSON (trumpet & spoken word), SAM SADIGURSKY (alto sax, clarinet & bass clarinet), CHRIS KOMER (French horn), BRAD SHEPIK (guitar/singing bowls), NITZAN GAVRIELI (piano), RICKY RODRIGUEZ (bass, electric bass & singing bowls), JEFF HIRSHFIELD (drums), SARA SERPA (guest vocalist) The music utilizes texts by women poets celebrating Women's History Month! 4:30 rehearsal open to ticket holders

LUKE FRANCO & FRIENDS

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LUKE FRANCO (guitar), TIM REGUSIS (piano), JOHN MENEGON (bass), JIMMY MADISON (drums)

Matt Munisteri DUO with Matt on guitar/voice & Danton on bass!

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Jazzstock @ Senate Garage

Matt Munisteri is a freewheeling American jazz guitarist, and a singer and songwriter, whose musical explorations frequently resurrect overlooked tunes and transform them into gems, liberated from era or idiom. His performances mix humor, heart and smarts, with instrumental virtuosity and innovation - think Mose Allison meets Randy Newman, Nick Lucas meets Bill Frisell. He’ll be joined with a long-time collaborator, the versatile and creative bassist Danton Boller, who spent several years with the late Roy Hargrove.

Jan25

The Levin Brothers Band

Senate Garage, 4 N Front St, Kingston, NY

PETE LEVIN (piano), TONY LEVIN (bass), JEFF SIEGEL (drums), more tba

Oct17

STEVE SLAGLE A.M. QUARTET

Senate Garage, 4 N Front St, Kingston, NY

Steve Slagle (alto sax & flute), Lawrence Fields (piano), John Menegon (bass), Jason Tiemann (drums)

$25

Aug1

Woody Witt & Larry Ham Quartet

Senate Garage, 4 N Front St, Kingston, NY

Woody Witt (tenor sax), Larry Ham (piano), John Menegon (bass), Tom Melito (drums)

$25

The story of Bojan Zulfikarpasic and Julien Lourau is mainly one of friendship, both personal and musical. Combing the Paris jazz clubs in the late eighties, they would soon find each other in the short-lived but legendary underground band called Trash Corporation, a sort of playground for these young mavericks where they would try out new ways and stretch musical boundaries. 

During that same period, they both received their first professional awards. In 1990 Bojan wins the soloist’s prize at the Concours National de Jazz de la Défense, the most significant jazz competition in France, and in 1992 it’s Julien’s turn to do the same. It would be the kick-off of two careers filled with adventure, individual successes as well as projects done together. Bojan and Julien have more in common than just belonging to the same generation. The same spirit of non-conformity unites them and they can both take pride in having left the straight and narrow during their respective careers, crossing geographical and musical borders, rejecting fixed formats and automatisms. 

With a collaboration and friendship that has lasted for over twenty years, the concert is bound to be marked by their musical empathy. The listener is pulled in immediately and gets a real sense of the time that’s passed between them. There is a strong physicality to their playing; their music can be forceful and explosive, yet they leave lots of room for introspection and humor as well. Energetic, fluid, fierce but not brutal and there’s certainly no meaningless exuberance of notes. This is pure friendship, solid and uncompromising. 

YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbkbTpmcSB0

There will be Wine, Beer & Soft Drinks available for purchase + snacks!

Come early and dine at one of the fabulous restaurants in Uptown Kingston!

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