Music

My latest project features David Tronzo on slide guitar and Garth Stevenson playing acoustic bass with effects. Here you can hear some samples from our latest show, and read more about these great musicians. Enjoy!

David Tronzo possesses a compelling and original guitar sound which stems from his use of the “processed slide- guitar,” slide guitar, and dobro in eclectic musical settings. He plays his highly-individual slide-guitar stylings in jazz, blues, rock, funk, and avant garde settings often producing exciting and original sounds. Musician Magazine has ranked David Tronzo, who often goes by Tronzo, as one of the top 100 guitarists of all time. He has released several sessions as a leader, is a member of Knitting Factory super-group Spanish Fly, and he continues to be in demand as a session player.

Tronzo’s Myspace

Garth Stevenson was born in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. He studied piano from a young age and switched to bass in high school. In 2001 he was chosen to represent British Columbia in the National Artists program at the Canada Summer Games in London, Ontario. There, he composed Interplay, a piece for bass, clarinet, Inuit throat singing, piano, trumpet and percussion. At seventeen he received a full scholarship to study at the Berklee College of Music. He excelled in the Berklee community and won many performance and composition awards. He was chosen to represent the Jazz Composition Department at the Student Awards Concert in 2004 with his composition Legacy. In Memory of Lee Ryman. While in Boston he performed with jazz greats such as George Garzone, Joe Lovano, Bob Moses, David Tronzo, Ben Monder, Bob Gullotti, John Lockwood, Mick Goodrick, Hal Crook, and Nat Mugavero, and formed the band TAQ with pianist Marcin Masecki and drummer Ziv Ravitz. TAQ began touring throughout Europe in 2003 where they have become underground legends in the improvisational music world, especially in Poland. He graduated from Berklee in 2004 with a degree in jazz composition and performance; then moved to New York City. In New York he is busy performing in the improvised music scene. He is constantly exploring the possibilities of sound manipulation on his double bass through the use of effects pedals and processing. He recently performed in the avant-garde Vision Festival in a concert tribute to Leroy Jenkins. He is currently recording a debut solo album for solo bass. Garth is also a member of the successful folk/rock group, The Sonya Kitchell Band. Their debut album Words Came Back To Me sold over 100,000 copies and led the band to performances on David Letterman, XM Radio, Sirius Radio, and at major festivals including Bonnaroo, The North Sea Jazz Festival, and the Sundance Film Festival.

Garth’s Myspace

From July 2009, Live at Ryles in Cambridge MA:

My original, The Dinosaurs:

A version of Keith Jarrett’s Prayer:

A few improvised segments: