Party: Monday Night Jazz Sessions: Tarana (Rick Parker/Ravish Momin)

Party: Monday Night Jazz Sessions: Tarana (Rick Parker/Ravish Momin)

Monday Jazz Sessions @ Quinn's is excited to present the ground-breaking Tarana, a duo featuring Rick Parker on trombone and synthesizer and Ravish Momin on drums and electronics. Tarana blurs the boundaries between the electronic and the acoustic, while blending a vast array of influences, ranging from "Jazz to Juke to Disco to Bollywood" and much else besides.

There is no cover charge but donations for the musicians will be requested. Detailed biographies of the artists follow below. Other concerts as part of the Monday jazz sessions @ Quinn’s for 2014 include:

October 27: Eric Person & Shinnosuke Takahashi "Duoscope" — the esteemed Hudson Valley saxophonist Person —veteran of ensembles like World Saxophone Quartet and alongside Dave Holland, McCoy Tyner, Chico Hamilton, Ronald Shannon Jackson, John Hicks and many others groups under his own leadership — brings his new project featuring young lion Takahashi on percussion into Quinn's;

November 17: Kendra Shank/John Stowell — the extraordinarily talented and accomplished duo of vocalist Shank and guitarist Stowell — following their appearances at Roulette in Brooklyn, The Falcon and other venues worldwide — bring their celebrated project to Quinn’s;

November 24: Mario Pavone Arc Quartet — the legendary bassist Pavone, veteran of many noted ensembles over the five decades of his career — ranging from Paul Bley to Anthony Braxton to Thomas Chapin and countless others — is joined by the powerhouse ensemble of Ellery Eskelin on tenor saxophone, Dave Ballou on trumpet and Matt Wilson on drums;

December 22: Avram Fefer Trio — the scalding saxophonist leads a trio with Michael Bisio on bass and drums TBA

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Ravish Momin started writing poetry when he was 8 years old. His love for the sciences simultaneously led him to obtain a B.Sc in Civil/Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in the US. He has studied drumset with master-drummers Andrew Cyrille, Bob Moses, and Ian Froman. He has also studied North Indian Classical percussion with Misha Masud, a disciple of Pandit Taranth Rao.

His musical influences are extremely diverse and eclectic, keeping with his philosophy of continually adding sounds and ideas to his musical palette. Even though his ideas are fundamentally seated in the Indian musical traditions, he ultimately hope to be able to seamlessly combine all those musical ideas to create a sound/identity that is totally unique, that is him in totality. That is the challenge, and the lifetime dedication to the process of listening and reacting.

Ravish has performed with such artists as: Shakira, Greg Heffernan, Skye Steele, Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Sam Bardfeld, Sabir Mateen, Peter Epstein, Billy Bang, Jason Kao Hwang, Is What ?, Fulton Lights, Raphe Malik, Tanya Kalmanovitch, Ursel Schlicht, William Connell, Steve Swell, Akim Funk Buddha, Sunny Jain, Brandon Terzic, Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz, Jane Wang, Adam Lane, Kevin Shea, Trina Basu, and many others.

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"Rick Parker possesses the goods to make a difference within the global jazz community." Glen Asitaria, JazzReview.com

“Parker hones a seductive, burnished tone that's animated by conversational improvisations.” John Murph, Downbeat Magazine

“Parker wins bonus points for taking some calculated risks and always landing on his feet.” Mark Holston, Jazziz Magazine

“Parker's intricately arranged pieces cull an impressively large sound from a small group.” Shaun Brady, Philadelphia Daily News

“Rick Parker and his band are the best-kept secret in New York right now.“ Peter Aaron, All About Jazz

Combining jazz, experimental, electronic and rock, Rick Parker casts a broad net with his trombone playing augmented by electronics and synthesizers. His music has been described as “an expressive new-breed fusion, informed by a few generations of downtown experimentation.” Nate Chinen, New York Times, and his sound described as “a seductive, burnished tone that's animated by conversational improvisations.” John Murph, Downbeat Magazine.

Parker has resided in New York City since 2001 when he began studies for a masters in jazz performance and composition at NYU. He has worked with a large cross section of notable musicians and groups including Tim Berne, Mingus Big Band, Darcy James Argue Secret Society, Charli Persip, Frank Lacy, Super Hi-Fi, Tim Kuhl, Beninghove’s Hangmen, Cage the Elephant, hip hop legends the Wu Tang Clan and DMC and mexican pop stars Ximena Sariñana and Natalia LaFourcade. Since 2012 he has been a member of Ravish Momin’s Tarana, performing at festivals, universities and major concerts in USA, Mexico and Europe. Parker’s innovative use of electronics with the trombone have allowed him to cross through many musical genres and even garnered the attention of manufacturers Electroharmonix and Eventide with whom he has consulted on the development of new pedals and effects.

As a bandleader, Rick Parker’s music traverses multiple cultures and musical genres. His jazz quintet, The Rick Parker Collective, has released two albums on Fresh Sound New Talent and WJF records. Parker also has two albums with Little Worlds, a collaboration that ventures into the music of classical composer Bela Bartok. 9 Volt, with Israeli guitarist Eyal Maoz, is a brash experimental jazz/rock trio, whose debut album on OutNow Recordings featured Tim Berne. Alongside Mexican musicians Hernan Hecht and Mark Aanderud, the band 4Limones has toured the USA and Mexico. Most recently, Parker has entered into a collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Li Daiguo (cello, pipa, throat singing, beatboxing).

Parker has performed at major venues and festivals across Asia, Europe, North and South America including the Montreal Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Fest, Blue Note, Jazz Standard, Blues Alley, the Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center. Parker was twice honored with an ASCAP Young Jazz Composer award and frequently arranges music for rock/pop groups and jazz big band.

Invited: Dan Fiege, Patrick Ryan, Elisa Hirsch-Cotter, Liam O'Mara, Mike Hollis, Liana Gabel, Christopher Funkhouser, John Allison, Brian Hugh Séamus O'Mara, David A Ross, Rick Parker, Heather T Luczak Vacarr, Neil Nail Alexander, Denman Maroney, Damon Banks, Ali T. Muhammad, LeRoy Hankins, Dave Harris, Matt Hutchins, Andy Rice, Kendra Wheeler, Evan Schwartz, John Bryan, Jim Wilke, David Rothenberg, Jon Doty, Chris Duffy, Carole Penner, Thomas Cunningham, Matthew Skeaping, Leonard Behney, James Keepnews, Jim Crookston, Scott Alexander Halfmann, Patrick Cummings, Isabella Lacerda, Daniel Extra, Maggie Benmour, Eric Person, Matt Luczak, Brian Bernard Murnane, Jim Eigo, Joe Fiedler, Gwen Laster, Chris Sandlund, Alison Fornes, Stephen Ray Dickens, Harley Fine, Jason Robert Schuler, Sommer Hixson, Kelly Ellenwood, Derek A. Dempsey, Art Labriola, Sherie Cordaz, Jamie Saft, Lynda Shenkman Curtis OxygenhousePhotography, Mike Dopazo, Susan English, Josh Rutner, Joel Goss, Joe Dizney, Peter Aaron, Barbara Perkins, Erica Patterson, Michael Bisio, Al Hemberger, George W. Spafford, Dee Finley, Rosie Edreira, Joe Heider, Caitlin Moriarty, Mia Fio Rito, Tom Conroy, Christine Peterson, Justin Riccobono, Ben Neill, Todd Giudice, Kathleen Pemble, Jenny Züko, Diana Currie, Bill Way, Anjula Saraswati Prasad, Mary Ellen Yannitelli, Dom Minasi, Daniel Lilienfeld, Bob Meyer, Katy Bell Behney, Marlowe Stern, Debra Adamsons, Chris Kelsey, John-Anthony Gargiulo, Erin Hobson, Lewis Sheridan Hughes, Ronnie Farley, Holly Bogdanffy, Lissette Tabales Grod, Don Byrd, Aleta Joy Wolfe, Joe Johnson, Tani Tabbal show more »