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from the website...
Now this is something else: “The Romanian-American Jazz Suite,” a multi-movement modern jazz composition based on traditional Romanian folk music. Transylvanian expatriate pianist Lucian Ban and soprano saxophonist Sam Newsome are the co-leaders of this ambitious new group and the creators of the new CD, The Romanian-American Jazz Suite (Jazzway Records). Lucian Ban, says All About Jazz, “plays with a fluency and sensibility that recalls Vladimir Horowitz as much as McCoy Tyner...” Meanwhile, on his new solo saxophone recital Monk Abstractions, Sam Newsome “utilizes an astounding catalogue of extended techniques including honks, multi-phonic fusillades, and Evan Parker-esque circular breathing.” (Leander K. Williams, Time Out New York)

* This special engagement was made possible with support
from the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York.