April 6\, 2025 - Lewis Porter/Phil Scarff Group
\n\nLewis Porter\, pianist\, keyboardist\, and composer \, appears on 30 albums with Dave Liebman\, Marc Ribot\, Gary Bartz and ma ny others\, and his 2018 album Beauty And Mystery features John Patitucci\ , Terri Lyne Carrington\, and Tia Fuller. His latest are the exciting jazz -rock album Transcendent with guitar virtuoso Ray Suhy\, on Sunnyside\, an d Solo Piano on the new label Next To Silence. AllAboutJazz writes that Po rter&rsquo\;s music draws from many sources to make &ldquo\;a beautifully creative whole" and that he is &ldquo\;a first-rate pianist\," to which NY C Jazz Record adds that he has &ldquo\;a mind-boggling array of approaches at his ...fingertips.&rdquo\; He received a Grammy nomination in 1995. He has performed across the USA and Europe with Liebman (who premiered one o f Dr. Porter's saxophone concertos)\, Joe Lovano\, Wycliffe Gordon\, Ravi Coltrane\, Ribot\, and many others. "Lewis Porter&hellip\; Technique\, ima gination and feeling are all at his disposal." &ndash\; Jazz Journal.
\ n\nPhil Scarff has pioneered the performance of North Indian cla ssical music on soprano saxophone\, and exquisitely captures the music's s ubtlety and depth. His performance at the famed Tansen Samaroh\, Gwalior\, India\, with Saskia Rao de Haas was "The highlight of the festival." [Dai nik Bhaskar]. Indian classical appearances include India's Nehru Center an d Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Mumbai)\; Saptak School of Music (Ahmedabad)\; R amakrishna Mission Institute of Culture (Kolkata)\; ICCR Theater and India Habitat Centre (Delhi)\; JKK (Jaipur)\; and Pt Chatur Lal Festival (virtu al)\; as well as in USA\, LearnQuest Festival (Boston)\, Raaga Inc. (virtu al)\, Dhvani (Columbus\, OH)\, Sangeet Mahotsav (New York City)\, Rocky Mo untain Thyagaraja Utsavam (virtual)\, and Kalakendra and Portland Balaji T emple (OR). Phil is a master jazz saxophonist\, and leads world-jazz ensem bles\, Natraj and the Lewis Porter-Phil Scarff Group. Phil performs and re cords with creative jazz ensembles including Aardvark Jazz Orchestra\, Jaz z Composers Alliance\, Filmprov\, and OddSong. Phil is featured on 45 accl aimed CDs/DVDs. "Phil Scarff&hellip\; delirious tenor sax solo&hellip\; he ady solos by&hellip\; Scarff on soprano." - All About Jazz. &ldquo\;Phil S carff&hellip\; weaving magic through his saxophone with Raga Puriya&hellip \; soul-stirring&hellip\; sonorous&rdquo\; &ndash\; Deccan Herald\, Bengal uru\, India
\n\nKen Filiano is a bassist\, composer\, improvi ser\, and teacher who performs around the world\, fusing the rich traditio ns of the double bass with his own seemingly limitless imagination. A &ldq uo\;creative virtuoso&rdquo\; (JazzValley)\, Ken has performed and recorde d with a veritable who's who in multiple genres\, from Anthony Braxton to Pablo Ziegler. Ken leads two quartets\, Quantum Entanglements and Baudolin o's Dilemma\, and is co-leader of The Steve Adams/Ken Filiano Duo and othe r collective ensembles. He is also an integral member of groups led by Tay lor Ho Bynum\, Jason Kao Hwang\, Fay Victor\, Vinny Golia\, Diane Moser\, Karl Berger\, and others\, and was a key member of groups led by the late Roswell Rudd and Connie Crothers. Ken's extensive discography includes the solo CD\, "Subvenire"(Nine Winds) and Quantum Entanglements's "Dreams Fro m a Clown Car" (Clean Feed). He is a Guiding Artist and on the Board of Ad visors for Creative Music Studio in Woodstock\, NY. &ldquo\;What is rare a mong today&rsquo\;s arco soloists is Filiano&rsquo\;s mixture of absolutel y pitch-perfect intonation and precise bowing hand motion alongside an ope nness of phrasing that is beholden to very few of his predecessors. His st accato is furious\, his legato weeps\, and he is able to alternate within the space of a few measures.&rdquo\; (Charles Walker)
\n\nEmi nent Indian classical saxophonist Priyank Krishna has delighted audiences in India and abroad. In India\, he has been featured in festivals and venu es including Taj Mahotsav\, Agra\; Uttaradhikar\, Bhopal\; India Internati onal Centre and India Habitat Centre\, New Delhi\; Swami Haridas Sangeet M ahotsav\, Vrindavan\; Mahakumbh\, Allahabad\; and Harivallabh Sangeet Samm elan\, Jalandhar. His appearances abroad include Dranouter Festival\, Belg ium\; Confluence/Festival of India\, Australia\; Embassies of India\, Ukra ine and Berlin\; India by the Nile/Festival of India\, Cairo\, Egypt\; Kla ngtage Festival\, Berlin\; Institut Francais de Madagascar\, Madagascar\; Shared History Festival\, Johannesburg\, South Africa\; and JLF\, London. He is the first and only North Indian classical saxophonist to be awarded the rigorous &ldquo\;A&rdquo\; grade from All India Radio. His recognition and awards include &ldquo\;Samraat Yuva Puraskar\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;Sangee t Kala Gaurav\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;Naad Sadhak\;&rdquo\; Scholarship for Youn g Artiste from Ministry of HRD\, New Delhi\; first prize in Shree Baba Har ivallabh Music Competition in Senior Category (Non-Percussion)\, Jalandhar \, Punjab\; second prize in Inter-University National Youth Festival\, Kal yani University\, Kalyani\, W.B.\; and first prize in saxophone and flute at Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Academy Competition.
\n\nAnoop Banerjee is one of India's foremost tabla artists of Faukhabad Gharana (s tyle of tabla)\, He has performed with stalwarts including Padma Shri Sing h Bandhu\, Rajan and Sajan Mishra\, Kashinath Bodas\, Chhanu Lal Mishra\, L.K. Pandit\, Manilal Nag\, Bhajan Sopori\, and Ritesh and Rajnish Mishra. He has been awarded &ldquo\;Taal Mani&rdquo\; by Sur Singar Samsad\, Mumb ai\; won the silver medal in the Delphic Games in South Korea\; and has ga rnered All India Radio's stringent "A&rdquo\; grade in tabla. His appearan ces include All India Music Conference (Allahabad)\, Pt. Viren Phukan Memo rial Concert (Guwahati)\, Sankalp Saptak Samaroh (Ahmedabad)\; in addition to touring India\, he has thrilled audiences in Norway and Denmark. Anoop studied tabla with Laljee Srivastava. &ldquo\;Reverberating percussion by Anoop Banerjee in Sankalp Saptak Samaroh\," raves Newsline\, Ahmedabad\, India.
\nLewis Porter &ndash\; piano
Phil Scarff &ndash\; saxo
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Priyank Krishna &ndash\; saxophone
Pt. Anoop Banerjee &n
dash\; tabla
Ken Filiano &ndash\; bass
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