The Melting Pot

Josh Rosen's Melting Pot is a new jazzadelic group, churning groovy rhythms with melodious riffs in it’s own stew of original compositions and improvisations.
The Melting Pot features the searing soulful expressions of guitar great Jeffrey Lockhart, paired with Rosen’s trippy keyboards and compositions. Stunning vocalist Shilpa Ananth, from   India,  weaves gorgeous world melodies into the mix...And the super grooving and melodic team of Ed Lucie, bass, and Mike Connors…

Members of The Either/Orchestra with Mulatu Astake and Fasika Huile in Addis Ababa
 
In Ethiopia The Either/Orchestra had the opportunity to revive the music of Maestro Nerses Nalbandian, an Armenian who was the primary teacher, arranger and bandleader in Ethiopia from the 1930s-70s.
 
His music had not been played since before the communist revolution of 1974, and E/O leader Russ Gershon was given scores and recordings in order to reconstruct the music of this group.  The E/O played fourteen of his…

The great saxophonist Joe Lovano joined 3play+ in a special concert Oct. 19th at The Berklee Performance Center in Boston!

The concert included the legendary free improv group, The Fringe, which features another sax giant, George Garzone. The concert culminated in a rousing double group improv with Marcello Pellitteri and Bob Gullotti, drums, Lello Molinari, bass, Josh Rosen, piano, Phil Grenadier, trumpet, George Garzone, tenor sax, and Joe Lovano, tenor sax.

"the group blends many diverse elements into a fascinating sound...eloquent piano lines...highly expressive bass...rampaging trumpet...a "funky reggae" interlude with Goodrick's lines darting around...a "sneaky-snaky" rhythm and a tenor sax solo from guest George Garzone that is both sly and fiery...3play+ is a band that blends the joy of group interplay with melodic adventure. Some listeners may wonder how to categorize this recording; file under "good music." - Richard Kamins, Hartford Courant

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