gigs
cmac group @ tutuma’s social club
The Curtis Macdonald Group Live @ Tutuma’s Social Club
Monday, March 29th at 10pm
Featuring:
Cody Brown – Drums
Dave West – Piano
Rick Rosato – Bass
Lucas Pino – Tenor Sax
Yours Truly – Alto Sax/Compositions
at the tea lounge
Wednesday, February 17th at 9pm at
The Tea Lounge in Brooklyn, NY.
The Curtis Macdonald Group:
Jeremy Viner – Tenor Sax
Dave West – Piano
Chris Tordini – Bass
Greg Ritchie – Drums
curtis macdonald and friends III
Hello Friends!
Come to Coco68 on Friday, January 15 to hear:
9PM
Kyle Wilson – Tenor Sax
Hayden Hawkins – Drums
Ryland Kelly – Bass
10:30pm
Alexandra Grimal – Tenor Sax
Pascal Niggenkemper – Bass
Dave West – Piano
Cody Brown – Drums
Curtis Macdonald – Alto Sax
rose live music
The Travis Reuter Group:
Bobby Avey – Piano
Andrew Carrico – Bari Sax
Cody Brown – Drums
Greg Chudzik – Bass
Travis Reuter – Guitar
The Curtis Macdonald Group:
Cody Brown – Drums
Jeremy Viner – Tenor Sax
Pat Reid – Bass (Special Guest!)
Pascal Niggenkemper – Bass
Dave West – Piano
Curtis Macdonald – Alto Sax
Thanks to Chris Conly’s Brooklyn Experiments Series at Rose.
And Syndrome Design for joining our design team!
curating brooklyn part II
The Curtis Macdonald Group
Chris Tordini – Bass
Cody Brown – Drums
Jeremy Viner – Tenor Sax
Dave West – Piano
Yours Truly – Alto Sax
The Aki Ishiguro Group
Aki Ishiguro – Guitar
Nick Anderson – Drums
Pascal Niggenkemper – Bass
Sean Wayland – Keys
Alex Terrier – Sax
The Bobby Avey Trio
Bobby Avey - Keys
Cody Brown – Drums
Chris Tordini – Bass
good times @ sweet rhythm
Sweet Rhythm has been hosting my band since it’s early beginnings and it makes me happy to return to their stage with the new and improved Curtis Macdonald Group.
Greg Ritchie – Drums
Craig Akin – Bass
Jeremy Viner – Tenor Sax/Clarinet
Yours Truly – Alto Sax/Tunes
Thank you to the New School University’s Jazz & Contemporary Music Program for supporting their alumni and booking us for this gig.
cmac group at solo kitchen bar
Greg Ritchie – Drums
Chris Tordini – Bass
Jeremy Viner – Tenor Sax
Yours Truly – Alto Sax/Compositions
Solo Kitchen Bar is a venue in Brooklyn faithfully curated by fantastic guitarist Aki Ishiguro.
Click Here for a Map on how to find Solo Kitchen Bar.
curating brooklyn
Coco66, a venue in Greenpoint Brooklyn asked me to curate a evening of music… I jumped at the offer! This sort of thing is right up my alley. This will be a night of solid, no-cover music starting at 9pm. A central stage is conducive to creating the good-summer vibes perfect for a Friday night in NYC! (…my favorite night to play :)
Here was my thought process in choosing these groups:
Each bandleader is a great composer: Corey King (Trombone/Composition) writes some awesome music inspired by jazz history both past and current, and is a formidable sideman in here in New York, having performed with Dave Binney, Mos Def, Ludacris, and Jason Moran to name a few. And Kenny Warren (Trumpet/Composition) writes for his band in the style of a Balkan dance party! On top of that, he stretches the music to it’s primitive, creative, most transcendent essence…
Curtis Macdonald and Friends Part I
Corey King’s Band:
Kyle Wilson – Tenor Sax
Hayden Hawkins – Drums
Peter Schlamb – Vibes
Clay Schaub – Bass
Corey King – Trombone/Tunes
The Curtis Macdonald Group:
Adam Jackson – Drums
Chris Tordini – Bass
Jeremy Viner – Tenor Sax/Clarinet
Yours Truly – Alto Sax/Tunes
Kenny Warren’s ‘Hala Hala’:
Ila Cantor – Guitar
Greg Chudzik – Bass
Jeff Davis – Drums
Kenny Warren – Trumpet/Tunes
a bootleg clip from the road
Here is an audio clip from a mini-tour I put together alongside co-leader Travis Reuter. We called ourselves “The Vacant Project” a title that was inspired from one of Travis’ tunes, entitled “Vacancy at 29″ (see below). We played gigs in Rochester, NY; Ottawa, ON; and Toronto, ON. Five nights, Five gigs, all of which were warmly received and enjoyable to play. Greg Chudzik was playing bass and Max Goldman was behind the drums.
This is an excerpt from Travis’ composition ”Vacancy at 29″:
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hitting brooklyn’s hot spots first
Here it is, y’all! The Debut of a new project Travis Reuter and I started!
