Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 2:30-5:30pm, Rm. 44 Bromery Center
The NYC-based jazz quartet Spin Cycle visits UMass for a half-day residency, including a performance, Q&A discussion/demo & clinic with UMass jazz combos.
Schedule (Room 44, Bromery Center, lower level):
2:30-3:30 - Performance
3:30-4:00 - Q & A discussion/demo
4:00-5:30 - Clinic; listening to UMass jazz combos
Since 2014, contemporary jazz band Spin Cycle has been bringing their original music to clubs and concert halls across the US and Canada. Co-lead by Scott Neumann and Tom Christensen, the band highlights their flexibility, reach and capacity to surprise their audiences. On any given song, you might encounter the modal influence of John Coltrane, the second-line funk of New Orleans, or the edgy experimentation of free jazz.
Featuring guitarist Pete McCann and bassist Phil Palombi, both bandleaders and well-respected artists in their own right, Spin Cycle has spent the last 7 years touring, recording, and providing educational workshops at colleges. The band’s fourth CD will be released soon on their label, Sound Footing Records.
The Spin Cycle Residency is sponsored/presented by the UMass Amherst Jazz & African-American Music Studies Program, Jeffrey W. Holmes, director.
