A Night Of Jazz And Hip-Hop Chamber Music For Strings with Ben Sutin and Joe Etzine at ShapeShifter Lab

Dubbed as "A Night of Jazz and Hip-Hop Chamber Music for Strings", this event is the first of hopefully many more to come. The vision is to unite musicians and non-musicians together under the common purpose of presenting innovative and experimental outlets for creative string players. Better yet, it's two shows for the price of one!

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Benjamin Sutin’s Big String Band is a new project, combining the forces of several rich musical traditions: the constantly evolving string quartet, chamber jazz, and improvisation. With a repertoire consisting primarily of Benjamin’s jazz, rock and world music inspired original compositions & arrangements, the group is striving to alter the role of string players in both chamber and improvised music. The ensemble will be gradually expanding into a big band for strings. In its current state the ensemble is led by Benjamin Sutin on 1st violin and completed by Zosha Warpeha on 2nd violin, Nathan Kamal on viola, Sam Quiggins on cello, Luca Rosenfeld on bass, Matt Davis on guitar on banjo, and Jesse Simpson on drums and percussion....

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Dubbed as "A Night of Jazz and Hip-Hop Chamber Music for Strings", this event is the first of hopefully many more to come. The vision is to unite musicians and non-musicians together under the common purpose of presenting innovative and experimental outlets for creative string players. Better yet, it's two shows for the price of one!

7:00 -
Benjamin Sutin’s Big String Band is a new project, combining the forces of several rich musical traditions: the constantly evolving string quartet, chamber jazz, and improvisation. With a repertoire consisting primarily of Benjamin’s jazz, rock and world music inspired original compositions & arrangements, the group is striving to alter the role of string players in both chamber and improvised music. The ensemble will be gradually expanding into a big band for strings. In its current state the ensemble is led by Benjamin Sutin on 1st violin and completed by Zosha Warpeha on 2nd violin, Nathan Kamal on viola, Sam Quiggins on cello, Luca Rosenfeld on bass, Matt Davis on guitar on banjo, and Jesse Simpson on drums and percussion.

http://www.bensutinmusic.com/
https://soundcloud.com/stratusquartet/dance-of-the-martians

8:15 -
J.etzine: Joined by a full string quartet and some of NYC's finest up and coming MC's, Guitarist/Composer/Producer J.etzine returns to the city from self-imposed exile, bringing with him a unique form of music that warps time itself. Fans of jazz, hip-hop, blues-rock, gospel, EDM, trap, classical alike will find a groove within what Etzine does, but be ready for something recklessly different.

Featuring the incredible talents of:
Anthony Benson Jr. - Drums
Julian Edmond - Drums
Matthias Patrick - Keys
Adrianna Mateo - Violin
Benjamin Sutin - Violin
Allyson Clare - Viola
Sam Quiggins - Cello
Red D Daz - Vocals
Nicholas Bonnar - MC
Kala Brame of Kala and The Lost Tribe - MC
Crimdella - MC
Merc The Big Body Benz - MC

www.jetzine.com
www.facebook.com/j.etzine
IG: @jetagram

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