the world has time to bloom
the world has time to bloom
A live sound installation by Jesse Neuman
November 1 - 3, 2013
7-10 pm
chashama 266
266 West 37th Street
New York, NY
Jesse Neuman's working band, WOLF FACE, is a collective who explore sound and improvisation within the structure of songs. Their debut album, "The World has Time to Bloom" features compositions and improvisation including growling prehistoric textures, emotive rock anthems, sultry Americana tinged ballads, inventive covers, raw progressive jazz snarls, rocktronica, and delicate chamber pieces. His trumpet ranges from close rough hewn whisper to dizzyingly processed dagger. Saxophonist Peter Epstein (Ralph Alessi, James Carney) coaxes angelic pleas and melodic gems. Vocalist Michelle Casillas (Ursa Minor) lends gorgeous shimmering vocals, while guitarists Oscar Rodriguez (Nakatomi Plaza) and Grey McMurray (Knights on Earth) embrace the songs with lush and screaming loops and soundscapes. Bassist Robert Jost (Tony Scherr, Saturday Night Live) and drummer Jeff Davis (Tony Malaby) are a fortress of preternatural instincts, pushing the band to the edge of its limits while holding the center. Teddy Kumpel's mixing expertise exploits the timbre of each song individually, eliciting an indefinable palette of sound and style. Stream and download the album on Bandcamp, iTunes, or Amazon/Google Play.
Jesse Neuman, (trumpeter / improviser / composer / educator) has been an active member of New York City’s creative music scene since 1998. He has worked with a diverse collection of ensembles including silentZ (electric progressive jazz), Kaash (Hindustani electronica), Brooklyn Qawwali Party (devotional South Asian music), The Barbarians (funk soul jazz), annandalexxmakedances (scoring for choreography), Bobby Bare Jr. (southern indie rock), L’Orchestra Siena Sesione per la Musica e la Arte (chamber music), rage_light / Multi-meteorchestra (computer sound design), and Josh Ritter (singer songwriter). He has performed at notable venues such as Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Joe’s Pub, Birdland, Blue Note, Barbes, Zebulon, Knitting Factory, Celebrate Brooklyn, Highline Ballroom, Galapagos, and Bowery Ballroom. Mr. Neuman has been a faculty member at CUNY Hunter, St. Joseph's College, and Universidad de San Fransisco, Quito. He is the founder/director of www.MusicworksNYC.org, a non-profit which presents arts workshops and scholarships to populations in need both in NYC and abroad.
"Lest it seem that trumpet electronics are strictly an avant-garde preoccupation, consider the emergence of players like Jesse Neuman,who often traffics in a deep-lyrical mode…"
-Nate Chinen, The New York Times
A live sound installation by Jesse Neuman
November 1 - 3, 2013
7-10 pm
chashama 266
266 West 37th Street
New York, NY
Jesse Neuman's working band, WOLF FACE, is a collective who explore sound and improvisation within the structure of songs. Their debut album, "The World has Time to Bloom" features compositions and improvisation including growling prehistoric textures, emotive rock anthems, sultry Americana tinged ballads, inventive covers, raw progressive jazz snarls, rocktronica, and delicate chamber pieces. His trumpet ranges from close rough hewn whisper to dizzyingly processed dagger. Saxophonist Peter Epstein (Ralph Alessi, James Carney) coaxes angelic pleas and melodic gems. Vocalist Michelle Casillas (Ursa Minor) lends gorgeous shimmering vocals, while guitarists Oscar Rodriguez (Nakatomi Plaza) and Grey McMurray (Knights on Earth) embrace the songs with lush and screaming loops and soundscapes. Bassist Robert Jost (Tony Scherr, Saturday Night Live) and drummer Jeff Davis (Tony Malaby) are a fortress of preternatural instincts, pushing the band to the edge of its limits while holding the center. Teddy Kumpel's mixing expertise exploits the timbre of each song individually, eliciting an indefinable palette of sound and style. Stream and download the album on Bandcamp, iTunes, or Amazon/Google Play.
Jesse Neuman, (trumpeter / improviser / composer / educator) has been an active member of New York City’s creative music scene since 1998. He has worked with a diverse collection of ensembles including silentZ (electric progressive jazz), Kaash (Hindustani electronica), Brooklyn Qawwali Party (devotional South Asian music), The Barbarians (funk soul jazz), annandalexxmakedances (scoring for choreography), Bobby Bare Jr. (southern indie rock), L’Orchestra Siena Sesione per la Musica e la Arte (chamber music), rage_light / Multi-meteorchestra (computer sound design), and Josh Ritter (singer songwriter). He has performed at notable venues such as Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Joe’s Pub, Birdland, Blue Note, Barbes, Zebulon, Knitting Factory, Celebrate Brooklyn, Highline Ballroom, Galapagos, and Bowery Ballroom. Mr. Neuman has been a faculty member at CUNY Hunter, St. Joseph's College, and Universidad de San Fransisco, Quito. He is the founder/director of www.MusicworksNYC.org, a non-profit which presents arts workshops and scholarships to populations in need both in NYC and abroad.
"Lest it seem that trumpet electronics are strictly an avant-garde preoccupation, consider the emergence of players like Jesse Neuman,who often traffics in a deep-lyrical mode…"
-Nate Chinen, The New York Times
