Albey on Bass "more bass than human" Bass Player Magazine
Sheltering in New Orleans... Groove on soon!
Lays down a groove that lives in the space between
The Head Hunters and Gil Scott Heron to deliver music for the soul and a solid groove
for your dancing feet.
Albey OnBass Bassist-composer Albey 'onBass' Balgochian is a musician's musician, his resume spans the full spectrum of music, from House bassist for the original House of Blues and Reggae with One World produced by Sidney Mills, to collaborations with Nuyorican poet Miguel Algarin and Beat poet John Sinclair, to Hip-Hop with Nyck Caution featuring youtube sensation Joey Bada$$ and the avant-garde with Cecil at the Whitney Museum. His performances with Cecil Taylor earned All About Jazz Best Performances '05, '09 and '16.
Marcello Benetti Drummer/composer started playing drums when he was 14. He studied music at Music Academy of Bologna, and later in Siena with Massimo Manzi and Ettore Fioravanti, than with Han Bennink and in Cuba with percussionist Eric Bonne.
Since 2008 he's been playing Jazz, Improvised Music, Blues, and Funk between Venice (Italy) and New Orleans, becoming a permanent resident of New Orleans 2011.
He has performed with notables Pasquale Mirra, Silvia Bolognesi, Enrico Sartori, Domenico Caliri, Fabrizio Puglisi, Danilo Gallo, Tristan Honsinger, Giovanni Mayer, Pappa Mali, Jonathan Freilich, Naked Orchestra, Dave Rempis, Ken Vandermark, Jeb Bishop, Dan Oestreicher, James Singleton, Matt Perrine, Helen Gillet, Rex Gregory, Jeff Albert, Andy J. Forrest, Rick Trolsen, Martin Krusche, Panorama Jazz Band.
William Thompson Keyboard artist, composer and multi-instrumentalist of the American musical tradition. His unique style of music has attracted the attention of much of the mainstream as well as alternative media including NPR's "All Things Considered" and the BBC. His work has been profoundly impacted by his year tour of duty spent in Baghdad during the Iraq War in 2004 as a Counter- intelligence Agent and created the very first album released from a combat theater. Given this truly unique experience in combination with Thompson's southern musical upbringing, there is little to compare to his music which has made it's way from the Mississippi Delta, to New Orleans, to Baghdad, and the world.
Jane SpokenWord Poet, activist, spoken word artist, her experience spans the full spectrum of venues, from the Whitney Museum with the Maestro Cecil Taylor to the Nuyorican's Poet Cafe with Miguel Algarin. Her performances represent the spoken word as it was meant to be experienced, raw, uncensored and thought provoking. She has 2 self-published books, as well as publications in several magazines, poetry anthologies and most recently her piece "I Am A Poet" has been chosen for publication in the upcoming (August 2019) We Are Beat, National Beat Poetry Anthology.
Words and music as Activism.
Mystery Guests
Keeping it fresh we often invite a 'mystery guest' a talented coalition of New Orleans notables including Aurora Nealand, Reggie Scanlan, Alfred 'Uganda' Roberts, Helen Gillet, Cyrus Nabipoor, Doug Garrison, Eddie Christmas, Jeff Albert, Brad Walker, Jimbo Walsh and Sage Rouge to name just a few.
