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ABOUT MARK WADE (bass)

“Mark Wade has advanced the art of jazz composition.” Downbeat Magazine

“One of the preeminent musicians of his generation.” UK Vibe

Modern jazz composer and bassist Mark Wade is open to appreciating and cocreating great music in all its forms. Like Keith Jarrett, Wynton Marsalis and Esperanza Spaulding, he’s not limited by genre. His fourth album shows the breadth of his musicality and inventive compositional style. Called “a living work of modern art” by Downbeat Magazine, the original tracks found on his 2022 album True Stories were inspired by a wide range of influences, drawing on themes from composers such as Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and Igor Stravinsky. The result is a unique expression of jazz linking past to present.

Wade’s critical successes have led to him being named one of the top bassists of the year for five of the last six years in the Downbeat Magazine Reader’s Poll. He gained international recognition for his trio with the 2015 recording Event Horizon on Edition 46 Records and the 2018 follow up Moving Day on AMP Music & Records. In 2020 he launched a unique solo project – a visual album. Debuted online from the Centre for Jazz and Popular Music in Durban, South Africa, Songs from Isolation was released worldwide on AMP Music & Records. It features acoustic and electric bass and the plethora of sounds those instruments can create. The tunes are accompanied by music videos created by the bassist. That sonic and technological exploration was a fascinating prelude to his next project. True Stories is a modern jazz compendium inspired by a lifetime of listening – a leap forward fueled by looking back.

ABOUT TIM HARRISON (piano)

Tim Harrison, a native of Nottingham, England, studied classical flute at the Royal College of Music in London, where he worked as a professional musician for eight years. At the age of 26 he changed instruments, started learning jazz piano, and a year later won a scholarship to the University of North Texas. After receiving his master’s degree Harrison co-led the Unified Jazz Ensemble, a quintet that for four years lived, performed, and taught in small towns in Iowa and Arkansas for the National Endowment for the Arts.

Harrison moved to New York in 1996, where he performs, composes and teaches. In 2004 his orchestral composition Prelude and Dirge was commissioned and premiered by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra on the 80th anniversary of its Young People’s Concerts at Lincoln Center. His debut CD, aria, (featuring his settings of Emily Dickinson poems) was selected as one of the top five CDs of 2005 by Jazzviews magazine.

ABOUT SCOTT NEUMANN (drums)

Since arriving in New York City in 1988, drummer, composer, bandleader and educator Scott Neumann has been involved in a diverse and creative mixture of musical experiences. Scott leads and composes for his two acclaimed bands, Neu3 Trio(Origin Records) and Osage County(Chicken Coup Records), which perform music from very different corners of the jazz spectrum. As a performer, Scott has toured Europe, South America and Asia with such luminaries as David Liebman, Madeline Peyroux and the Woody Herman Orchestra. Since moving to New York City he has performed on over 60 CDs as a sideman. Scott’s versatility as a player found him touring for nearly a decade on the Jam Band/Electric Bluegrass scene with the Tony Trischka Band and the Jazz Mandolin Project. Scott has also performed in the orchestras of over twenty Broadway productions ranging from the classic shows Cabaret and 42nd St. to the more modern productions of Avenue Q and Xanadu. As an educator, Scott has participated in university and school workshops throughout the United States, South America and Europe. Scott has been on the faculty of Lehigh University as the director of drum studies since 2005. Scott is an exclusive artist/educator for GMS drums, Sabian cymbals and Aquarian drumheads.