Dave Tronzo/Bruno Råberg/Neil Leonard Trio

Sonic Arts @ GASP and JazzBoston proudly present:

Saturday, May 1st, 2010 - 8:00 PM
Dave Tronzo/Bruno Råberg/Neil Leonard Trio
$12 suggested donation, $6 with a student ID

Pre-concert panel discussion: "Computers and Electronics in Jazz"
Saturday, May 1st, 2010 - 7:00 PM
with Dave Tronzo/Bruno Råberg/Neil Leonard
free admission

GASP Gallery
362-4 Boylston St., Brookline, MA, 02445
galleryinfo@g-a-s-p.net
617.418.4308

GASP is one block from the Brookline Hills stop on the MBTA ‘D’ Riverside line.

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http://www.myspace.com/tronzo
http://www.brunoraberg.com
http://neilleonard.com

BIOS

DAVID R. TRONZO received the distinction of being voted one of the "Top 100 Guitarists of the 20th Century" by Musician Magazine (September, 1993 issue). Musician Magazine honored him with the distinction of being one of the "Top Ten Jazz Guitarists." Tronzo's unquenchable thirst for mastering his craft has provided him with a diversified taste in music. Tronzo envisions a style ranging widely in emotion and technique, weaving freely through all of the music he plays. The result is a startlingly innovative body of extended techniques for the slide guitar for which he is credited with creating. His "inventiveness" as a slide guitarist has been the subject of two doctoral candidates' ethnomusicology theses in Germany (1995 and 2001). In February 2002, critic Laurence Donahue-Greene credited Tronzo as being "a pioneer of the modern slide guitar." Tronzo has toured extensively in Europe and the United States including appearances at leading jazz festivals including North Sea, Pori, Berlin, Vienna, Montreal, Warsaw, Vancouver, and JVC New York. Tronzo's slide guitar can be heard in the soundtracks to director Robert Altman's film "Shortcuts" and Marco Brambilla's "Excess Baggage." Tronzo has recorded and toured with Wayne Horvitz and The President, John Hiatt, John Lurie and The Lounge Lizards, John Cale, Marshall Crenshaw, Foday Muso Suso, Hassan Hakmoun, Gavin Friday, The Jazz Passengers, Mike Manieri, and David Sanborn.

BRUNO RÅBERG is an internationally renowned bass player and composer. Since coming to the US from his native Sweden in 1981, he has made six recordings as a leader, about 30 as a sideman, and has performed numerous world-class artists. Some of the distinguished musicians Råberg has performed/recorded with include Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Sam Rivers, Billy Pierce, Donny McCaslin, Billy Hart, Bob Moses, Mick Goodrick, Ben Monder, Bruce Barth, Jim Black, Matt Wilson, Bob Mintzer, and John Medeski. Tours have taken Råberg throughout Europe, Scandinavia, USA, Japan, Africa, and Central America, and to jazz festivals such as Pori, Umbria, Monterey, Nancy, Bologna, Graz, Stockholm, Boston, and Cape Town. Råberg is currently leading several constellations of his own: the Lifelines Quartet with Chris Cheek, Ben Monder, and Ted Poor; the Bruno Råberg Nonet featuring Allan Chase, Phil Grenadier, Jeff Galindo, and others; and Ascensio, a quartet with Allan Chase, Phil Grenadier, and Marcello Pellitteri. For more information visit: www.brunoraberg.com

NEIL LEONARD is a composer, saxophonist and interdisciplinary artists. His ensemble featured Marshall Allen (Director of the Sun Ra Arkestra), Bruce Barth, Don Byron, Kenwood Dennard, Robin Eubanks, Frank Lacy, Badal Roy, Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Uri Caine. Leonard’s Dreaming of an Island, (for orchestra, electronics and live-video) was premiered by the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. Leonard's composition Totems was premiered at Carnegie Hall. His Echoes and Footsteps was featured by the Tel Aviv Biennial for New Music, Issue Project Room (NYC) and the Auditorium di Roma. Leonard's collaborative work with visual artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons was featured by the 49th Venice Biennial, Museum of Modern Art (NYC); purchased by the National Gallery of Canada; Dakar Biennial. Leonard composed the music for Relatives, by Tony Oursler and Constance DeJong featured by the Whitney Biennial. Leonard organized festivals of time based art in Rome, Venice, La Spezia, Siena, Tel Aviv, Haifa, New York and Boston. Leonard is a professor of Electronic Production and Design at Berklee College of Music, Boston.