Art Lande, Bruce Williamson and Paul McCandless

ART LANDE – PAUL McCANDLESS – BRUCE WILLIAMSON  TRIO
These three musicians are equally comfortable in the worlds of jazz and classical music. The compositions and improvisations reflect a thorough immersion in modern music and draw on a vast palette of timbres (oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, flutes, saxophones, piano & percussion). The ensemble has an inherently beautiful sound, yet the music also seeks the mystery of uncharted sonorities and rhythms that wake up the ears. This innovative trio of musicians combines flexibility, precision, interactive nuance and raw energy. The realms of classical, jazz, world music and pure improvisation blend together seamlessly to create concerts that are unique and inspiring.

PAUL McCANDLESS (woodwinds):
As a founding member of the group Oregon, Paul has collaborated with guitarist Ralph Towner for the last 40 years, proving himself to be both an accomplished composer and an extraordinary jazz performer on oboe, sax & bass clarinet. He is credited with more than 150 albums and performances with such musicians as Jaco Pastorius,, Carla Bley, Wynton Marsalis, Pat Metheny, Mark Isham, Steve Reich, Al Jarreau, Bruce Hornsby, Victor Wooten, Andy Summers, Michael Manring, Darol Anger, Mike Marshall and String Cheese Incident. He recorded three albums and toured with Bela Fleck, with whom he won a Grammy in 1996 for Best Pop Instrumental. Oregon has been nominated for a number of Grammys.

ART LANDE (piano, percussion):
As a pianist, Art has recorded some 50+ albums for ECM, Arch, Elektra and Windham Hill Records, appearing with Gary Peacock, Eliot Zigmund, Jan Garbarek, Steve Swallow, Mark Isham, Paul McCandless, Ron Miles, Mark Johnson and Peter Erskine. He has also performed with such musical greats as Chet Baker, Charlie Haden, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Ernie Watts, Jon Hendricks and Sheila Jordan. As a teacher he has influenced countless musicians, including pianists such as Fred Hersch, Kenny Werner and Myra Melford. He has composed over 250 songs and has collaborated with dancers, visual artists and poets, including Allen Ginsberg. Art brings a vast vocabulary of musicianship and composition to a performance ensemble which strives for creativity, interaction and improvisational flexibility. Art is a Williams graduate (Class of 1969).

BRUCE WILLIAMSON (woodwinds):
Bruce Williamson has lived in New York since 1983 and has performed over the years with jazz artists such as Toshiko Akiyoshi , Dave Douglas, Benny Green, Tom Harell, Fred Hersch, Mark Isham, Art Lande, Mark Levine, Jack McDuff, Dave Stryker, Gary Peacock and Jack Walrath. He can be heard on 50+ recordings and over the last two decades has worked with composer Elliot Goldenthal and director Julie Taymor on many of their theatre and film projects (including “Across The Universe” the Academy award-winning “Frida”). As a jazz composer he has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts for his jazz septet (Timeless CD Big City Magic featuring trumpeter Randy Brecker) and an extended piece for string quartet, sax quartet plus percussion (featuring soprano saxist Tim Ries and percussionist Satoshi Takeishi). Bruce is on the music faculty at Bennington College, Vermont.