The CMS Series presents Ellwood Epps with a new 4tet--includ Double Trumpets--creating Jazz on the cutting edge.  

The Creative Music Series presents ELLWOOD EPPS who has gathered a who's who of Boston creatives, performing a set of pieces written by himself during his extended time away from the stage. Ellwood Epps (trumpet) Forbes Graham (trumpet) Nate McBride (bass) Luther Gray (drums) $20, $15 students/seniors. Born in Toronto in 1976, trumpeter ELLWOOD EPPS lives and works in Boston, a significant contributor to the scene, where he has performed with Eric Zinman, Gylnis Lomon, Matt Crane, Luther Gray, and Steven Lantner. Epps lived in Montreal for 16 years, where he co-founded the l'Envers venue, the Mardi Spaghetti series, and the Festival of New Trumpet Music Canada. Ellwood has played on over 100 records, including 40 as leader/co-leader, for labels including Mr. E, Ambiances Magnetiques, &amp;Records, Constellation, VICTO, Rogue Art, Mode, and Bug Incision. He has performed with musicians from many parts of the world, including Steve Lacy, Josh Zubot, William Parker, Michel F Côté, John Butcher, Yves Charuest, Henry Grimes, John Heward, Marshall Allen, Lori Freedman, and Jean Derome. Ellwood has also been active as a trumpet teacher for over 30 years and has led group improvisation workshops across Canada. He co founded the Studio d'Improvisation de Montréal, which welcomed dozens of musicians from all backgrounds and levels of experience for over a decade. <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ellwoodepps.ca%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExcDA3U1V3MWFadzN2S1VWeAEecolEgjocUuGm9IqStlyMQcCDF-bkvJVkra9UVg-H-LWdHUk2-Q5jA9mYEog_aem_Nm7VRMii6FcbhlReCfrrvA&amp;h=AT3JqbmRtgo7TSj6xdJOtI7pQWJXRvbDTtDW42a6u40nP8zffXW-FHjIlIBYsJ-colwATTr8So-sFrFz7htUBRXerca9mqE2EmNZlZCvATguoESHW1ZVIMx5Jb1I5e0Sj04gc31nO7zlQA&amp;__tn__=q&amp;c[0]=AT1_25Au2VLc8jIHRLWmxC9EoKXJ1hRjwKbnAPNqkNz7TnI5XI_nSm9-HCQ7xWRTprpl0HsPXX4wri4Pfbo1rn8_GzW62dPAUCMRcVne8FVlWsNPGWKkF7Yv2_dbTMk7IfvpFfeja4-Rbktp0xItKUR85wd2ugMKSIJG_A">www.ellwoodepps.ca</a> FORBES GRAHAM (b. 1977) is a composer, musician, sound artist, and visual artist whose work explores themes of simultaneity, perceptibility, transformation and collage. He was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Silver Spring, MD. He attended American University, studying music composition, in the mid to late 90s and was involved in the DC and Maryland hardcore scenes, playing in a number of bands and releasing music on his label RiceControl. In the early 2000s, he moved to New England, where he got involved with Boston's free jazz and improvised music scenes. His work Encounters I for trumpet, electronics, and voices premiered at Roulette in 2019.&nbsp;In 2020, he was selected to work with the JACK Quartet as a part of JACK Studio. The JACK Quartet premiered String Quartet no. 3 that year.&nbsp;He is a member of Boston's Mobius Artists Group, a collective of experimenting artists. &nbsp; NATE MCBRIDE grew up in Seattle and attended college in Boston in 1990, where he studied English and music. There he received lessons from&nbsp;<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_McBee">Cecil McBee</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Palma&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1">Donald Palma</a>&nbsp;and performed with jazz bands in the region. In various formations he worked with drummer&nbsp;<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Newton">Curt Newton</a>&nbsp;, guitarist&nbsp;<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Morris_(Gitarrist)">Joe Morris</a>&nbsp;, pianist&nbsp;<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandelis_Karayorgis">Pandelis Karayorgis</a>&nbsp;, and saxophonist&nbsp;<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Vandermark">Ken Vandermark</a>&nbsp;, among others.&nbsp;<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_McBride#cite_note-1">[&nbsp;1&nbsp;]</a>Since the early 2000s, McBride has directed and organized the&nbsp;Modern Improvised Music&nbsp;concert series in Boston . In 2005, he moved to Chicago, where he formed&nbsp;the trio&nbsp;Wheelhouse with&nbsp;<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Rempis">Dave Rempis</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Adasiewicz">Jason Adasiewicz</a>&nbsp;.&nbsp;<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_McBride#cite_note-2">[&nbsp;2&nbsp;]</a>Nate returned to Boston in 2012 becoming a premier bassist in demand.&nbsp;He leads his own quartet and has been a member of the&nbsp;Pandelis Karayorgis Trio&nbsp;, the group&nbsp;mi3&nbsp;,&nbsp;Tripleplay&nbsp;,&nbsp;Spaceways Incorporated&nbsp;,&nbsp;FME&nbsp;, and&nbsp;Bridge 61.&nbsp;As a sideman, he has worked with&nbsp;<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat_Maneri">Mat Maneri</a>&nbsp;,&nbsp;<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_McPhee">Joe McPhee</a>&nbsp;,&nbsp;<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paal_Nilssen-Love">Paal Nilssen-Love</a>&nbsp;,&nbsp;<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Hobbs">Jim Hobbs</a>&nbsp;,&nbsp;<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Kohlhase">Charlie Kohlhase</a>&nbsp;,&nbsp;<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Chase">Allan Chase</a>&nbsp;,&nbsp;<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoko_Fujii">Satoko Fujii</a>&nbsp;,&nbsp;<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Rohr&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1">James Rohr</a>&nbsp;, and&nbsp;<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_Drake">Hamid Drake</a>. &nbsp; Luther Gray: “It’s not unusual for jazz musicians of Gray’s generation to pull music from the rock and pop world into their universe. But Gray is especially adept at drawing from multiple influences in a single gig and making it part of a unified whole.” — Jon Garelick, The Boston Globe Drummer&nbsp;Luther Gray, though largely self-taught, his musical training involved drum lessons from Kim Martin, Larry Bright, Steve Bagby, and Mickey Newman. In 1995 he graduated the University of Miami with a Bachelor of Music, after which he taught privately and performed in the Washington , D.C. area with, among others, Butch Warren, Cecil Payne, Webster Young, Tsunami, Liquorice, Peter Edelman, Jenny Toomey, Bob Butta, and Buck Hill. Since moving to Boston he has resumed teaching private drum lessons and has played with Joe Morris, Jay Hoggard, Joe McPhee, Timo Shanko, Cameron Brown, Allan Chase, Joseph Daley, Sabir Mateen, Roy Campbell, Ida, Geoff Farina, Andrew White, Rob Brown, and many others, becoming a premier drummer in demand! &nbsp; <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.creativemusicseries.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExcDA3U1V3MWFadzN2S1VWeAEeXfeCraxYs27-HU7-Z64x9vdY75aKsGNMNiOOjGbM7ydFb-MHLmIBVVh4jfw_aem_wVjhgpY4Zr1yYh6BLT8ktA&amp;h=AT0ktWzIZXqv_9BoD3Tc-pra4cURpIcReXPPjWtXwW5mrCZCd67sZm5DwtmQuJO9AuvGcooxABe6deu2c28TRrywk7gDrW-1CEAr6ghMbSN8ZxLaEqlrKh5TFa4XDvywO0M6WL-r-oCVjQ&amp;__tn__=q&amp;c[0]=AT1_25Au2VLc8jIHRLWmxC9EoKXJ1hRjwKbnAPNqkNz7TnI5XI_nSm9-HCQ7xWRTprpl0HsPXX4wri4Pfbo1rn8_GzW62dPAUCMRcVne8FVlWsNPGWKkF7Yv2_dbTMk7IfvpFfeja4-Rbktp0xItKUR85wd2ugMKSIJG_A">www.creativemusicseries.com</a>&nbsp;

New School of Music

Alex Lemski

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