Bobby Previte's SECOND ARROW

Illustrious drummer, composer, bandleader, Downtown NYC luminary, Bobby Previte presents a new quintet! Co-sponsored by Gorinto Productions

From the man who brought us Charlie Hunter, Nels Cline and Jamie Saft, the inimitable BobbyBoom!, drummer nonpareil Bobby Previte is coming back after a long hiatus! And he is bringing, SECOND ARROW his new all-star quintet featuring a musician he has played with for decades, and musicians with whom he has recently connected. SECOND ARROW is Previte’s return to the quintet form for the first time in 20 years. And he wanted Millheim to hear it!

SECOND ARROW is Bobby Previte (Trap Drums), Angelica Sanchez (Piano and Electric Piano), Wendy Eisenberg (Electric and Acoustic Guitars), Matt Bauder (Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Flute) Jerome Harris (Electric Bass).

“Mr. Previte’s pieces are thoroughly, stubbornly, and distinctly his own . . . the music copies nothing.” – The New York Times

SECOND ARROW is Bobby Previte’s first small band in some 20 years. With the exception of long-time collaborator and legendary bassist Jerome Harris, Previte has populated the band with musicians he has as yet only admired from a distance—the magnificent pianist Angelica Sanchez, the stunning guitarist Wendy Eisenberg, and the deeply thoughtful Matt Bauder on woodwinds. These musicians have collaborated with an astonishing array of artists from all over the music spectrum.

From Bobby: “I have been interested in the idea of a group that takes separate paths to the same goal, and whose idea of playing “together” is broader than the usual “locked-in” approach. To quote my friend and the great musician Steve Swallow, who said it better than I ever could, ‘Interaction is overrated.’ The music for SECOND ARROW is probably the most ensemble dependent music I have ever presented—just a series of signposts for these particular improvisers, directing them to the clearest path of connection. Or put another way, “It’s not the notes you play. It’s how you play ‘em.”

Co-sponsored by Gorinto Productions, our first collaboration with the good people who bring you Manny’s Live!

 

Angelica Sanchez “seeks out the lyrical heartbeat within any avant-garde storm.” (New York Times). A pianist, composer, and educator, her debut solo CD, A Little House, was featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition, and her recording with Marilyn Crispell, How to Turn the Moon, was selected as one of the top 50 best recordings of 2020 in an NPR critics poll.

Jerome Harris appears on over sixty recordings, and his formative musical experiences include blues, folk, gospel, and a range of other American music genres. A double threat on bass and guitar, he has performed on six continents with a wide array of legendary musicians. First becoming known with jazz icon Sonny Rollins from 1988 to 1994, he has gone on to work with Jack DeJohnette, Bill Frisell, Paul Motian, Leni Stern, Martha Redbone, Ray Anderson, Julius Hemphill, Amina Claudine Myers, and Oliver Lake, among many others.

Matt Bauder is a saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator whose work “blends adventurous improvisation with lyrical clarity” (DownBeat). He has performed and recorded with a diverse range of artists including David Byrne, Arcade Fire, Father John Misty, Anthony Braxton, and Rob Mazurek, and leads his own band, Hearing Things, which combines surf riffs, soul grooves, and sideways jazz to create a noir world of space-aged eclecticism. He also creates soundtrack work for interdisciplinary artists such as Aki Sasamoto and Ben Hagari, presented in international art museums and galleries.

Wendy Eisenberg is an improviser and songwriter who uses guitar, pedals, the tenor banjo, the computer, the synthesizer and the voice. Their work spans genres, from jazz to noise to avant-rock to delicate songs; their performances span venues, from international festivals to intimate basements. Though often working solo as both a songwriter and improviser, with acclaimed releases on Tzadik, VDSQ, Out of your Head, and Garden Portal, they also perform in the rock band Editrix, and in endless other combinations of their heroes and peers.