Christine Correa, voice; Chris Cheek, tenor sax; Frank Carlberg, piano; John Hebert, bass; Michael Sarin, drums.
Influences
Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Bela Bartok, Olivier Messiaen,Charles Mingus, Gil Evans, Steve Lacy, Kurt Weill, The Beats, The Black Mountain School, Anselm Hollo,The Abstract Expressionists, The Surrealists, Fritz Lang, Orson Welles, Federico Fellini, Alfred Hitchcock, Alvar Aalto, Paul Auster, Vladimir Nabokov.......
The Frank Carlberg Quintet has been in existence for over 10 years. The band is dedicated to performing Carlberg's settings of 20th( ...and 21st...) century poets such as Robert Creeley, Anselm Hollo, Anna Akhmatova, Kenneth Rexroth, Jack Kerouac etc. Other sources for texts are newspaper articles, lease agreements, grand jury testimonies, chants, medical journals and verbal convulsions based on The Bill of Rights.
The Frank Carlberg Quintet has several CD releases including In the Land of Art (FSNT), Variations On a Summer Day (FSNT), The Crazy Woman (Accurate), "State of the Union" (FSNT) as well as the latest release "The American Dream" on Red Piano Records. The voice of Christine Correa is at the center of the group's sound.
your American Dream record is awesome. i am so glad you made this. the playing is so intense and well-balanced, thoughtful, and several other big words, none of which do it justice. ah well. i hope everyone in the universe hears this music. peace. x.
Can't wait to hear you in MAINE in April!!! :D So glad you're coming up here. I am so looking forward to this. Much love to Christine & the rest of the group as well.
11/13 Bennington, Vt / Bennington College / 9pm
11/14 New York, Ny / Pianos / 1am
11/17 Brooklyn, Ny / Rose Live Music / 9pm
11/18 New York, Ny / Smalls / 730pm
This is our second stop through the NYC area and will gladly welcome any help you can offer. Thanks for being a supporter of whacked progressive instrumental sounds. See you at the show.
