A new concert series Combining old and new on the theme of science
Photo by Mike Chiodo
READ our recent review from the December 2024 issue of The NYC Jazz Record (Page 4) about Medieval Radiance and Incarnate Jazz!
“….Two compelling tunes by Wagnon…. Curreri’s full but unforced tone, Clark’s crisp hi-hat and snare accents and Pillow’s inventive scatting were highlights.”
Medieval Radiance and Incarnate Jazz blends medieval and modern music in a reflection of the natural world. Performed beneath the Neo-Gothic arches of the Church of the Incarnation in NYC, this illuminating event invites you to experience the harmony of ancient and contemporary sounds in a breathtaking setting. Medieval chant and motets segue to music by jazz luminaries such as Hoagy Carmichael, Randy Brecker, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Wayne Shorter. Watch our last concert, Light Gathering, here
These concerts don’t pay for themselves, unfortunately….if you would like to support Incarnate Jazz and Buckyball Music, Inc. you can go to our project page on Fractured Atlas to make a tax-deductible contribution. Thank you!
November 8th 2024 performer Bios
With “a genuinely genre-busting voice, full and vivid” (The Washington Post), vocalist Sarah Pillow draws on her equal expertise in jazz, classical, and early music repertoire. She has performed many genres of music from medieval to modern, throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe.
Composer and percussionist Marc Wagnon can be heard on over 20 recordings, playing both acoustic and electronic vibraphone and percussion. He has released four albums as leader and six albums in collaboration with bassist Percy Jones in the bands Tunnels and Brand X, and is currently composer-in-residence at Le Métathéâtre in Geneva, Switzerland.
Cole Palensky, a versatile musician from Omaha, Nebraska, is now based in New York City, where he works as an educator and performs extensively. Known for his mastery of the saxophone, Cole has appeared on the Carnegie Hall stage three times and has toured internationally across Europe and Asia. Celebrated by Vandoren and DownBeat magazine as one of the most outstanding saxophonists of his generation, he brings a unique breadth of musical experience to his performances. In addition to his work on saxophone, Cole frequently performs on drums and has roots in rock and blues, having grown up playing guitar in bands.
Mike Clark first gained worldwide recognition from his drumming on Herbie Hancock’s album ‘Thrust’. Mike’s incisive playing garnered him an international cult following and influenced generations of drummers throughout the world. Mike has also collaborated with such well-known jazz greats as Christian McBride, Chet Baker, John Scofield, Bobby Hutcherson, Woody Shaw, Bobby McFerrin and Nat Adderly, just to name a few. His album Blueprints in Jazz, Vol. 1 was named by DownBeat Magazine as one of the best albums of the decade. Mike can be heard on well over 60 recordings.
Active in a multitude of musical genres, including jazz, western classical, world and popular music, bassist Saadi Zain is respected as a highly skilled and versatile bassist. He has played with artists as diverse as Joshua Bell, Jennifer Holliday, Sheila Jordan and Dua Lipa.
Amber Evans is an Australian vocalist, conductor and composer. She regularly performs as an early music soloist, chamber ensemble vocalist, and contemporary opera/vocal specialist, with consistent touring engagements in Australia, the US and the UK.
Joey Curreri is a jazz trumpeter and composer from Los Angeles, California, currently based in New York City. He has degrees from the University of Miami (BM) and Manhattan School of Music (MM), where he studied with trumpet luminaries Brian Lynch and Ingrid Jensen. Joey is an award-winning trumpeter, winning 2nd place in the 2021 Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Soloist Competition, and numerous grants and awards for improvisation and composition, including Downbeat, JEN, and ASCAP. He has played and recorded with jazz piano greats Makoto Ozone and Deron Johnson, and regularly tours the US, Europe, and Asia.
Kirsten Sollek has been called “…an appealingly rich alto” and “…true contralto” by The New York Times, and a singer with “elemental tone quality” by The Philadelphia Inquirer. She is active in both opera, baroque and contemporary music, with performances ranging from concert appearances of Mahler’s Third Symphony with the MSU Symphony Orchestra, Bach’s Matthäus-Passion with Bach Collegium Japan, to appearing with composer John Zorn, premiering his music in the US, Europe, Australia, and Israel.
Come and experience exceptional music that stretches the mind across time, performed by leaders in their genres of medieval song and contemporary jazz. Beverages will be available with a donation, and audience members are invited to stroll, listen, and absorb the sacred space to its fullest.
Previous Performances
June 7, 2024 at 6 pm Hidden Dimensions
Our closing concert of last season was an exploration of influences that we feel but cannot see - gravity, weather, spirituality, pain, music…featuring works from Hildegarde von Bingen, Harold Arlen and Chick Corea, among others.
From our latest Show, featuring a transition from Medieval to Jazz
November 3, 2023 at 6 pm Once Upon a Prime: The Power of 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 and 11
Bringing triangles, pentagons and heptagons to life with shifting tempos in our shifting times. We’ll be taking the music beyond the binary realm. Featuring works by Giullaume de Machaut, Pat Metheny, Eric Dolphy and Dave Brubeck, among others.
June 9th, 2023 Moon and Stars
