Join us this Saturday (1/11) at the Cabot School Performance Arts Center, with special opening set by the Limes. We play a benefit for the Cabot music program.
Facebook it: https://www.facebook.com/events/438369446289860/
Ticket reservations are strongly encouraged!
Join us on FRIDAY!
Under the direction of noted Vermont musician and band leader, Brian Boyes, the Big Bang Bhangra Brass Band is one HUGE party that combines the rich musical and dance roots of Indian Bhangra, Bollywood, New Orleans Brass Bands, and the 1930′s jungle swing of Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway.
From call and response singing to ripping horn solos, Big Bang Brass fuses the deep funk and swing grooves of New Orleans with the centuries-old Punjabi Bhangra grooves and dance moves reaching back 500 years. The result: a wild and colorful explosion of musical crossroads guaranteed to stir the soul, body, and mind.
Topped off with a troupe of Bhangra dancers, Big Bang Brass features some of Vermont’s best funk and jazz players from such favorites as Movement of the People, The Saturn People’s Sound Collective, ViperHouse, 35th Parallel, Money Jungle, and D’Moja.
Brian Boyes trumpet, dhol, keys
Zach Tonnissen tenor sax, dhol
Gabe Halberg dhol, dholki, tabla, cajon
Brandon Klarich percussion, vocals
PJ Davidian percussion
Giovanni Rovetto bass
Jay Ekis guitar
Simone Labony Labbance flute, dance, choreography
Lloyd Dugger trombone
Luke LaPlant bari saxophone
Matt Avery trombone
Dan Liptak saxophones
APEX
From the grooves of Snarky Puppy and the great San Francisco Bay 60’s Funk, to the great arrangements of the San Francisco Jazz Collective Stevie Wonder Project, Originals of Brian Boyes, Freddie Hubbard, Charles Mingus, Chick Corea and others, APEX represents the pinnacle of Instrumental music. Blending the lines between funk, rock, fusion, jazz and even chamber music, APEX is a unique blend and mixture of music as diverse as the musicians performing.
Featuring an all star line up of the best Vermont has to offer from groups such as the Big Bang Bhangra Brass Band, Saturn People’s Sound Collective, Movement of the People, Afinque, Kat Wright’s Soul Band, The Grippo Funk Band, Vermont Jazz Ensemble, The Vermont Symphony Orchestra, The Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra, the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra, The Party Crashers and the East Bay Jazz Ensemble. 10 piece APEX is a horn driven musical experience sure to invigorate your mind, body and soul.
APEX is:
Dan Liptak – Tenor saxophone/Soprano saxophone
Barb Smith – Alto saxophone/Flute
Tom Cate – Bari saxophone/bass clarinet
Kevin Avery – Trumpet
Josh Pauly – Trumpet
Lloyd Dugger – Trombone
Max Bronstein – Guitar
Jacob Ungerleider – Piano and keyboards
Brent Thomas – Bass
Nic Cannizzaro – Percussion
APEX IS COMING TO MONTPELIER VT ON 12.13.13 @ POSITIVE PIE
10:30 PM
In just 12 short hours the Big Bang Bhangra Brass Band will debut at the Vermont Music Festival in Waitsfield Vermont at 8:30 PM on the Main Stage. This is a free event. Get here to see this amazing band play amazing music.
Under the direction of noted Vermont musician and band leader, Brian Boyes, the Big Bang Bhangra Brass Band is one HUGE party that combines the rich musical and dance roots of Indian Bhangra, Bollywood, New Orleans Brass Bands, and the 1930′s jungle swing of Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway.
From call and response singing to ripping horn solos, Big Bang Brass fuses the deep funk and swing grooves of New Orleans with the centuries-old Punjabi Bhangra grooves and dance moves reaching back 500 years. The result: a wild and colorful explosion of musical crossroads guaranteed to stir the soul, body, and mind.
Topped off with a troupe of Bhangra dancers, Big Bang Brass features some of Vermont’s best funk and jazz players from such favorites as Movement of the People, The Saturn People’s Sound Collective, ViperHouse, 35th Parallel, Money Jungle, and D’Moja.
Playing on the VMF main stage at 8:30pm, this is one party not to be missed.
Featuring:
Brian Boyes trumpet, dhol, keys
Zach Tonnissen tenor sax, dhol
Gabe Halberg dhol, dholki, tabla, cajon
Brandon Klarich percussion, vocals
PJ Davidian percussion
Giovanni Rovetto bass
Jay Ekis guitar
Simone Labony Labbance flute, dance, choreography
Lloyd Dugger trombone
Matt Avery trombone
Dan Liptak saxophones
Read what 7 Day’s Dan Bolles has to say here: http://www.7dvt.com/2013vermont-music-column
Visit the festival website here: vtmusicfest.com
Liptak/Evans duo perform northern Vermont tour August 2013
Please join guitarist Greg Evans and I as we perform in five locations around northern Vermont. Two of these performances will be recorded live for future release on a CD.
Greg was one of the first musicians that I met when I moved back to Vermont in 2010, and we have consistently been performing regularly since. One of my closest collaborators we have together we have held residencies and performed at Leunigs, 1/2 Lounge, Red Square, Nectars, Burlingtons Marriott Lounge, Parima, Pickwicks pub, Black Cap Cafe, Skinny Pancake in both Burlington and Montpelier, Bagitos, Purple Moon Pub, the Red Hen Bakery Cafe, Radio Bean, The Bees Knees, Mocha Mayas and dozens of private events. We’ve performed hundreds of dates around Vermont, Massachusetts and Canada in the past three years.
We will play the following dates in Vermont to celebrate the venues in which we spend most of our time in:
Sunday August 4th – Radio Bean, Burlington Vermont 11 AM. With Brent Thomas bass. Gypsy jazz brunch!
Wednesday August 7th -Leunigs Bistro, Burlington Vermont 7 PM. With Brent Thomas on Bass.
Thursday August 8th – Bagitos, Montpelier Vermont 6 PM. Live recording!
Friday August 9th – Radio Bean, Burlington Vermont 8 PM.
Saturday August 10th – Red Hen Cafe, Middlesex Vermont 1 PM. Live recording!
Saturday August 10th – Bees Knees, Morrisville Vermont 7:30 PM.
We hope to see you at one of these performances!
Dan
Join the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra for two performances this weekend:
Saturday June 8, Montpelier High School 7:30 PM
Sunday June 9, Chandler Music Hall 4:00 PM
Paul Gambill, conductor
Tracy Silverman, electric violin
BEETHOVEN – Symphony No. 5
KENJI BUNCH – Embrace: Concerto for electric violin and orchestra
NATHAN CHAN – Melody to an Unheard Story
This program is the finale of the Life Map Project, in partnership with the senior class at Montpelier High School and the Montpelier Senior Activity Center.
Composer’s Statement about Embrace: Concerto for electric violin and orchestra
In this work, which begins with the solo violin alone on stage, music gradually emerges from offstage, from the back of the hall, and from the audience itself, literally surrounding and embracing the audience in an inclusive celebration of the type of group performance only an orchestral “family” would be able to achieve. The traditional musical tools I usually work with of Western form and functional harmony are, in this one-movement work, set aside in favor of hypnotic rhythmic drives, static but gradually building harmonies, and improvisation over repeated call and response patterns that draw influence from elements of Afrobeat, Indian music, and gospel.
We end the program with Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, a true classic and masterpiece. Please consider joining us!
Join Greg Evans, Jane Boxall and I this THURSDAY at Burlington’s Skinny Pancake as we play with Julia J. Slone. Julia returns to Northern VT, hailing from the Brattleboro region. We will be performing her original works, including the debut of several new ones.
More info here:
http://skinnypancake.com/event/julia-sloan/
http://www.juliamusic.com/index.php
Preview here, live from the Point FM 104.7 in 2011:
Its that time of year again!
5/31 – Trio 
w. Cory Beard and Greg Evans @ Leunigs 12 PM
6/1 – Quartet w. Brent Thomas, Julian Chobot and Don Einhorn @ Leunigs 6 pM
6/6 – Trio w. Cory Beard and Greg Evans @ Leunigs 3 PM
6/2 – Liptak/Evans Duo @ Radio Bean 5:30 PM
6/9 – Bohemian Blues Quartet @ Radio Bean 11 AM
Nice promo from NSB:
The Liptak/Evans duo will once again present gypsy jazz at Morrisville’s Bees Knees on Friday 4/26. Our show starts at 7:30 PM. We are once again looking forward to returning to the North Country to share this amazing music with folks.
Join Greg Evans and I today from 1-3 at the Red Hen Cafe in Middlesex!
Dan Liptak 