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Pat Daugherty,
the band’s pianist and composer, has felt an allegiance to the
Fender Rhodes ever since he took one out on tour with Gil
Scott-Heron in 1984. He recently recorded with Ornette Coleman
on Italian artist’s Mark kostabi’s project and was featured on
HBO’s the making of Treme. His first NY band featured Kurt
Rosenwinkel on bass. Pianist with the Martha Graham Dance
Company since 2001, he has also composed music for the company.
Pat scored and played on a post-modern tango featured nightly in
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Tim Givens,
the upright bassist who gives New York Electric Piano its
gravitational pull, grew up working in his dad’s California
music store. Tim’s stellar resume include performing and
recording with the likes of Lou Donaldson, Ray Bryant, The
Village Vanguard Orchestra, Curtis Fuller, and Herman Foster.
Tim’s ability to maintenance the classic Fender Rhodes Electric
Piano makes him far and away the most valuable member of the
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Aaron
Comess’ grooves send the band into orbit. Comess is an
original member of the Spin Doctors and is a monstrous figure on
the jam band scene. Comess learned to groove from none other
than Bernard “Pretty” Purdie, and has performed and recorded
with Joan Osborne, Mike Stern, Roy Hargrove, Aaron Neville,
Vernon Reid, & Blues Traveler among others. Aaron is an in
demand session player on the NY recording scene. |
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Deanna Kirk
has been heralded by the New York Times and People Magazine for
her wondrous vocal quality. She has owned 2 jazz clubs in the
East Village and performed with Eartha Kitt, Cecil Taylor, and
Zeke Mullins. Deanna contributed the lyrics to “I Want Love” on
Keys To The City. |
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Leon Gruenbaum,
a force on the NY music scene for 20 years invented his own
instrument, a patented MIDI controller called the Samchillian.
Leon has recorded and performed with The Roots, Vernon Reid,
James Blood Ulmer, and Cyro Baptista. In early 2011 he will
travel to Moscow to present his keyboard invention at the
Theremin Institute. He leads the ultra-groovy band Genes and
Machines which features his voice and instrument and the
beautiful Ava Farber, who also joined NYEP. |
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Ava Farber is
the newest addition to the band, lending her vocal
prowess to the new octet sound. An amazingly talented
singer, Ava is featured on The Day I Fell For You. Ava is also a member of Genes
and Machines along with Leon Gruenbaum. |
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Erik Lawrence
works as a leader and a sideman, is currently working with Levon Helm’s band. He has played with Chico Hamilton, Sonny
Sharrock, The Band with Bob Dylan, Joan Osbourne, Jack DeJonette,
Willie Nelson, and Steven Bernstein. He has a trio album in the
works for 2011 with his group Honey Ear Trio. |
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Teddy Kumpel,
guitarist extraordinaire and band leader, has worked with many
leading musicians such as Rickie Lee Jones, Feist, Omar Hakim,
Janet Jackson, Toots Thielmans, Billy Martin, and Michael Blake.
He has been featured in numerous film scores including 2010 Emmy
winner “Temie Grandin”, “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind”, and
“Talledega Nights”. |
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