Chuck Fertal
Born New York City, New York
Studied at Berklee College of music, Boston, Mass., I completed my formal music education at Berklee College of music where I was a member of the instrumental performance program.
I majored in drums, percussion and piano. Other subjects studied music theory, your training, harmony, improvisation, music history, jazz history, arranging and composition. I studied privately on drums with Alan Dawson, and Sam Ulano.I studied piano with a scholarship from Connie Crothers two years.
Played with Sonny Stitt 1972, Dorothy Donegan 1975 Sir Charles Thompson 1976, Artie Barsamian Orchestra traditional Armenian music, Cecil Payne, the Hoofers–an international jazz tap dance team, worked with Mal Waldron 1979 through 1987, guitarist Roland Prince, Marvin Horn, Steve Cohn trio with Reggie Workman on bass, Jeremy Steig, Harold Danko, Ron McClure, Ratzo Harris, Malachi Thompson, Calvin Hill, Lyle Atkinson, Arnie Lawrence, Byard Lancaster, Bob Neloms, Cameron Brown, Bill Saxton, Sonny Fortune, Jack Wilkins, Santi Debriano, Junior Cook, Bob Cranshaw, George Cables, Adam Mackiewicz, Cecil McBee, Richard Wyans.
Credits include stints in which he played with Sonny Stitt, Dorothy Donegan, Sir Charles Thompson, Cecil Payne, the Hoofers, Mal Waldron, Roland Prince, Marvin Horn, Steve Cohn Trio with Reggie Workman, Jeremy Steig, Harold Danko, Ron McClure, Malachi Thompson, Calvin Hill, Lyle Atkinson, Arnie Lawrence, Byard Lancaster, Bob Neloms, Cameron Brown, Bill Saxton, Sonny Fortune, Jack Wilkins, Santi Debriano, Junior Cook, Bob Cranshaw, George Cables, Adam Mackiewicz, Cecil McBee, and Richard Wyans.
LARRY ROLAND is an acoustic bassist, and poet.
He has performed with trumpeter Raphé Malik, Charles Gayle, Sabir Mateen, Steve Swell, Daniel Carter, Mike Wimberly, Marvin “Boogaloo” Smith, Jamyll Jones, Warren Smith, Waldron Ricks, JD Parren, Donel Fox, and many others here and abroad on the free improvisational music scene, plus award winning dancer/choreographer Adrienne Hawkins. He appears on his Boston Composer Group label and 4th Stream Records.
As a poet, Larry has published in several anthologies and magazines, as well as, received awards for his writings. His most recent recording has been with Yoron Israel’s “VISIONS” CD. Larry also has a solo Bass and Word CD which features his original poetry entitled, “AS TIME FLOWS ON”, on the BCG label. Larry’s most recent recording (2013) has been with the Charles Gayle Trio, “STREETS”.
OGI (LARRY ROLAND)
THINKS OF THE BASS SOUND AS
A HEART BEAT THATS
TRIPPIN’ OFF DANCE
IN AH DIRECTION NAMED-
THE UNKNOWN…
NESTING NOW IN NEW YOURK!
Steve Cohn
Music, art and poetry surge through the spirit of pianist & Shakuhachi innovator Steven Louis Cohn. Steve has conducted master classes at the Paris National Conservatory and has had his compositions commissioned for performance with the Wantanbe Dance Company in Japan. Cohn has been awarded performance grants from the NJ Council of the Arts, performed at ‘Ottawa Jazz Festival (’88 & 2000), Fiesta International USSR. Cohesively, Steve With over 25 recordings in his name,has worked with a number of well-renown musicians: Reggie Workman, Jason Kao Hwang, William Parker, Tom Varner, Fred Hopkins, Karl Berger, Oliver Lake, Barry Altschul, Bob Stewart.
Ever innovative, Steve has developed a unique style of improvisation over the course of his career, which has taken him across styles of jazz as well as across the world. With over 25 recordings in his name, Steve has played with the likes of Eddie Henderson, Sonny Simmons, and Reggie Workman, among many others, and has performed his own works at venues such as New York City’s Miller Theatre, the Newport JVC Festival, The Great American Music Hall, and the World Shakuhachi Festival.
“Cohn’s playing is hypnotic and remarkable throughout. He is a true original.” -Robert Spencer “Cadence Magazine”
His playing shows a kind of freedom that can happen when personal vision breaks the boundaries of tradition. Anyone with an open mind will benefit from his workshop”-Perry Yung Shakuhachi Maker
“Cohn’s intricate counterpoint and drama-infused harmonies are equally effective on muscular jazz-hued sprints and pointilistic passages. His cogent use of ethnic instruments goes well beyond stock poses of texture and transcendentalism. There are few American pianists who have Cohn’s talents”-Bill Shoemaker Downbeat
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