Fifteen years after making a brief splash as an ill-fated downtown supergroup in the avant jazz and experimental music scene, Odd Job (Shelley Hirsch, Ned Rothenberg, David Weinstein and Samm Bennett along with new member bassplayer Stomu Takeishi) gave a one night reunion concert at Location One on Friday, January 21st , 2005.

Ned Rothenberg’s SYNC “Harbinger” CD Release Party and concert. Samir Chatterjee, tabla; Jerome Harris, acoustic bass guitar, steel string guitar; Ned Rothenberg, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone and shakuhachi

Ned Rothenberg’s SYNC “Harbinger” CD Release Party and concert. Samir Chatterjee, tabla; Jerome Harris, acoustic bass guitar, steel string guitar; Ned Rothenberg, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone and shakuhachi

Sync might be envisioned as a modified sax/bass/drum trio, where the bassist has been replaced by Jerome Harris on either acoustic guitar or acoustic bass guitar, and where the drummer's role is taken by Samir Chatterjee on tabla and dumbek.

Sync might be envisioned as a modified sax/bass/drum trio, where the bassist has been replaced by Jerome Harris on either acoustic guitar or acoustic bass guitar, and where the drummer’s role is taken by Samir Chatterjee on tabla and dumbek.

Ned Rothenberg composes and performs on saxophones, bass clarinet, flute and shakuhachi (an end blown Japanese bamboo flute). He has been internationally acclaimed for his solo music which he has presented for the past 16 years in hundreds of concerts throughout North and South America, Europe and Japan. He leads the ensembles Double Band and […]