(March 29, 2012)
On Sunday, April 29th at 8:00 p.m., the Underground Works series, curated by members of the Brooklyn Jazz Underground and Connection Works, will present Thumbscrew, a collective trio featuring guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson, bassist/composer Michael Formanek and drummer/composer Tomas Fujiwara, at Sycamore in Brooklyn.
“Already there seems to be a very special energy and ease of communication within the band, so I am looking forward to developing it and seeing where it goes,” says Ms. Halvorson of the new group, which played its first two gigs in New York and Baltimore earlier this month.
Each member of the band is a well-known composer and bandleader in his/her own right, and contributes compositions to this project, which traces its beginnings to a chance collaboration in one of cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum’s ensembles last year. Since coming together on their own shortly after, the trio has been rehearsing regularly and creating new music they hope to perform more often and record later this year.
Learn more about the musicians on their Web sites at http://maryhalvorson.com, http://www.amibotheringyou.com and http://tomasfujiwara.com
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