Volker Goetze’s brand-new quartet has a truly global focus. The music centers ancient Sri Lankan folktales inspired by Kandyan traditional dances. It highlights stories of reincarnation, sacrifice and selfless devotion. Goetze shares his latest musical vision by uniting prolific clarinetist Doug Wieselman, versatile bassist Jonathan Toscano and Sri Lankan guru Uthpala Eroshan. Each musician brings his own richly informed cultural intelligence to the group's sound, which is especially distinguished by the unique timbre of the Gata Bera, a Sri Lankan ceremonial drum played by Eroshan. Compositions for the project are divided between arrangements of traditional melodies and original compositions by Volker Goetze. Goetze’s quartet takes the listener on magical voyages driven by the mesmerizing cadence of Eroshan's rhythms. Omitting a traditional drum set from this jazz quartet creates an unusually open field of opportunity for exciting horn solos and group improvisations over pulsing bass and Gata Bera grooves.

https://youtu.be/A3TCRpQxjLg?si=EejwOqQnnwp2Kgqu

Volker Goetze - Compositions, Trumpet & Flugelhorn

Doug Wieselman - Bass Clarinet

Jonathan Toscano - Double Bass

Uthpala Eroshan - Kandyan Drum

Volker Goetze Quartet is a recipient of a 2023 grant from Chamber Music America’s Artistic Projects program, funded through the generosity of The Howard Gilman Foundation. Special thanks to the Paul Manship Artist Residency for proving their space for undisturbed rehearsal time and space in July 2023.

The Festival of New Trumpet Music is supported by New York State Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts & NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.

Festival of New Trumpet Music:

https://fontmusic.org

Volker Goetze is a proud member of Musicians for Musicians MfM.

VENUE DETAILS

The Cutting Room is New York's legendary dinner theater and event space. All shows have a $25 food and/or beverage minimum per person (unless otherwise indicated on your ticket.) Please note the ticket price goes mostly to the performers and production staff. The club sells food and beverages to continue to bring live music to NYC. (https://thecuttingroomnyc.com/eat-and-drink/)

We do not take reservations and seating is first come, first seated.

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