A beautiful evening on the mountain with smooth jazz sounds and a chef-curated, small plate mixer to benefit A Single Bite programs.
About This Event
A beautiful evening on the mountain with smooth jazz sounds and a chef-curated, small plate mixer to benefit A Single Bite programs.
The evening is going to rock with jazz greats performed by The Leslie Pintchik Trio
Leslie Pintchik
Before embarking on a career in jazz, jazz pianist and composer Leslie Pintchik earned a Master of Philosophy degree in seventeenth-century English literature from Columbia University. She first surfaced on the Manhattan scene in a trio with legendary bassist Red Mitchell at Bradley's. In the ensuing years, Pintchik formed her own trio, which performs regularly at New York City and East Coast jazz venues. Her trio was one of four finalists in the Cognac Hennessy Jazz Search, held at the Bottom Line in New York City.
Pintchik has performed and/or recorded with saxophonists Steve Wilson and Rich Perry, trumpeter Ron Horton, percussionist Satoshi Takeishi, drummers Michael Sarin, Clarence Penn, Alvester Garnett, Mark Ferber, and Keith Copeland, and the accordion player Shoko Nagai.
Pintchik has recorded eight CDs under her own name, as well as a DVD of a live performance. You Eat My Food, You Drink My Wine, You Steal My Girl! reached number 4 in the country for radio spins on JazzWeek, and remained in the top 10 for five weeks. Two tracks from Pintchik’s CDs were included in the soundtrack of Orson Welles' final movie, The Other Side of the Wind.
Scott Hardy
Bassist Scott Hardy hails from Houston, where he worked with "Texas Tenor" Arnett Cobb. Since moving to Manhattan, he has performed and recorded with Jack McDuff, Tal Farlow, Chris Connor, Kenny Barron, Rufus Reid, and Bobby Watson, among others. Jazz Times magazine called Hardy "… an exceptional bassist deserving wider prominence," and a profile of Hardy in Bass Player magazine praised his “lyrical phrasing, cross-register command, and burnished tone.”
Michael Sarin
Born in Stockton, California, Sarin attended the University of Washington and Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, where he focused on jazz and classical drumming techniques.In the early 1990s, Sarin relocated to New York City, joining the downtown jazz and improvisation community. He became noted for his work in New York City's avant-garde jazz scene. Sarin's drumming blends precise rhythmic frameworks with free improvisation, noted for its dynamic textures and polyrhythmic complexity. Influences include Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette, and global percussion traditions.
Sarin has conducted masterclasses at the New York Jazz Workshop and contributed to drumming podcasts.
