Teri Roiger w/ Jazz Passengers

• Teri Roiger – vocals
• Roy Nathanson – saxophone
• John Menegon – bass
• Bill Ware – vibes
• Matt Garrity – drums

Teri Roiger w/ Jazz Passengers — September 26 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

ROY NATHANSON is a prolific saxophonist, composer, bandleader, poet, actor and teacher. He and Bill Ware have a long musical friendship that started with the Jazz Passengers, co-founded by Roy Nathanson and Curtis Fowlkes in 1987. Nearly four decades and 13 albums later, the band has recorded and performed with Elvis Costello, Deborah Harry, Jeff Buckley, Jimmy Scott, and Mavis Staples.

TERI ROIGER — VOCALIST, PIANIST, SONGWRITER
"Teri has an intuitive laid back sense of time reminiscent of Abbey Lincoln and Betty Carter but with her own uniqueness." — Jack DeJohnette
An American jazz vocalist, pianist, songwriter, educator, and producer based in New York City and the Hudson Valley. She began playing piano at age 5 and played church organ throughout her teens. After discovering jazz in her early 20s and making her first demo with stride pianist Butch Thompson, her musical path was set. She has performed as a duo with her husband, bassist John Menegon, throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Europe, and has been a featured artist at the San Miguel Jazz Festival (Mexico), Panama Jazz Festival (Panama), and Bolzano Jazz Festival (Italy), where she presented concerts and masterclasses.

BILL WARE — VIBRAPHONE
Harkening back to a violinist whose freedom from slavery was bought in performance, Bill Ware’s place within American music is described as a proud lineage. Vibraphonist, bassist, composer, pianist, educator and creative adventurer, Ware is a founding member of the Jazz Passengers and Groove Collective. He has collaborated with Steely Dan, John Zorn, JD Parran, Marc Ribot, Bobby Sanabria, Deborah Harry, the BBC Concert Orchestra, Chico Mendoza, Bobby Previte, Joe Henderson, Jerome Harris, the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Minnesota Symphony, Elvis Costello, Arturo O’Farrill, Andy Summers, Marshall Crenshaw, David Gilmour and others.

JOHN MENEGON — BASS
New York City bassist John Menegon started his career in Montreal and later studied Jazz at Long Island University on a full scholarship. He has performed and recorded with Dewey Redman, David “Fathead” Newman, Matt Wilson, Frank Kimbrough, John Hicks, Yoron Israel, Jack DeJohnette, Kenny Burrell, Joel Frahm, Pat Metheny, Kenny Barron, Paul Bley, Anthony Braxton’s Tri-Centric Orchestra, Nick Brignola, Jimmy Cobb, Al Foster, Slide Hampton, Sheila Jordan, Lee Konitz, Joe Lovano, and others. In addition to touring, recording, and composing, he has created and taught jazz workshops on Jaco Pastorius, Miles Davis, and Charles Mingus and taught master classes at festivals including the Panama Jazz Festival, Bolzano (Italy), and San Miguel de Allende.

MATT GARRITY — DRUMS
Drummer Matt Garrity has been on the New York music scene since 1994. He has performed and recorded with artists including Joe Lovano, Vincent Herring, Steve Slagle, David Williams, Teri Thornton, Peter Bernstein, David Amram, Eric Alexander, Judi Silvano, Gary Versace, Ron McClure, Ed Cherry, Joel Forrester, Jeremy Pelt, and Jerome Richardson.