The NYC Project
Joel Frahm - Saxophone
Eric Niceberg - Piano
Reuben Rogers - Bass
Ari Hoenig - Drums
Top musicians of the New York jazz scene take a ride back to the Tin Pan Alley era where the great American song book was born.
This extraordinary super group consists of the highest calibre musicians on the circuit. They include Joel Frahm (Brad Mehldau, Bill Charlap, Matt Wilson, Diane Schuur, Kurt Elling) Eric Niceberg (Avishai Cohen, Oz Noy, Eric Alexander, Eliot Zigmund) Reuben Rogers (Charles Lloyd, Wynton Marsalis, Joshua Redman, Roy Hargrove) and Ari Hoenig (Jean Michel Pilc, Kenny Werner, Chris Potter, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Joshua Redman, Mike Stern, Richard Bona)
Bravery, audacity and outside-the-box creativity paired with a genuine reverence and respect to the source, are the currency of this ensemble. They revisit some of our most beloved standards in a fresh and thrilling way.
Joel Frahm
A regular on the New York City club circuit, Joel Frahm has appeared alongside musicians such as Brad Mehldau, Bill Charlap and Matt Wilson and has recorded with Diane Schuur, Kurt Elling, Jane Monheit and other top jazz artists. Fans know him for his big tenor sound -- fluid, inventive and filled with passion. Downbeat Magazine's critics' poll has named him a rising star.
Eric Niceberg
Israeli born, Niceberg has already teamed up with some of the top names on the New York jazz scene. Some of his collaborators include Avishai Cohen (tp.), Oz Noy, Eric Alexander and Eliot Zigmund, just to name a few.
Strong elements of hard-bop, modern jazz and a touch of fusion are Niceberg's musical signature.
His passionate and incredibly sweeping music is full of soul and intensity. It coaxes and woos the listener to join his inspired musical journey.
Reuben Rogers
Imbued with both groove and spirit from birth, Reuben Rogers combined the calypso and reggae rhythms of his native Virgin Islands with the gospel sounds of the church and the freedom and improvisation of jazz to create the unique chemistry that would make him one of the most distinctive and in-demand bassists in modern jazz. Rogers’ versatile mastery of both the acoustic and electric bass has led to opportunities on stages around the world alongside some of the music’s most renowned artists, including Charles Lloyd, Wynton Marsalis, Joshua Redman, Tomasz Stanko, Roy Hargrove, Marcus Roberts, Nicholas Payton, Mulgrew Miller, Jackie McLean and Dianne Reeves, among many others.
Ari Hoenig
In East Coast jazz circles, Philadelphia native Ari Hoenig has a reputation for being a flexible, broad-minded jazz drummer who is open to a variety of musical situations -- some very straight-ahead and accessible, some of them more cerebral and abstract.
Hoenig has appeared alongside musicians such as Mike Stern, Kenny Werner, Richard Bona, Dave Liebman, Chris Potter, Joshua Redman, Tigran Hamasyan, Ethan Iverson, Mark Turner, Fred Hersch.
