brandon ross - guitars/banjo/vocal stomu takeishi - acoustic bass guitar
"...These are musicians so technically advanced, so experienced, that there is no barrier; a soundscape of original stories..." - Sue Edwards, The Jazz Shark
For Living Lovers [LINK: http://www.myspace.com/brmuse] is an acoustic string duo featuring guitarist/composer Brandon Ross and acoustic bass guitarist Stomu Takeishi. The duo will be on tour in 2009, and is in pre-production of "Twin", their first release for Original Records, (Japan) in 2009.
Brandon Ross is a guitarist/composer/singer/songwriter, who has performed and recorded with Cassandra Wilson, Henry Threadgill,Lizz Wright, Jewel, Tony Williams, Arto Lindsay, The Lounge Lizards, Leroy Jenkins, Me'Shell N'degeocello, Moreno Veloso, Arrested Development, Joan Osborne, Muhal Richard Abrams, Don Byron, Oliver Lake, Bill Laswell, Wadada Leo Smith, and many others, crafting a personal approach to guitar, and improvisation, that has taken him all over the world.
Stomu Takeishi plays acoustic and electric fretless bass guitar in a varied range of ensemble settings. He is a member of Myra Melford's Be Bread; Melford's Crush Trio (with drummer Kenny Wollesen); Erik Friedlander's Topaz (with brother Satoshi Takeishi on percussion); trumpeter Cuong Vu's group Vu-Tet; Henry Threadgill's Zooid and in the North Indian-influenced Alankar. Takeishi performs on Satoko Fujii's album, South Wind, and has played with Don Cherry, Randy Brecker, Butch Morris, Wynton Marsalis and many others. ~ Joslyn Layne, All Music Guide
friday, May 8, 2008 doors@ 8:30 PM, show @ 9:30 PM 92Y TriBeCA, 200 Hudson Street, NyC 10013