Art Lande with “S” Band – Spontaneous Music Making

Grammy-nominated Art Lande and the S Band are coming to Baur’s Listening Lounge for a unique performance weaving familiar melodies through the landscape improvisation, and allowing us to enter the minds of Denver’s most innovative musicians. They spontaneously compose their music which may sound like jazz, contemporary classical (new music), salsa, Japanese folk, or space funk – it just depends on their mood.

The Art Lande with “S” Band at Baur’s Listening Lounge on Thursday, December 1 – 8pm. Get Tickets Use code:  ALANDE5 for $5 off general admission!

The S Band is a group of musicians that have played together in many different contexts for many years. They incorporate spoken work into the mix as well as variety of musical genres. The S Band is Khabu Doug Young-guitar, Bill McCrossen-bass, Mark Miller-woodwinds, and Art Lande-piano and drums. Khabu and McCrossen have returned to Colorado after more than 20 years on the New York scene while Lande and Miller have been playing together in bands like Rubisa Patrol and the Boy-Girl Band for 40 years! Art, Mark, and Khabu have been in the Russian Dragon Band in Colorado since the 90’s among other projects. The S Band takes all of these rich associations and brings them to the present moment of music making.

 

Art Lande is an internationally known pianist, composer, improviser, drummer and educator who has performed with a long list of the Who’s Who in jazz, including Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, Bobby Hutcherson, Steve Swallow, Charlie Haden, Kenny Wheeler, Sheila Jordan, Mark Isham, Paul McCandless, Jan Garbarek and many others. Lande is also well known for his innovative approaches to teaching piano, improvisation and ear training. He currently has many regular students in Boulder and often travels internationally for workshops, camps and performance.