Ike Sturm Jazz Band with string ensemble and choir.
Saturday, March 20, 2010 @ 7:00pm
Adults: $15, Students $5, Under 6 free
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
355 Camp Street Bristol, CT 06010
Tickets: toddhelming@gdeichurch.org or 860-582-0629
About the Featured Work: Jazz Mass
Composed and arranged by Ike Sturm, this work for voices, strings and jazz ensemble merges diverse musical languages into a powerfully unified aesthetic. Soaring melodies, dynamic rhythms and improvisations creatively portray the sacred text.
Genre: Jazz: Chamber Jazz
Release Date: 2009
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY – Ike Sturm is a bassist, composer and educator in New York focusing on the presentation of original music. In addition to working as an educator and clinician, he leads a 10-piece ensemble in collaborative music and visual art concerts with his sister, clarinetist and artist Madeline Sturm. He recently was named the Assistant Director of Music for the Jazz Ministry at Saint Peter’s Church in Manhattan, internationally regarded as the “Jazz Church,” where he performs and composes original music for weekly jazz services.
He has performed with Gene Bertoncini, Bobby McFerrin, Ben Monder, Maria Schneider, Kenny Wheeler, and orchestras throughout the US. He has performed with “Alarm WIll Sound” and is a member of “Neos,” a new music quintet. He has played on four “Downbeat” award-winning recordings as well as composer Steve Reich’s most recent releases on Canteloupe and Nonesuch Records.
Ike studied jazz and classical bass while earning both Bachelors and Masters degrees at the Eastman School of Music. He served as a graduate teaching assistant in Eastman’s Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media Department and co-directed the Eastman Jazz Lab Band. In 1999, he was privileged to study with legendary bassist Dave Holland.
Ike lives in New York with his wife, soprano Misty Ann Sturm. “Spirit,” his first CD, was released in early 2004. (www.ikesturm.com)
“This is exceptionally beautiful music played by wonderful musicians displaying a maturity way beyond their years. I’m impressed!”
- Maria Schneider
“Ike Sturm’s Spirit is, to my ears, a deeply touching piece of music. In the often harsh world that we live in today, it is refreshing to hear jazz-based music that is so open and vulnerable.”
- John Hollenbeck
