CAROLYN KENDRICK – NASHVILLE/MAINE SINGER-SONGWRITER, RECORDING ARTIST BEHIND THE MUSIC OF PODCAST “YOU’RE NOT GOOD”
comps: Bruce Molsky, The Magnetic Fields, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Punch Brothers
AVAILABLE: September 27-October 2: Northeast. October 12-23: West Coast. January 24-29: Southwest.
JUVENOIA – NYC POSTMODERN ELECTRIC JAZZ QUARTET
comps: Thundercat, Louis Cole, Max Ox, Sweet Joseph, Knower, Mehliana: Brad Meldhau + Mark Guiliana), Chris Fishman, 12Eyes Trio, Jon Bap, Mike Mitchell, The Bad Plus, The Smoogies, Pat Metheny, Keith Jarrett, Derrick Hodge
AVAILABLE: August 10-18: CA/West Coast. October 15-19: East Coast, Miami, NYC, Detroit, Chicago.
The group is headed by New York drummer Miguel Russell and keyboardist Vittorio Stropoli, filled out by Miami staple guitarist, Tim Watson, and multi-disciplinary artist Dion Kerr on bass. They perform in a variety of configurations, blending a mix of styles such as pop, jazz, hip hop, indie rock, and gospel music.
KELLY SCHENK BAND – PORTLAND/MIAMI SINGER-SONGWRITER/JAZZ/FOLK
comps: Joni Mitchell, Norah Jones, Emily King, Madison Cunningham, Phoebe Bridgers
AVAILABLE: August 7-12: Portland, Seattle, Pacific Northwest. August 13-December 1: Miami. Weekends preferred if outside of Florida.
MAX SCHWARTZ – Solo (BOSTON/SAN FRANCISCO)
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Max Schwartz is a multi-genre instrumentalist and composer from Boston, now based in Miami, FL, and is highly-acclaimed as both a bluegrass and jazz musician. He has been called “an acoustic master” by the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, has won Downbeat Awards for both performance and composition, is a two-time member of the GRAMMY® Jazz Combo, and was the winner of the 2019 Rockygrass Banjo Competition.
THE MAX SCHWARTZ BAND – AMERICAN MUSIC MADE NEW FOR 2022!
Inspired by: Alison Krauss & Union Station, The Bluegrass Album Band, Bob Dylan, Bon Iver, Bruce Hornsby, Cadillac Sky, The Carpenters, Chris Thile, The Del McCoury Band, Father John Misty, Gabriel Kahane, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, John Hartford, John Mayer, Laurie Lewis, Merle Haggard, Noam Pikelny, Nickel Creek, Paul Kowert, Punch Brothers
BAND MEMBERS: Carolyn Kendrick, Tim Watson, Noah Harrington, Pele Greenberg.
AVAILABLE: September 10-October 9: East Coast, Northeast.
Max first appeared with Grammy Award-winning bluegrass artist Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands at age 16, and toured with Lewis for three years throughout the United States. Some highlights of their time together include the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco, Rockygrass Bluegrass Festival in Colorado, a live taping of NPR music broadcast “Mountain Stage” in Elkins, West Virginia, and the IBMA Hall of Fame Induction of Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard in Raleigh, North Carolina. Additionally, he has played in groups with Keith Little, Bill Evans, Nate Lee, Kenny Smith, Tatiana Hargreaves, Tashina Clarridge, Carolyn Kendrick, Jake Howard, Chad Manning and Molly Tuttle, and recently he played bass on John Reischman’s new recordings of “Suzanne’s Journey” and “Salt Spring.”
Max Schwartz is from Berkeley CA, now based in Miami, FL, and is highly- acclaimed as both a bluegrass and jazz musician. He has been called “an acoustic master” by the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, has won Downbeat Awards for both performance and composition, is a two-time member of the GRAMMY® Jazz Combo, and was the winner of the 2019 Rockygrass Banjo Competition.
MAX SCHWARTZ JAZZ QUARTET/QUINTET – SEEKING, DARING THEMATIC WORKS IN SMALL JAZZ ENSEMBLE
After being involved in a car accident in August 2021, bassist and composer Max Schwartz is back from a long bandleading hiatus with a load of new jazz compositions. The new set of tunes showcases a shift in Schwartz’s artistic direction, focused on combining his love of folk and Americana melodies with more pensive harmonies and textures.
Inspired by: Aaron Parks, Bob Cranshaw, Charles Mingus, Dafnis Prieto, Esperanza Spalding, Immanuel Wilkins, John Daversa, Julius Rodriguez, Kalia Vandever, Kanoa Mendenhall, Keith Jarrett, Martin Bejerano, Miguel Zenon, Miles Davis, Morgan Guerin, NHOP, Oscar Peterson, Pat Metheny, Ray Brown, Bob Hurst, Ron Carter, Terri Lyne Carrington & Social Science, Thelonious Monk, Tigran Hamasyan, Wayne Shorter, Wilbur Ware
AVAILABLE: July 16-August 7: Northeast. Fri-Mon preferred). August 10-September 10: West Coast, NYC, Miami.
BAND MEMBERS: Adam Cordero, David Mason, Tim Watson, Pele Greenberg, Connor Rohrer
Max Schwartz is from Berkeley CA, now based in Miami, FL, and is highly acclaimed as both a bluegrass and jazz musician. He has been called “an acoustic master” by the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, has won Downbeat Awards for both performance and composition, is a two-time member of the GRAMMY® Jazz Combo, and was the winner of the 2019 Rockygrass Banjo Competition. As a jazz bassist, Max has performed at the Grammy Awards, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and the Monterey Jazz Festival. Max has performed with the likes of John Daversa, Hubert Lawes, Melissa Aldana, Shelly Berg, Ravi Coltrane, and Terri Lyne Carrington. He has contributed to over 20 albums as a banjoist, bassist, recording engineer, composer, singer and producer.