Saxophonist Lena Bloch and her quartet Feathery celebrate Rose of Lifta, their stunning new album of original music, with release concerts in Brooklyn
• Saturday, October 9 at Soapbox Gallery - Live and live-streamed
• Wednesday, November 10 at Scholes Street Studio - Live
With a remarkably cohesive band featuring pianist Russ Lossing, bassist Cameron Brown, and drummer Billy Mintz, Rose of Lifta (out October 8, 2021 via Fresh Sound New Talent), a follow up to the acclaimed 2017 Heart Knows, demonstrates once again her three-tier excellence as a saxophonist, composer, and a bandleader whose approach nurtures listening, trust, and musical freedom.
4.5 stars “…a group that crafts a spacious, wide-open sound full of spontaneous beauty and unpredictability...The music has a delicacy of four-way articulation underlain by an on-the-sleeve emotional, longing-for-home honesty in creation of a distinctive quartet sound for which comparisons cannot be found. Fresh and beautiful stuff.”
– Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz
On Saturday, October 9, Bloch's quartet will perform at Soapbox Gallery, 636 Dean St., Brooklyn. Admission to the 8 p.m. concert, which will also be streamed, is pay what you can. Information HERE
They also perform on Wednesday, November 10 at Scholes Street Studio, 374 Lorimer St., Brooklyn. Admission at the door for the 7:30 p.m. concert is $15. Information HERE
