chris morrissey — live event
Chris Morrissey Band returns! Charlotte Greve - alto saxophone Bill Campbell - drums Marco Bolfelli - guitar Chris Morrissey - bass and voice "...an unself-conscious style blender" ~ NY TIMES Chris Morrissey is a songwriter, a bassist, a singer, and music director. (Also, a Leo, an uncle, a lover of most cats and some dogs, a New Yorker, a Minnesotan, a yoga practicer, a wino, a restaurant frequenter, and joke teller/appreciator.) As a bassist, he's logged hundreds of thousands of miles touring five continents with the Jim Campilongo Trio, Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet, Beat Music, Dave King Trucking Company, Sara Bareilles, Chris Thile’s “Live From Here” house band, Margaret Glaspy, Boy George, Ben Kweller, Andrew Bird, Mason Jennings, Gretchen Parlato, Trixie Whitley, Gabriel Kahane, and Amy Helm. As a music director, he assembled bands, arranged and rehearsed repertoire for tour and TV for Sara Bareilles, Sharon Van Etten, Trixie Whitley, and Elle King. In his time in that role, he's shared the stage with Sir Elton John, recorded with Cyndi Lauper, coproduced Jackie Wilson's "Higher and Higher" for the Oprah Winfrey Network, and penned the arrangement of Charlie Chaplin's "Smile" for the in memoriam segment of The 66th Annual Emmy Awards. As a composer and band leader, Mr. Morrissey has released five records to high praise: “Impact Winter Formal” (2021, Edition Records) “Laughing and Laughing” (2018), "The Morning World" (2009, Sunnyside), "Cannon Falls Forever" (2011, self release) and "North Hero" (2013, Sunnyside). He has been featured in Bass Player Magazine, is a member of the adjunct faculty at The New School For Jazz and Contemporary Music and has received commissions from The Jazz Gallery and The Jazz Coalition. Chris performs regularly with his band in New York City and lives between the park and the cemetery.
Starts: 2024-05-30T21:00:27Z
Ends: 2024-05-30T23:30:27Z
Where: 486 Halsey Street, New York 11233, United States
Price: $10.0