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"After dabbling with resonances from John Coltrane and Miles Davis and enveloping his processed saxophone sound in cavernous reverb, Brooklyn-based Johnny Butler turns a polyphony of overdubbed horns (triggered by laptop) into Fritz Lang’s Metropolis machine." — DownBeat Magazine

NOAH BERNSTEIN is a saxophonist and composer active in the boundless expanses of the Portland, OR music scene. As a freelance musician, Bernstein finds himself in a plethora of musical backdrops. Current projects include his own sextet with saxophone quartet, bass, and drums (which just released its debut album "Six"), avant-garde champions Get Smashing Love Power, contemporary jazz/groove crooners Darren Kleintet, and bebop/free-jazz fusers Free-Bop Quartet. Most recently he can be found touring the world with the Oakland-based indie rock band tUnE-yArDs.

Bernstein holds degrees in jazz saxophone performance from Oberlin Conservatory and in creative writing from Oberlin College (’06). During his tenure he had the honor of studying under such venerable jazz innovators as Gary Bartz, Robin Eubanks, Billy Hart, Donald Byrd, and the late Wendell Logan.

A respected advocate for live music, Bernstein spent a year after graduation forming a Sunday night jazz series at The Feve in downtown Oberlin. (The series continues to this day.) Upon moving to Portland in late 2007, he devoted three years to curating shows five nights a week at the Camellia Lounge in Portland’s Pearl District. His efforts transformed the venue from an obscure tea-house/bar to one of the more well-respected hosts of jazz performances in the city.

Bernstein grew up in rural Vermont. He carries with him its brooding forests and rolling hills wherever he goes.

What is "The Chase?"

Nick Finzer takes you on a journey into the joy and madness, hope and sadness of desire and passion for that thing almost within reach...

The Eastman and Juilliard trained Finzer is one of NYC's hottest rising stars, and a winner of a 2015 Herb Alpert Award for young composers by American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP).

Album debuts July 21st! Watch for pre-orders soon!

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