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Who will be performing at the caa?

TUESDAY, APRIL 4 @ 7pm: Jagels duo

Evan Jagels is a versatile upright and electric bassist. He has a Masters Degree in Music Performance from the City University of New York, Queens College, where he received the Michael Feinstein Award and has studied bass with Ron Carter, Buster Williams, Nilson Matta, Yoshio Aomori, Tomoya Aomori, and Franz Pillinger. Jagels has performed with such jazz luminaries as Ray Vega, Gerry Weldon, Antonio Hart, Michael Mossman, Ray Anderson, John Stowell, and Chuck Lamb. Other performance highlights include Carnegie Hall, Flushing Town Hall, the Plaza Hotel, the Record Archive, the Blue Note in Germany and the UniJazz Festival in the Czech Republic. He has recorded with Arlen Roth (Ry Cooder, Levon Helm, John Prine), Martin Bisi (Swans, Sonic Youth, Herbie Hancock), and for Antonio DeVivo’s Vientos de Medara. He is a sought-after freelance jazz bassist in New York’s Capital District, a member of Shatter on Impact with Blake Fleming (The Mars Volta, Laddio Bollocko, Sean Lennon) and Amar Sastry (Anatomy of a Jam creator, AmarGuitar.com), Killdeer Trio, and Duo Extempore with NYC-based pianist Nicole Brancato. Jagels has performed throughout Germany with Paul Berberich (Zur Schönen Aussicht, CONtrust Jazz Orchestra) and recently released “Night Service”, a duo album of improvised music with Andreas “Scotty” Böttcher of Dresden, Germany. Jagels is also Music Director for Origins Cafe in Cooperstown, NY and founder of the Origins Featured Artist Series. He has taught for the New York Summer Music Festival, the Oneonta Pop Music Experience, JazzConnect at Flushing Town Hall, SUNY Oneonta, and is currently Artist in Residence and Lecturer of Music at Hartwick College.
Wyatt Ambrose is a guitarist, educator, and composer based in Oneonta, NY. He graduated from SUNY Purchase with a degree in Jazz Studies in 2019, where he studied with esteemed musicians such as Vic Juris, Paul Meyers, Jon Faddis, and Richie Morales. Wyatt has performed at venues and festivals including The Bitter End, Rockwood Music Hall, Birdland Jazz Club, and Technos College ’19 Fall Festival in Tokyo. Wyatt is currently an Artist in Residence and Adjunct Professor at Hartwick College in Oneonta. Since 2020, he has worked with liberal arts and music students alike in private lessons, ensembles, and classroom settings teaching jazz, popular music, and aural skills. Although Wyatt performs in a wide variety of styles and settings, he is an improviser at heart and seeks common ground among his diverse influences. He performs jazz standards and originals in solo, duo, and trio format, blending elements of modern jazz, hard-bop, and free-improvisation. In 2022 Wyatt recorded a full-length album with the band “Killdeer Trio” -- a genre-bending group of composer-improvisers, co-led by himself, bassist Evan Jagels, and drummer Sebastian Green.

TUESDAY, APRIL 11 @ 7pm: Dan Sales trio

Dan Sales Dan is active with teaching private and class guitar, studio recording, composing, arranging, and performing. Dan has performed with Ella Fitzgerald, Donald Byrd, Nelson Riddle, Nancy Wilson, and Bob Hope, and many others, including the world-famous 1:00 O’Clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas. His compositions have been purchased by several companies, including “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous ” and “Days of Our Lives.” Dan enjoys helping students start guitar with solid technique, an enjoyment of making their best music, and the ability to create their own. He and his wife, Dee, have brought their music teaching studio, Country Village Music, to their new home base of Cooperstown, NY. They are accepting new students in piano, guitar and voice in the Cooperstown area.

Rich Mollin has played both classical and jazz music on the highest level with many of the luminaries of both styles. He has played with the Catskill Symphony for 20 years and was the music director of the Otesaga Hotel in Cooperstown, NY for 9 years. Recently he has been playing with Mark Kramer (Eddie Gomez) and John Colonna. He currently teaches bass at SUNY Oneonta and is Music Director of the Davenport Center for the Arts.
Joe Damone is a professional drummer, educator, band leader, music director, music producer, and music contractor with over 30 years of experience in all aspects of the music business

 TUESDAY, APRIL 25 @ 7pm: empire saxophone quartet

The Empire Saxophone Quartet has been performing together for over 30 years. The ensemble has presented concerts and clinics with the Cincinnati Wind Ensemble, the Ithaca College Wind Ensemble, the North American Saxophone Alliance, and for many public schools, colleges and universities. The Quartet has several recordings to their credit as well. The ensemble has not just been an academic group, but has entertained audiences at the Mohonk Mountain House, many festive public and private celebrations, and has been the music for many weddings. They are often joined by percussionist Joel Smales .