02/04 @ 8:00pm - From Bacteria to Boys

Mike Pride
Photo Credit: Peter Gannushkin / DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET

Mike Pride- drums, compositions
Darius Jones- alto sax
Peter Bitenc- doublebass
Alex Marcelo-piano.

Mike Pride’s FROM BACTERIA TO BOYS features some of the most startling and beautiful new voices in modern jazz and blurs the lines between rhythmic modern-jazz, chant works, RnB (R. Kelly, mainly) and 20th/21st century classical music, all with an intensity and center of focus any one familiar with Pride’s music has come to expect.

“Mike Pride is the kind of musician that makes the current NYC underground so vital. He’s always challenging himself with new situations and breaking down barriers between different scenes, intermingling avant-rock, avant-jazz, free improv, and miscellaneous wackiness in a countless stream of projects.” – Michael Anton Parker, Downtown Music Gallery

“From Bacteria To Boys brings the noise with a funk/punk/modern Downtown sound, recalling John Lurie’s early work, weaving rhythms with head nodding beats. The thumping stops to reveal the multi-time mix of hypnotic sounds. Pride alternates between hard driving and his flair for minimal sounds and more open landscapes” – Mark Corroto, All About Jazz

“Drummer Mike Pride stokes the furnace with fire, while never stinting on finesse.” – Time Out NY

“I hereby declare this man one of my heroes from now on.” – Touching Extremes

www.mikepride.com

www.myspace.com/snugglestencil(Mike’s music page)

www.funholerecords.com