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Mike Sarin and Titus Abbott

July 19, 2019 @ 12:00 am - 2:00 am

Saxophonist and composer Titus Abbott brings a very personal approach to improvised music.  Over the past 25 years Titus has presented music that although steeped in the history of jazz pushes the limits and finds a place of unique expression. Titus was born in Canada in 1960 studying jazz saxophone and jazz and classical composition in Ottawa, Toronto and London, UK completing a degree in composition from the University of Montreal. His groups Delawareness, The Titus Abbott Collective and the Happenstance Quintet have performed at venues and festivals in the US, Canada and Europe. Notable collaborations include performing with pianists Frank Carlberg, Curtis Clark, Mary Anne Driscoll, Mike Effenberger – drummers Luther Gray, Noel Brennan, RJ Miller, Michael Sarin – bassists George Koller, Jim Lyden, Pascal Niggenkemper, Ross Gallagher and the late Oud master Al Gardner. Titus combines his own performance and composition with a dedication to teaching at college, high school and middle school levels.  Presently he is director of jazz studies and the Portland Conservatory of Music in Maine and ensemble director at Bowdoin College as well as a being a private teacher at both institutions and in his studio.

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Over the last twenty-five years, drummer Michael Sarin has been
at the center of New York City’s genre-bending jazz
and improvisation community. His versatility and musical wit
helped forge long associations with forward-looking artists Thomas
Chapin, Dave Douglas, Myra Melford, Ben Allison, and David Krakauer.

Born in 1965, Michael was raised on Bainbridge Island, WA—a
ferryboat ride from Seattle. His interest in music and the drums
came early, nourished by both the record collections of his parents
and older sister, and by the AM radio he received at age seven.

His formal music education began during high school with drummer
Dave Coleman, Sr. He went on to study drums and percussion with Tom Collier at the University of Washington, and later with master drummer, Jerry Granelli.

Since moving to New York in 1989, Michael’s unique style and
approach to the drum set has been highly sought after by NYC and
European musicians looking to expand the definitions of jazz and
improvised music. He has contributed to recordings by the
aforementioned artists as well as those of Frank Carlberg,
Anthony Coleman, Mark Dresser, Marty Ehrlich, Mark Helias,
Denman Maroney, Simon Nabatov, Mario Pavone, and Ned
Rothenberg–recordings found on numerous music critics’ Top Ten
CD year-end lists.

Michael performs all over the world–in major and minor
festivals; concert halls famous and infamous, big and small.
He can be heard on recent recordings of Frank Carlberg, Mark Dresser, Joe Fiedler, Erik Friedlander, David Krakauer, and Leslie Pintchik.

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Date:
July 19, 2019
Time:
12:00 am - 2:00 am
WSCA 106.1 FM Portsmouth NH