The Shrine Hosts The Nue Jazz Project, 6/16

The Shrine (2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd) hosts The Nue Jazz Project on Wednesday, June 16th at 8 pm. The Nue Jazz Project is lead by drumist Chris Massey with Benjamin Drazen on saxaphone, Donald Malloy on trumpet, Evgeny Lebedev on piano, and David Ostrem on bass. They will be playing selections from Massey's new album, "Vibrainium."

Copies of the album will be on sale at the show. Guests mentioning to that they are a Facebook friend get the CD at a reduced price. CDs are available from CD Baby (www.cdbaby.com/cd/chrismassey).

 

Chris Massey is following his ambition of making a name for himself as a new breed of young talented player in the world of jazz. Growing up in small town Uniontown,Ohio where he picked up his first pair of drumsticks a the age of 9 he took his first steps into his musical career as a Jazz Performance major at Youngstown State University in 2000.

Among performing with such modern legends such as Donald Harrison Jr., Joe Lovano, Dave Holland and members of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra Chris is also an accomplished composer and arranger. Gaining inspiration from notable drummer-composers such as Brian Blade and Jeff "Tain" Watts; Chris has began composing his first works in early 2001. Chris also has been teaching lessons of all age varieties from the skill ranges of beginner to advanced college for over a decade.

Chris above all else is a modern drummer taught in the old tradition of swing; his ethos is to "put his sound" underneath a player and let the fire start to spread. He is currently residing in the New York City area and performing with/leading his modern jazz group "The Nue Jazz Project". He has performed in many venues across the city such as Smoke, Cleopatra's Needle, Smalls, Fat Cat, 55bar, The Garage, The Iridium and many others. More information at http://www.chrismasseyjazz.com/