Join Blackman Murray Russo as they perform music from their album "Sacred Spaces" at An die Musik Live!

Alan Blackman, piano
Max Murray, bass
Frank Russo, drums

Sacred Spaces: As a trio, we have always considered the stage as a sacred space. Under ideal circumstances, it’s a place where you can fully be yourself and work collectively towards a shared output where the sum is better than the parts. So during the height of the pandemic, we reserved three days at an amazing modern synagogue (another sacred space!) to record new music and improvise in new directions. The results and even the process were a salve for our souls. So come and enter the sacred space with us today and allow the music to wash away the dust of every day living! -- Alan, Max and Frank

.... lots of fresh post-bop compositions and twists on familiar pop-rock melodies . . . -- Digstation

"...It's poetry in slow motion, words translated into sound..." -- All About Jazz

"...there is something here, a beauty, that is captivating." -- Joe Locke

After meeting on an Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet gig, rhythm section mates Alan Blackman, Max Murray and Frank Russo immediately knew that they possessed a rare chemistry. It wasn’t long before they teamed up with sax titan Donny McCaslin and recorded their first CD, Turning Point. With an atypical freedom this trio can move between the interpretations of Brahms, The Beatles and Peter Gabriel then into unique original compositions, penned mostly by pianist Blackman. Not limited to the traditional Broadway standards repertoire, Blackman Murray Russo endeavors to open up the popular songs of every era in Western Music to the explorations and freedom of the improvising model of jazz.

In-person seats: $20 / $10 students
Attendees receive a link to the recording to view for one week.

Streaming passes: $15
The link will be sent out to live stream participants 15 minutes before the show and will remain active thru Jan. 5

Donations welcome