Ned Rothenberg Trio with Chris Abrahams & Phillip Johnston

Rothenberg reconciles an unapologetically cerebral approach with accessibility and emotional expression. No mean feat, indeed – Peter Margarsak, Chicago Reader.

Internationally acclaimed for both his solo and ensemble music, New York alto saxophonist-composer Ned Rothenebrg’s phenomenal sax and wind instrument playing is on the edge of jazz and new music, drawing influences from around the world. He has been performing for 25 years.

Recent recordings include Sync’s Harbinger, Intervals, a double-cd of solo work, Live at Roulette with Evan Parker and Are You Be, by R.U.B. on Rothenberg’s Animul label. Chamber music releases include Inner Diaspora and Ghost Stories, on Tzadik and Power Lines on New World, along with The Fell Clutch on Animul. Other collaborators have included Sainkho Namchylak, Paul Dresher, John Zorn, Marc Ribot and Yuji Takahashi. He also leads his own trio in NYC, Sync.

In Australia he is joined by fellow New Yorker Phillip Johnston and the brilliant Chris Abrahams – expect nothing short of masterful music tonight.

Ned Rothenberg’s Power Lines is an absolute classic that no other downtown CD — by John Zorn, Dave Douglas, or anybody else well-known or obscure — has ever topped…. Power Lines is a pinnacle of New York downtown music – Dave Lynch, All Music Guide.