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| [ Update: Some links mysteriously don't play from the Google Chrome browser now. If encountering that problem please "save link to disc" to listen. Thanks BG ] Freedom Choir! a Jerome Foundation Commission  
On November 1, 2011, All Saints Day, The Day of the Dead
ancient holidays in honor of the saints, known or unknown; deceased friends and family
funded by the Jerome Commission and Roulette Intermedium, I brought together for the first time a unique ensemble of enormous acoustic, experiential intensity to celebrate the powers of improvisation
on this earth. FREEDOM CHOIR! A congregation for cathartic improvisational service. Inspired by the micro and macrocosms of nature, ecstatic spiritual
and athletic experiences, dream, destiny, ritual, prayer, ancestry, and visions throughout Art and beyond... Dance floor, prairie, pow-wow, synagogue,
church, mountain top, ocean, forest, desert, track and field, fighting ring, mosh pit
Ferocious love! An
historic event for expansive sound and emotion;
unnamable sound, unnamable emotion. We are the world! Communion between us all... Ben Gerstein, trombone Tony Malaby, Chris Speed, Andrew Bishop, Jonathan Moritz, Jeremy Viner, tenor saxophone Michael Attias, Loren Stillman, alto saxophone Randy Peterson, Ches Smith, Mike Pride, drums [ more info ] 1:01:26  
   
Trio Ben Gerstein, trombone; Gian Luigi Diana, electronics/sound manipulation; Mike Pride, percussion Downtown Music Gallery, New York City, August 7, 2011 Audio only - 1. 40:33, 2. 20:31 Quartet Ben Gerstein - trombone Mat Maneri - viola Jonathan Moritz - tenor & soprano saxophone Garth Stevenson - bass January 11, 2011 The Stone, NYC 1. 47:31 2. 15:49 trio Ben Gerstein - trombone, bassoon reed James Carney - piano Tyshawn Sorey - trombone, percussion November 9, 2010 Konceptions series at Korzo - Brooklyn, NY 1. 44:17 2. 17:36 trio Ben Gerstein - trombone, bassoon reed Mat Maneri - viola Garth Stevenson - bass September 9, 2010 Douglass Street Music Collective - Brooklyn, NY 1. 44:16 2. 9:43 trio  in Battery Harris Fort Tilden military base. Rockaway, New York. August 2010 Ben Gerstein - trombone, bassoon reed, voice Jonathan Moritz - tenor & soprano saxophone Dan Peck - tuba, voice 22:08 18:27 16:45 Sextet improvisations  Ben Gerstein - trombone; Michael Attias - alto saxophone; Mat Maneri - viola Jacob Sacks - piano; Thomas Morgan - bass; Eivind Opsvik - bass April 30, 2010 Live from Ibeam Music Studio, Brooklyn 1. 1:13:25 Improvisations with trio Ginko Narayana  Silvia Tarozzi - violin; Deborah Walker - cello; Frantz Loriot - viola Ben Gerstein - trombone, music box April 14, 2010 1. 24:45 2. 43:00 Gerstein-Malaby Quartet  Tony Malaby, tenor saxophone; Dan Peck, tuba; Ches Smith, drums; Ben Gerstein, trombone, compositions February 13, 2010 - Cornelia St. Cafe, NYC photos: Peter Gannushkin / DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET 40:20  Trio improvisations Michael Attias, alto saxophone; Ben Gerstein, trombone; Mat Maneri, viola November 10, 2009 - live from the Douglass St. Music Collective Part 1 24:35 Part 2 23:24 Evil Eye  Mike Pride - drums, compositions; Jonathan Moritz - saxophone, compositions Ben Gerstein - trombone; Ken Filiano - bass November 2, 2009, live from Local 269, NYC 1. 38:49 T H E G A T E S  Ben Gerstein - trombone, record players Jacob Sacks (left), Craig Taborn (right) - farfisa organ Thomas Morgan (left), Eivind Opsvik (right) - bass Dan Weiss (left), John McLellan (right) - drums Jacob Garchik - computer, accordion September 18, 2009 - New Languages Festival, Brooklyn, NY 1:05:49 August 15, 2009 live at The Stone, NYC Ben Gerstein - trombone; Tony Malaby - saxophone; Jacob Sacks - piano; Jacob Garchik - computer, accordion; Thomas Morgan - bass; Dan Weiss - drums 57:20 KuhlSteinMcManLiotGenfritz  June 18, 2009 Tim Kuhl - drums, group; Ben Gerstein - trombone; Terry McManus - guitar; Frantz Loriot - viola; James Ilgenfritz - bass 57:13 September 2008 Trio Improvisations with Dave Ballou, trumpet; James Ilgenfritz, bass live from Le Grand Dakar, Brooklyn one 17:28 two 4:11 three 10:47 four 6:28 Trio Improvisations  with Brandon Seabrook, banjo; Frantz Loriot, viola September 2008 part 1 16:09 part 2 2:26 part 3 18:54 Jacob Sacks Quintet Ben Gerstein, Jacob Garchik - trombone; Jacob Sacks - piano, composition Dave Ambrosio - bass; Vinnie Sperrazza - drums May 25, 2007 Rose Music Live - Williamsburg, Brooklyn New Languages Festival 1. "Two" 8:10 Mike Pride's Drummer's Corpse  February 21, 2007 - Tonic, NYC Mike Pride, vocals; Chris Welcome, guitar; Ben Gerstein, drums, along with four other percussionists scattered around the space. "A 33-minute, multi-layer, polyrhythmic, hyper-dense, drone-based catharsis music for drummers composed by Mike Pride." - Mike Pride excerpt 6:51 Tony Malaby, Ben Gerstein Marcus Rojas, Tom Rainey December 1, 2006 - Cornelia St. Cafe, NYC excerpt 1 10:23 excerpt 2 8:49   Mat Maneri - viola; Joe Maneri - reeds and organ; Ben Gerstein - trombone; Craig Taborn - piano and electronics; Ed Schuller - bass; John McLellan - drums Album available on Thirsty Ear Records These were in fact the last public performances by Joe Maneri (1927-2009) 
 
October 21, 2006 - live in Maine Part 1 37:51 Part 2 18:39 Part 3 11:09 October 22, 2006 - live in Cambridge Part 1 21:56 Part 2 22:07 Part 3 12:14  October 23, 2006 - live in Montreal Part 1 30:47 Part 2 25:43 Part 3 10:05 Joe Maneri 1:02 October 25, 2006 - live in Philadelphia Part 1 24:46 Part 2 47:46 October 26, 2006 - live in NYC Part 1 33:33 Part 2 6:49 with Tone Collector  Tony Malaby, tenor saxophone; Eivind Opsvik, bass; Jeff Davis, drums; Ben Gerstein, trombone January 22, 2006, Bar4, Brooklyn. one two three November 8, 2005, Koze Lounge, Brooklyn, NY. one two with Joe and Mat Maneri  Joe Maneri, alto saxophone; Ben Gerstein, trombone; Mat Maneri, viola; Jacob Sacks, keyboard; John Hebert, bass; John McLellan, drums January 12, 2006 at BARBES, Brooklyn, NY. Track 1 a Jacob Sacks quintet Live at the Friend's Seminary, NYC January 14, 2005 Jacob Sacks - piano; Ben Gerstein - trombone (first solo); Jacob Garchik - trombone; Thomas Morgan - bass; Dan Weiss - drums Track 1 WFMU RADIO BROADCAST with Mat Maneri and John McLellan August 19, 2004, 2:00-6:00am Trio set #1 Trio set #2 'Desseins Eternels' - Olivier Messiaen  Composed by Olivier Messiaen as the third movement of La Nativite du Seigneur for solo organ (The Birth of the Lord - Nine Meditations for Organ) which I arranged to play as a soloist at a concert with The Metro Trombone Ensemble in June of 2004 at St. James Catholic Church in Brooklyn. Moments before this performance began, birds outside just beyond the stained-glass windows began chirping excitedly in the dark blue glow of an early summer evening. I will be forever grateful to have had the opportunity to perform this piece. Desseins Eternels trio improvisations  June 10, 2004 Eivind Opsvik, bass - right channel Thomas Morgan, bass - left channel one two three three, part two four duet with Thomas |