First set: SWAMI LATEPLATE
Bobby Previte (drums, electronics) / Jamie Saft (keyboards)
For the first time ever Swami will break out of the studio for a night in front of living, breathing people.
Second Set: THE JAMIE SAFT BLUES EXPLOSION
Jamie Saft (organ & guitar) / Bobby Previte (drums) / Stuart Popejoy (bass)
Bobby Previte, who “can break your heart with one cymbal crash,” fell in love with the drums at age thirteen. HE moved to New York City in 1979, quickly settled in with the leading lights of the “Downtown” scene, and never looked back. Widely hailed for his electrifying drumming and his stunning compositions, Previte has taken his music all over the world, and has received many grants and awards. He and Charlie Hunter are featured this month on the cover of Downbeat. Watch for “The Coalition of the Willing,” Previte’s new instrumental rock band, with Charlie Hunter, Jamie Sft, Steve Bernstein, Skenik, and Stanton Moore, coming this April on Ropeadope records.
Jamie Saft plays piano, organs, analog synthesizers, bass, guitar, and steel guitars. Saft’s stylistic versatility, multi-instrumentalist capabilities, and production skills have been featured with some of the leading lights of the New York music scene including John Zorn, the B-52’s, Laurie Anderson, Dave Douglas, and Bobby Previte. He has toured with US and Europe extensively, and has released Breadcrumb Sins and Sovlanut on Tzadik. Saft was the score composer for the award winning documentary film “Murderball” and has a number of new film scores on the way in 2006.