Matt Haimovitz and his all-cello ensemble, Uccello, to play at four local venues and in New York City in May

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Matt Haimovitz, Cellist


Renowned for his fascinating and far-reaching musical adventures and fearlessly virtuosic performances -- whether in a club or on one of the world’s great stages -- cellist Matt Haimovitz harnesses his eight-piece ensemble of “cello warriors” (San Jose Mercury News), Uccello, for a new program of jazz classics in original arrangements by Rome Prize-winning composer David Sanford. In works by Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus, John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu), Miles Davis, Billy Strayhorn and other jazz legends, the cellos wail, slide, and swing in an all-new big band sound.

The program will be heard on Saturday, May 8 in Hudson, NY at Club Helsinki

 and May 9 at 2pm at Saratoga, NY’s Caffè Lena. Haimovitz and Uccello then come to Western Massachusetts for two benefit concerts in support of area hunger-relief organizations, The Food Bank and Rachel’s Table. The concerts, sponsored by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, take place at Glenbrook Middle School in Longmeadow on May 12 and at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst on May 13. On May 17, they bring the program to New York City for a performance with the New York Cello Society. The cellists return to Montreal at the end of the month to record the new program for release this fall on Oxingale Records.

Read the full article on the Berkshire Review for the Arts!

Michael Miller