Steve Hudson Chamber Ensemble September 10, 2012

The Steve Hudson Chamber Ensemble led by composer Steve Hudson - piano/melodica, and featuring Zach Brock – violin, Rubin Kodheli - cello/voice, and Martin Urbach - cajon/percussion, returns to play a live show backing their critically acclaimed album “Galactic Diamonds.”

Praised by Keyboard Magazine for his "exquisite compositions” and for “a quest for beauty in his lines that evoke the masters," Steve Hudson has worked with Steven Bernstein, James Zollar, Marcus Rojas, and Claire Daly. Zach Brock has performed and recorded with Stanley Clarke, Jack DeJohnette, and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, while Rubin Kodheli has worked with the Tom Harrell Chamber Ensemble, and has composed music for film/tv such as HBO’s True Blood, and the film Precious. The ensemble performed at Chamber Music America’s national conference in New York and toured Italy and Austria to promote "Galactic Diamonds.”

Their newest recording, Galactic Diamonds has been called “a collection of little gems” by All About Jazz; “so disarmingly fun that it’s impossible to resist...a good-naturedly eclectic mix of third stream jazz with a catchy, quirky pop edge” by Lucid Culture; and “consistently engaging” by Christian Carey, Signal To Noise.