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Noah Baerman at The Side Door Jazz Club
Courtesy of Bandsintown | Posted on December 14, 2019
Where
The Side Door Jazz Club
85 Lyme St
Old Lyme, CT
Map
(860) 434-2600
When
Fri, December 13, 2019
8:30 pm
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Musicians
About
Noah BaermanJen AllenJohnathan Blake
Trio 149, celebrating the release of its debut album Raise Up on RMI Records, is the brainchild of jazz pianists Jen Allen and Noah Baerman. The unorthodox instrumentation, at least in a jazz setting, belies the organic sonic blend and musical synergy at the heart of the group.
Though the group first performed together in 2014, Allen and Baerman were friends and colleagues for years prior, first meeting in the late nineties as part of the jazz scene in Connecticut where Baerman had just moved and Allen was completing her degree at the Hartt School of Music. Their families eventually became close and they continued to compare notes as musicians and educators, even co-writing an instructional book, Sitting In: Jazz Piano, for the Alfred Publishing Company. Their first time performing together was in a sense accidental, as they played a piano/keyboard/trio gig out of logistical need, yet the musical excitement made it clear that the collaboration needed to move from abstract intention to front-burner project....