Please join us for Jazz on the Farm with the Farm Arts All Stars. A very special evening with local, international, musicians from the NY, PA area. This event promises to be a beautiful setting for this world renowned band featuring: Will Sellenraad, Kevin Hays, Ben Street and Tyler Dempsey. We would love your support for Jazz on the farm to continue this series. Join us as we levitate the farm. Grab your tickets now for the upstate event of the summer.
Will Sellenraad has earned a fast growing reputation of being at the forefront of creative musicians working in New York City. Known for his brilliant improvisations and his compelling, melodic compositions, this New York City native melds the various styles, phrasings and concepts of the jazz idiom with the raw elements of soul, rock and funk, to create a singular sound that is nothing short of inspiring. https://www.willsellenraad.com
Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist, composer, and singer/songwriter Kevin Hays’s many recordings have received critical acclaim from The New York Times, Downbeat Magazine and Jazz Times, as well as the “Coup de Coeur” award from the Académie Charles Cros (France). https://www.kevinhays.com
Ben Street is a New York-area jazz double-bassist. He has played with many great jazz artists, notably Kurt Rosenwinkel on the Album "Next Step," Ben Monder on the Album "Dust" and the legendary Sam Rivers on the Album "Violet Violets."He studied the Acoustic Bass with the former Weather Report bassist Miroslav Vitous. He is the son of Saxophonist and Saxophone mouthpiece maker Bill Street and is native of Maine.
Tyler Dempsey is a professional drummer & educator from Clarks Summit, PA. He has performed, toured, and/or recorded with many of the region’s finest musicians including NEA Jazz Masters Dave Liebman and Bob Dorough, Grammy award-winning pianist Kevin Hays, Ben Street, Hal Galper, Phil Markowitz, Gene Perla, Ryan Keberle, Don Braden, Chase Baird, Joe Magnarelli, Joe Locke, etc.