
Nick Biello Quartet
Friday, September 24
7:00PM
Personnel:
Nick Biello, saxophone
Victor Gould, piano
David Wong, bass
Jonathon Barber, drums
"This acorn seems to have dropped from something other than the traditional alto tree. Biello goes his own way, and has the chops to back it
up. The result is an individual, identifiable sound of his own, something close to unattainable at this point of the jazz lineage." - Paul
Rauch, AllAboutJazz.com
Alto saxophonist and composer Nick Biello has shared the stage with world-class artists, such as Slide Hampton, Cedar Walton, the Jimmy Heath Big Band, Rich Perry, Phil Markowitz, Steve Davis, Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band, Clarence Penn, and John Benitez. He has performed at the Pescara and Bussi Jazz Festivals in Italy, as well as the Litchfield Jazz Festival, the New Haven Jazz Festival, and the Westchester Jazz Festival. Nick's saxophone has been heard at venues such as the Blue Note, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
at Lincoln Center, The Iridium, B.B. King's, The House of Blues in Chicago, The Paramount Theater, Smalls, Smoke, Zinc Bar, The Kitano, Joe's Pub at the Public Theater, Bar Next Door, and Rockwood Music Hall. Nick has toured throughout China, Korea, Taiwan,
Japan, and much of the Continental United States as well. He can be heard performing in the New York City area regularly and is establishing himself as a mainstay of the vibrant New York jazz scene.