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The String Trio of New York

• James Emery, guitar
• John Lindberg, bass
• Rob Thomas, violin

The String Trio of New York has long been regarded as one of the finest avant-garde chamber jazz groups in eastern United States. Since its formation in 1977 on the Lower East Side of New York City, the String Trio of New York has been delighting, inspiring, and thrilling audiences around the world with its singular acoustic improvisations and compositions for violin, guitar, and bass. Initially conceived as a composer/performer’s collective, the Trio has grown in scope and now features a repertoire of over sixty stylistically diverse works made up of originals by the members, works commissioned from composers such as Muhal Richard Abrams, Dave Douglas, Joe Lovano, Wadada Leo Smith, Mark Helias, Bobby Previte, Marty Ehrlich, and Anthony Davis, and arrangements of classics by Ellington, Mingus, Monk, Parker, Coltrane, Powell, and Shorter.

For over two decades, the String Trio has been one of the most active touring ensembles of its kind and has performed hundreds of concerts throughout North America, Europe, East Asia, India, the Middle East, and North Africa. The group’s international jazz festival appearances include Berlin, Paris, Zurich, Vancouver, Toronto, Leipzig, Cracow, Victoria, Edmonton, Lovere, Tampere, Leverkusen, and Warsaw . Hailed by critics worldwide, the Philadelphia Inquirer said that the Trio "...is solidly prepared, but offers the excitement of improvisation projected through unshakable musicianship." JazzTimes raved, "No individual or ensemble has done more to demystify chamber jazz, and to realize its potential for warmth, sensuousness and beauty...than the String Trio of New York." The New York Times observed that the Trio “...played jazz that was rhythmically alive, stylistically varied and consistently inventive.”

Tickets are available Mon.-Thur. 9 am to 7:30 pm & Friday 9 am-4:30 pm at Student Activities in the George F. Shepard Student Center, corner of South St. and East Conkling Ave., Middletown, NY