Loren Stillman

September 06, 2008 | Bad Touch: Like a Magic Kiss (CD Release and US Tour Information)

BAD TOUCH LAUNCHES FALL TOUR IN SUPPORT OF DEBUT RELEASE:
LIKE A MAGIC KISS

“[Bad Touch] has extrapolated improvisational derring-do into a detailed compositional vision.”
-Ted Pankin, Downbeat Magazine

August 2008 (New York, NY)- With their self-released debut Like a Magic Kiss, Bad Touch – alto saxophonist Loren Stillman, guitarist Nate Radley, organist Gary Versace, and drummer Ted Poor –will be touring Colorado and the Northeastern United States this fall. Originally the Loren Stillman Quartet, the group recently evolved into a collective in 2008. Bad Touch has since been receiving praise and accolades from critics and audiences alike.

As in-demand side musicians, each have collaborated, recorded and traveled internationally with some of the most established names in jazz including Bill Frisell, Paul Motian, Cuong Vu, Chris Potter, Ben Monder, Billy Hart, John Scofield, Maria Schneider, John Abercrombie, Al Foster and Charlie Haden. From these revered bandstands, Bad Touch seeks to nurture their identity as a collective. Like a Magic Kiss features the bands uncanny ability to shape songs and finesse moods – all the while delivering raw, unreserved emotion.

Tour Itinerary:
• September 12: Smokebrush Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
• September 13: Dazzle Jazz Club, Denver, CO
• September 14: The Laughing Goat, Boulder, CO
• September 27: Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
• October 16: Ars Nova, Philadelphia, PA
• October 21: Jazz Standard, New York, NY
• October 24: Firehouse 12, New Haven, CT
• October 25: The Lilly Pad, Boston, MA

For more information about Bad Touch including artist biographies and full tour itinerary:
www.badtouchmusic.com
CD Available: www.itunes.com and www.cdbaby.com/badtouchmusic

December 22, 2007 | NYTimes Review of Blind Date
LOREN STILLMAN

“Blind Date”
(Pirouet)

Loren Stillman, an exceptionally gifted young alto saxophonist, has not been shy about his music. “Blind Date,” on the German label Pirouet, is his seventh release in four years. Most of his previous efforts have conveyed the casual integrity of progress reports, not a bad thing for a jazz musician in his 20s. But Mr. Stillman has delved deeper here, creating a thematically unified yet multidimensional work.....

October 04, 2007 | New Release Blind Date Available November 1st, 2007
New CD Release: Blind Date on Pirouet Records, November 1st 2007

Featuring:

Loren Stillman, alto saxophone and composition
Gary Versace, piano
Drew Gress, bass
Joey Baron, drums

November 16, 2006 | New Release: Trio Alto Volume 1 (Steeplechase Records)


Trio Alto Volume 1 (Steeplechase Records SCCD 31604)

Featuring:

Loren Stillman, alto saxophone
Steve Laspina, bass
Jeff Hirshfield, drums

"Loren Stillman on this CD informs us of a splendid group of compositions, educates us on how they can be individually transformed and elaborated, and entertains us with his imaginative approach."

-Mark Gardner
(Jazz Journal International)

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