Lori Bell Quartet "Remembering Joe Henderson" CD Release with Josh Nelson, Luca Alemanno & Dan Schnelle

Lori Bell (flute), Josh Nelson (piano), Luca Alemanno (bass), Dan Schnelle (drums)

Brooklyn native Lori Bell is a flutist and composer of admirable depth and broad musical sympathies. “Bell flaunts prodigious chops on flute, though her pen might be mightier than her sword. Her originals all reveal a wide harmonic palette, a sophisticated rhythmic sensibility and a refined sense of dynamics, along with an urge to swing.” Bill Milkowski, Downbeat. Brooklyn Dreaming - Best CD’s of 2016 - Downbeat

Bell plays with confidence and taste, with a proclivity toward the more subtle means of emotional expression.  Her playing inherently has a many-layered depth that reveals a more meaningful art.  She renders ballads with exceptional sensitivity while bringing wonderful nuances to swing and be-bop, which she plays with power, agility and a natural élan.  Her phrasing, evocative of birds, shows the strong influence of Eric Dolphy, yet is rendered with such…