Lori Bell Quartet with Josh Nelson, Luca Alemanno & Dan Schnelle

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

The quartet will original material and fresh arrangements of compositions by modern jazz legends such as Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw and Bill Evans.

Brooklyn native Lori Bell is a flutist and composer of admirable depth and broad musical sympathies. In 2016 Lori paid tribute to her family and birthplace on her critically acclaimed album Brooklyn Dreaming. “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” (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…