Eddie Barbash & KASA Quartet
About the Show
EDDIE BARBASH
Hailed by Jon Batiste as “one of
the world’s most important saxophonists,” Eddie Barbash was a founding
member of the house band for the Late Show With Stephen Colbert and
currently tours the world with Cory Wong and the Wongnotes. His
unmistakable sound is featured on the Oscar and Grammy-winning
soundtrack of Soul. He has performed at venues ranging from Carnegie
Hall to Madison Square Garden to the Village Vanguard and has headlined
both the Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals, the New Orleans Jazz and
Heritage Festival, and the Umbria Jazz Festival. Barbash’s versatile
sound has led him to collaborate with musicians in many styles. At 18 he
joined the sextet of legendary jazz drummer Chico Hamilton and the
quintet of emerging jazz star Jon Batiste. In his 20’s he fell in love
with American traditional music and began touring with bluegrass phenom
Sierra Hull. He’s a frequent guest with funk band Vulfpeck and indie
rocker Sam Evian. In 2016 he performed a duet on national TV with Yo-Yo
Ma and in 2024 he performed the world premier of “Songs Of Nature,” a
concerto for saxophone and choir by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Paul
Moravec.
Eddie has released 4 albums:
“For Murray and Lillian”, a collection of crooning melodies dedicated to
his late grandparents, arranged by Kyle Athayde for an octet of four
strings and jazz quartet; “Eddie Barbash Live Parts 1-4”, a selection of
the best performances of 6 years of leading bands in NYC; and most
recently “Live With Jim, Joe, and Dave”, a snapshot of one night of
improvised music in Brooklyn, recorded directly to tape in one of the
borough’s hippest local haunts.
Eddie was born in West Islip,
NY and was raised in Oaxaca, Mexico, Atlanta, and Winston-Salem, North
Carolina. He lives in Nashville.
the world’s most important saxophonists,” Eddie Barbash was a founding
member of the house band for the Late Show With Stephen Colbert and
currently tours the world with Cory Wong and the Wongnotes. His
unmistakable sound is featured on the Oscar and Grammy-winning
soundtrack of Soul. He has performed at venues ranging from Carnegie
Hall to Madison Square Garden to the Village Vanguard and has headlined
both the Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals, the New Orleans Jazz and
Heritage Festival, and the Umbria Jazz Festival. Barbash’s versatile
sound has led him to collaborate with musicians in many styles. At 18 he
joined the sextet of legendary jazz drummer Chico Hamilton and the
quintet of emerging jazz star Jon Batiste. In his 20’s he fell in love
with American traditional music and began touring with bluegrass phenom
Sierra Hull. He’s a frequent guest with funk band Vulfpeck and indie
rocker Sam Evian. In 2016 he performed a duet on national TV with Yo-Yo
Ma and in 2024 he performed the world premier of “Songs Of Nature,” a
concerto for saxophone and choir by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Paul
Moravec.
Eddie has released 4 albums:
“For Murray and Lillian”, a collection of crooning melodies dedicated to
his late grandparents, arranged by Kyle Athayde for an octet of four
strings and jazz quartet; “Eddie Barbash Live Parts 1-4”, a selection of
the best performances of 6 years of leading bands in NYC; and most
recently “Live With Jim, Joe, and Dave”, a snapshot of one night of
improvised music in Brooklyn, recorded directly to tape in one of the
borough’s hippest local haunts.
Eddie was born in West Islip,
NY and was raised in Oaxaca, Mexico, Atlanta, and Winston-Salem, North
Carolina. He lives in Nashville.
KASA QUARTET
First Prize winner of the 2017 Coltman
Chamber Music Competition, was founded in the summer of 2016 by Andy
Liang, Aaron Schwartz, Stephanie Price-Wong and Kyle Price. KASA
utilizes its fluency in multiple styles to curate fresh, innovative,
genre-defying performances that harken the classical standard repertoire
and fuse it with favorites of the jazz, musical theater, folk and pop
standards. The quartet takes pride in creating and interpreting original
arrangements and transcriptions of works by Jacob Collier, Marvin
Hamlisch, George Gershwin among others. The ensemble has taught and
performed as featured artists for the Ravinia Festival, Saratoga
Performing Arts Center, Austin Chamber Music Center, Second City Chamber
Series, Miami Music Project, and Chamber Music Connection in addition
to holding a residency each summer at the Caroga Lake Music Festival
since its inception. KASA’s shared passion for bringing multiple genres
together for their programming has attracted various audiences and
presenters from different musical interests together for memorable
performances and projects. KASA released its debut album in 2022, Forever Wild, Vol. 1 with each track featuring guest collaborations spanning a wide array of genres and styles.
Chamber Music Competition, was founded in the summer of 2016 by Andy
Liang, Aaron Schwartz, Stephanie Price-Wong and Kyle Price. KASA
utilizes its fluency in multiple styles to curate fresh, innovative,
genre-defying performances that harken the classical standard repertoire
and fuse it with favorites of the jazz, musical theater, folk and pop
standards. The quartet takes pride in creating and interpreting original
arrangements and transcriptions of works by Jacob Collier, Marvin
Hamlisch, George Gershwin among others. The ensemble has taught and
performed as featured artists for the Ravinia Festival, Saratoga
Performing Arts Center, Austin Chamber Music Center, Second City Chamber
Series, Miami Music Project, and Chamber Music Connection in addition
to holding a residency each summer at the Caroga Lake Music Festival
since its inception. KASA’s shared passion for bringing multiple genres
together for their programming has attracted various audiences and
presenters from different musical interests together for memorable
performances and projects. KASA released its debut album in 2022, Forever Wild, Vol. 1 with each track featuring guest collaborations spanning a wide array of genres and styles.
