About

Dave Brodie

David Brodie performs regularly with some of Philadelphia’s finest such as Larry McKenna, Dave Posmontier, and Victor North and has shared the stage locally with some of the most celebrated jazz musicians in the world including Chris Potter, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Randy Brecker, Seamus Blake, and Steve Wilson. He is the bassist for M’oudswing, a world fusion ensemble with whom he has recorded two albums and performed at the Tanjazz festival in Tangeirs, Morocco and at the Festival Mawazine Rythms Du Monde in Rabat. He has performed with Symphony in C, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, and with renowned cellist Kinan Abou-Afach. He has played early jazz throughout his career, playing and recording with Ronnie James and the Jez Hot Swing Club and more recently with the Philly Stomp and with Drew Nugent & the Midnight Society. His most recent project is leading The Future Tense Quartet which includes saxophonist Victor North, trumpeter Elliot Bild, and drummer Doug Hirlinger.

Paul Krassen

Paul Krassen, a Philadelphia pianist, is a graduate of William Paterson College School of Jazz where he studied with such jazz luminaries as Rufus Reid, Norman Simmons, Harold Mabern, Rob Schneiderman, Pete Malinverni and many others. He also studied classically with the late Gary Kirkpatrick. Paul currently leads his Smoking Section Quintet and plays jazz gigs as a sideman throughout the Philadelphia area. He has released 2 CDs under his own name with Larry Mckenna and Tony DeSantis.

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