Paul Giess / Amy K Bormet
About the event
Sunday October 11 * doors at 7, music at 7:30 * $10-20 * TICKETS
Paul Giess (solo trumpet and electronics) is a Philadelphia-based musician, producer, and educator whose versatile musicianship crosses traditional boundaries. Described by Downbeat Magazine as delivering "lyrical, highly expressive trumpet work," Paul brings this quality to his performances with artists including Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Grant Calvin Weston, Yolanda Wisher, and Guthrie Ramsey. His discography as leader includes "Hymns Vol. 1" (Ropeadope Records, 2021), featuring vocalist V. Shayne Frederick, and his debut "U Suite U" (2014). Most Recently, Paul has been releasing music from live performances of a new project, Untethered. This group explores the unknown through spontaneous creative composition using blends of sound design, funk, and energetic sonic interactions with veteran drummer Grant Calvin Weston alongside emerging Philadelphia talents, Lee Clarke and Timothy Ragsdale.
Amy K Bormet is a pianist, vocalist, composer, and co-owner of Strange Woman Records. As creator, producer and performer for the Washington Women in Jazz Festival, now in its 15th year, she has collaborated with Fay Victor, Mary Halvorson, Allison Miller, and more than 75 women and non-binary musicians from around the globe. She enjoys writing sci-fi songs, improvising with her eyes closed, and eating Scandinavian licorice.
