Sean Moran’s “Small Elephant Band”
March 29, 2013
Tusk
CD RELEASE March 31, 2013!!
@ Barbes
“Moran’s ability to conjure both subtlety and intensity from the nylon string guitar lends this album a profound sense of drama. The haunting feel that populates the majority of this record perfectly frames Moran’s sound..” (NYC jazz record)
“Even grumpy nylon-string skeptics will get off on the rhythmically challenging and harmonically colorful tines of Tusk, the solo debut by guitarist Sean Moran” (The Village Voice)
Sean Moran – Nylon string Guitar
Michael Mcginnis – Clarinet/Bass Clarinet
Chris Dingman – Vibraphone
Reuben Radding – Acoustic Bass
Harris Eisenstadt – Drums
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