Sextet improvisations Ben Gerstein - trombone; Michael Attias - alto saxophone; Mat Maneri - viola Jacob Sacks - piano; Thomas Morgan - bass; Eivind Opsvik - bass April 30, 2010 Live from Ibeam Music Studio, Brooklyn 1. 1:13:25 Improvisations with trio Ginko Narayana Silvia Tarozzi - violin; Deborah Walker - cello; Frantz Loriot - viola Ben Gerstein - trombone, music box April 14, 2010 1. 24:45 2. 43:00 Gerstein-Malaby Quartet Tony Malaby, tenor saxophone; Dan Peck, tuba; Ches Smith, drums; Ben Gerstein, trombone, compositions February 13, 2010 - Cornelia St. Cafe, NYC photos: Peter Gannushkin / DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET 40:20 Trio improvisations Michael Attias, alto saxophone; Ben Gerstein, trombone; Mat Maneri, viola November 10, 2009 - live from the Douglass St. Music Collective Part 1 24:35 Part 2 23:24 Evil Eye Mike Pride - drums, compositions; Jonathan Moritz - saxophone, compositions Ben Gerstein - trombone; Ken Filiano - bass November 2, 2009, live from Local 269, NYC 1. 38:49 T H E G A T E S Ben Gerstein - trombone, record players Jacob Sacks (left), Craig Taborn (right) - farfisa organ Thomas Morgan (left), Eivind Opsvik (right) - bass Dan Weiss (left), John McLellan (right) - drums Jacob Garchik - computer, accordion September 18, 2009 - New Languages Festival, Brooklyn, NY 1:05:49 August 15, 2009 live at The Stone, NYC Ben Gerstein - trombone; Tony Malaby - saxophone; Jacob Sacks - piano; Jacob Garchik - computer, accordion; Thomas Morgan - bass; Dan Weiss - drums 57:20 KuhlSteinMcManLiotGenfritz June 18, 2009 Tim Kuhl - drums, group; Ben Gerstein - trombone; Terry McManus - guitar; Frantz Loriot - viola; James Ilgenfritz - bass 57:13 September 2008 Trio Improvisations with Dave Ballou, trumpet; James Ilgenfritz, bass live from Le Grand Dakar, Brooklyn one 17:28 two 4:11 three 10:47 four 6:28 Trio Improvisations with Brandon Seabrook, banjo; Frantz Loriot, viola September 2008 part 1 16:09 part 2 2:26 part 3 18:54 Jacob Sacks Quintet Ben Gerstein, Jacob Garchik - trombone; Jacob Sacks - piano, composition Dave Ambrosio - bass; Vinnie Sperrazza - drums May 25, 2007 Rose Music Live - Williamsburg, Brooklyn New Languages Festival 1. "Two" 8:10 Mike Pride's Drummer's Corpse February 21, 2007 - Tonic, NYC Mike Pride, vocals; Chris Welcome, guitar; Ben Gerstein, drums, along with four other percussionists scattered around the space. "A 33-minute, multi-layer, polyrhythmic, hyper-dense, drone-based catharsis music for drummers composed by Mike Pride." - Mike Pride excerpt 6:51 Tony Malaby, Ben Gerstein Marcus Rojas, Tom Rainey December 1, 2006 - Cornelia St. Cafe, NYC excerpt 1 10:23 excerpt 2 8:49 Mat Maneri - viola; Joe Maneri - reeds and organ; Ben Gerstein - trombone; Craig Taborn - piano and electronics; Ed Schuller - bass; John McLellan - drums Album available on Thirsty Ear Records These were to become the last public performances by Joe Maneri (1927-2009) October 21, 2006 - live in Maine Part 1 37:51 Part 2 18:39 Part 3 11:09 October 22, 2006 - live in Cambridge Part 1 21:56 Part 2 22:07 Part 3 12:14 October 23, 2006 - live in Montreal Part 1 30:47 Part 2 25:43 Part 3 10:05 Joe Maneri 1:02 October 25, 2006 - live in Philadelphia Part 1 24:46 Part 2 47:46 October 26, 2006 - live in NYC Part 1 33:33 Part 2 6:49 with Tone Collector Tony Malaby, tenor saxophone; Eivind Opsvik, bass; Jeff Davis, drums; Ben Gerstein, trombone January 22, 2006, Bar4, Brooklyn. one two three November 8, 2005, Koze Lounge, Brooklyn, NY. one two with Joe and Mat Maneri Joe Maneri, alto saxophone; Ben Gerstein, trombone; Mat Maneri, viola; Jacob Sacks, keyboard; John Hebert, bass; John McLellan, drums January 12, 2006 at BARBES, Brooklyn, NY. Track 1 a Jacob Sacks quintet Live at the Friend's Seminary, NYC January 14, 2005 Jacob Sacks - piano; Ben Gerstein - trombone (first solo); Jacob Garchik - trombone; Thomas Morgan - bass; Dan Weiss - drums Track 1 WFMU RADIO BROADCAST with Mat Maneri and John McLellan August 19, 2004, 2:00-6:00am Trio set #1 Trio set #2 'Desseins Eternels' - Olivier Messiaen Composed by Olivier Messiaen as the third movement of La Nativite du Seigneur for solo organ (The Birth of the Lord - Nine Meditations for Organ) which I arranged to play as a soloist at a concert with The Metro Trombone Ensemble in June of 2004 at St. James Catholic Church in Brooklyn. Moments before this performance began, birds outside just beyond the stained-glass windows began chirping excitedly in the dark blue glow of an early summer evening. I will be forever grateful to have had the opportunity to perform this piece. Desseins Eternels trio improvisations June 10, 2004 Eivind Opsvik, bass - right channel Thomas Morgan, bass - left channel one two three three, part two four duet with Thomas