the UP Ben Gerstein - trombone; Jonathan Moritz - tenor saxophone Eivind Opsvik - bass; John McLellan - drums The UP was formed by Gerstein in 2005 as a New York City-based collective of four individuals needing to fuse together into a unique, powerful force---a platform which has provided the essential improvisational opportunities to release and explore this unique spiritual amalgamation of free-form musical languages. ~ October 2, 2007 Live at Rebar Brooklyn, NY first set: one 15:12 two 9:14 three 2:47 four 7:45 second set: one 9:45 two 18:21 three 7:51 four 6:13 June 14, 2007 Live at The Stone NYC one 8:57 two 6:56 three 11:25 four 4:23 five 5:28 six 8:51 May 16, 2007 Live at Barbes Brooklyn, NY one 10:09 two 8:42 three 12:52 four 10:06 January 20, 2007 Live from Prospect Series 4 Brooklyn one 6:51 two 9:32 three 9:08 four 5:58 November 5, 2006 Live at The 55 Bar, NYC one 12:29 two 7:25 three 5:07 APRIL 9, 2006 one 6:18 two 8:09 three 9:34 four 4:37 JANUARY 2, 2006 Recorded live at The Tank, NYC one 15:42 two 10:33 three 7:00 May 29, 2005 Live at The Bowery Poetry Club, NYC one two three four (including Dan Weiss and Thomas Morgan) March 27, 2005 one two three four Opsvik, McLellan, Moritz, Gerstein