Live Jazz in New York

David Ambrosio is among the most respected bassists in the New York jazz community, currently leading his Civil Disobedience project alongside Victor Lewis, with a two-decade discography as a leader. Dave Scott is an NEA grant recipient and faculty member at The New School whose records appear on the SteepleChase label. Adam Kolker has performed and recorded with the Maria Schneider Orchestra, the Village Vanguard Orchestra, and Fred Hersch. Benjamin Barantschik is a Brooklyn-based pianist and film composer whose score for the short film “Waiting for the Light to Change," directed by Linh Tran, won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2023 Slamdance Film Festival.

About Album release event for Civil Disobedience:Blue Note in the Progressive 60's. The brainchild of bassist-bandleader David Ambrosio, this project revisits a powerful but largely overlooked body of music written by Black jazz composers in the late 1960s Blue Note era in response to the civil rights movement and the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Many of these compositions—instrumental works of protest and reflection—were released decades after they were written and never received wide attention. Civil Disobedience brings this music back into focus through new performances that highlight both its historical significance and its striking relevance today.