Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra with Catherine Russell

160 Plochmann Lane,Woodstock NY 12498

25 February, 2022

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Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra with Catherine Russell Presented by Levon Helm Studios ALL AGES Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra performs at Levon Helm Studios on Friday, February 25, 2022 with guest Catherine Russell. Gates 6:30 / Doors 7:30 / Show 8:00 Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra celebrates their latest album, ‘Good Time Music,’ the second edition in the venerated arranger and trumpeter's four volume 'Community Music' series. Joined by special guest vocalist Catherine Russell, the 6-track collection celebrates the joyous spirit present in the blues with jubilant interpretations of songs by Percy Mayfield, Allen Toussaint, Bessie Smith, Professor Longhair, Earl King and WC Handy. "Good Time Music is a continuation of the music I was making with Levon Helm, with roots in Ray Charles, New Orleans, and the blues," Bernstein says. "But refracted through my own musical prism, the particular language of the MTO and Catherine Russell's magnificent voice." In a review for the Wall Street Journal, music journalist Will Friedwald writes: "Good Time Music: (Community Music, Vol. 2), the new album by trumpeter, bandleader and composer Steven Bernstein, serves as a vivid illustration of how inclusive the impulse of the blues really is—how it transcends time (both musical and chronological) and interacts with other genres of music, often in surprising ways." A longstanding and influential presence on the New York City music scene, Steven Bernstein has played with and written arrangements for everyone from John Lurie's Lounge Lizards and Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble Band to Lee "Scratch" Perry, Lou Reed and Marianne Faithfull. His 'Community Music' series, recorded in just four days, showcases four different facets of a remarkable, telepathic musical language that Bernstein has created with a circle of musicians with whom he's been playing for upwards of four decades. Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra celebrates their latest album, ‘Good Time Music,’ the second edition in the venerated arranger and trumpeter's four volume 'Community Music' series. Joined by special guest vocalist Catherine Russell, the 6-track collection celebrates the joyous spirit present in the blues with jubilant interpretations of songs by Percy Mayfield, Allen Toussaint, Bessie Smith, Professor Longhair, Earl King and WC Handy. "Good Time Music is a continuation of the music I was making with Levon Helm, with roots in Ray Charles, New Orleans, and the blues," Bernstein says. "But refracted through my own musical prism, the particular language of the MTO and Catherine Russell's magnificent voice." In a review for the Wall Street Journal, music journalist Will Friedwald writes: "Good Time Music: (Community Music, Vol. 2), the new album by trumpeter, bandleader and composer Steven Bernstein, serves as a vivid illustration of how inclusive the impulse of the blues really is—how it transcends time (both musical and chronological) and interacts with other genres of music, often in surprising ways." A longstanding and influential presence on the New York City music scene, Steven Bernstein has played with and written arrangements for everyone from John Lurie's Lounge Lizards and Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble Band to Lee "Scratch" Perry, Lou Reed and Marianne Faithfull. His 'Community Music' series, recorded in just four days, showcases four different facets of a remarkable, telepathic musical language that Bernstein has created with a circle of musicians with whom he's been playing for upwards of four decades. Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra Home of Levon's legendary Midnight Rambles, and situated on 18 acres in historic Woodstock, NY, Levon Helm Studios hosts intimate concerts throughout the year in this one-of-a-kind musical landmark. Levon Helm Studios was constructed in 1975 from local hemlock, pine, and bluestone, and was designed and acoustically engineered by Levon himself.