The Margaret Slovak Trio
Austin - Texas - United States

Margaret Slovak, who is originally from Denver, started on the guitar when she was 11. By the time she was 14 she was already composing and two years later she began playing professionally. She graduated from the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle. In 1988 she moved to New York City where she led her own group for five years and recorded For the Moment (which was released years later in 2007), a set of eight of her original songs with a quartet that included pianist Fred Hersch, bassist Michael Formanek and drummer Michael Sarin. Margaret moved to Portland, Oregon in 1993 where she recorded Undying Hope, performing her originals as a solo guitarist. She toured with her quartet (which included drummer Bob Moses), performing in Germany, the Czech Republic, Canada and throughout the United States. In 2005, she released New Wings, a set of solo and duet pieces and spent 2008-2012 back in NYC. In addition, since 1994 Margaret has performed for patients in cancer treatment centers, hospitals and hospice.

Harvie S is an award-winning bassist, educator, composer, arranger and producer. He has performed and recorded with such luminaries as Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Dexter Gordon, Tony Bennett, Michael Brecker, Gil Evans, Jim Hall, Pat Metheny, Maria Schneider, Sheila Jordan, Kenny Barron, Chick Corea, Pat Martino and John Scofield. Harvie has performed at the Blue Note, Birdland, The Kennedy Center, Montreal Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, JVC Jazz Festival, and many other worldwide venues. He can be heard on 20 albums as a leader, 15 as a co-leader and over 400 albums as a sideman. Harvie lives in NYC.

Michael Sarin is an adventurous and versatile drummer who has been based in NYC since 1989. Michael has performed and recorded with such renowned musicians as Thomas Chapin, Dave Douglas, Myra Melford, Ben Allison, Mark Dresser, Marty Ehrlich, Mark Helias and Leslie Pintchik. Michael performs at festivals and concert halls worldwide and has appeared as a soloist with the WDR Rundfunk Orchestra (Cologne, Germany) Jazz Sinfonica Orchestra (Sao Paulo, Brazil) Metropolis Ensemble (NYC) and Chamber Music Northwest (Portland, OR). Michael is also an educator, and teaches drum set master classes at US universities

Ballad for Brad
Details

Label: Slovak Music

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Contemporary Jazz

Songs on the Album

Track # Song Title Style Genre