Randy Brecker / Bill Evans Soulbop Featuring Medeski, Martin & Wood

In 2003, trumpet virtuoso Randy Brecker and saxophone extraordinaire Bill Evans formed Soulbop, a unique musical experience combining elements of funk, jazz, soul, and blues. The result was a band of superstar musicians who could play these styles and virtually any kind of music at the highest level.

The Randy Brecker / Bill Evans Soulbop band has headlined the European Festivals on an annual basis, and celebrated the release of "Soulbop Live," a double CD recorded during their 2004 world tour.

In 2011, Soulbop will be joined by the renowned Medeski, Martin & Wood, whose melding of jazz, funk, “avant-noise” and a million other musical currents and impulses is nearly impossible to classify. Medeski’s keyboard excursions, Chris Wood’s hard-charging bass lines and Billy Martin’s supple, danceable beats have come to resemble a single organism, moving gracefully between genre-defying compositions and expansive improvisation atop a relentless groove.